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Fulham 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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151
WATERING PRIVATE ROADS.
The following roads have been watered for the season, on receipt from
the owners of the requisite fee.
•
£
R.
d.
Mimosa Road
1
1
0
Beaumont Crescent
1
1
0
Avonmore Road
1
1
0
Sandilands Road
1
1
0
Broughton Road
1
1
0
Peterboro' Villas
0
5
0
Linver Road
1
1
0
Alderville Road
1
1
0
Adeney Road
1
1
0
Crookham Road
1
1
0
Mornington Avenue
1
1
0
Comeragh Road
1
1
0
Laundry Road
1
1
0
£12
17
0
ROAD WATERING ON SUNDAYS.
Owing to a resolution of the Vestry passed on the 18th July, 1889, the
roads in this parish were not watered on Sundays. The previous year the
main roads were watered on six Sundays, at a cost of £27.
TOTAL COST OF CARTAGE.
The estimated total cost of cartage for the year, including the wages of
the drivers, has been as follows:—
1887-8
1888-9
1889-90
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Scavenging
1,102
0
0
1,510
0
0
1,188
1
9
Cleansing Gullies
101
5
0
126
13
0
91
16
0
General Carting
887
3
6
1,271
7
9
825
2
9
Watering Roads
739
19
0
550
16
0
629
17
0
Dusting
1,523
17
0
1,452
13
0
1,965
12
3
Brooms
37
10
0
57
16
0
75
8
9
Total
4,391
14
6
4,969
10
6
4,775
17
6
The price paid for a horse, cart, and man during the year has been
8s. 6d. a day.