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1914
Area.—Islington contains 3,092 acres, of which 292 are parks, open spaces,
water, railways, or markets, so that only 2,800 acres are available for houses,
roads, and streets. Water, such as the Regent's Canal, and the New River,
cover 17.2 acres, railways 196.9 acres, markets 14.9 acres, and parks and open
spaces 62.8 acres, so that altogether 291.8 acres are unavailable for housing
the people. This is not a very great area, although distributed as it is
throughout the borough it provides satisfactory lungs for it.
Table IV. shows how this space is distributed:—