Built in 1924 at a cost of £1066 18s. 6d., which was the nearest tender to the Surveyor’s estimate of £1064. Adjusted for inflation, this is the equivalent in 2019 of around £64,000. It was decided in May 1924 that it should open from 7 a.m. to midnight.

Photo possibly taken in the 1950s

From the minutes of the Mitcham Urban District council
Volume April 1923 to March 1924
Highways and New Streets and Buildings Committee
Tuesday, 12th February, 1924
Page 533

18. Public Convenience: Fair Green.-
The following tenders were submitted:-

Contractor	Address	£	s.	d.
W. A. Taylor	Pitcairn Road Mitcham	1187	17	5
A. F. Simpson	South Norwood	1178	0	0
F. & G. Foster and Co.	Norwood Junction	1158	0	0
S. Dale	Mitcham	1128	7	7
H. Bacon and Son	Coulsdon	1097	0	0
H. Hann	Colliers Wood Mitcham	1066	18	6
A. A. Secrett Ltd.	Wallington	1035	0	0

Surveyor’s estimate, £1064
Resolved, That the tender of Mr. H. Hann be accepted.

From the minutes of the Mitcham Urban District council
Volume 10
May 1924 to April 1925
Public Health and Burials Committee
Page 18

5. Public Conveniences : Fair Green. – It was Resolved, That the Open Spaces and Recreation Grounds Committee be asked to consider as to the hours during which the new public conveniences on the Fair Green shall remain open.

From the minutes of the Mitcham Urban District council
Volume 10
May 1924 to April 1925
Open Spaces and Recreation Grounds
Friday, 9th May, 1924
Page 28

14. Public Conveniences : Fair Green – It was Resolved, That the public conveniences upon the Fair Green remain open from 7 a.m. to midnight.

Public Health and Burials
July 1924
Page 255

18. Convenience : Upper Green The Clerk reported that Mrs McCAUL had undertaken to clean and look after the ladies’ convenience for a payment £1 per day, plus 5 shillings on Bank Holidays, and an extra £1 for the week of Mitcham Fair.

Minutes of meetings held by the Mitcham Urban District Council are available on request from the Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.