Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895.

  • Wandsworth (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
1895]
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Credit: Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    42 private drains. Tlie following ore tlie particulars of the private drains which have been constructed hy the Board during the past year, the cost of which lias been paid by the persons for whom the work was executed: — PARISHES. No.of Drains. No. of Houses. &c., drained thereby. Lengths and sizes—feet lineal. Total lengths, — feet lineal. 18-in. 15-in. 12-in. 9-in. 6-in. 4-in. Clapham 164 212 .. .. .. 26 2070 1620 3716 Putney 83 105 .. .. .. 60 1600 .. 1660 Streatham 268 401 50 120 282 124 5817 .. 6393 Tooling 19 28 .. 4 24 576 394 .. 998 Wandsworth 243 299 .. .. .. 132 5408 .. 5540 Totals 777 1045 50 124 306 918 15289 1620 18307 In the Parish of Clapham, this work has been executed by the Board without tlie aid of a contractor. In the Parish of Streatham, in addition to the above, 247 drains (comprising 214 feet of 9 inch, 5,604 feet of 6 inch, and 400 feet of 4 inch pipes) have been laid under new roads at the time of and in conjunction with the construction of new sewers ; these are intended to drain 625 houses when built. Thus an aggregate of about 2^ miles of drains has been laid under public roads and paths in this parish for various purposes during the year. About ],296 feet of 9 inch drain, comprised in a system of combined drainage, have been constructed on the Leigham Court estate under the supervision of the Board's officers. In the Parish of Wandsworth, the whole of the foregoing drainage work has been executed by the Board without the intervention of a contractor. In addition to the above, 2,340 feet of 6 inch pipe drains have been laid under new roads at the time of and in conjunction with the construction of new sewers; these are intended to drain about 117 houses when built.
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