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St Pancras 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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EXEMPTIONS.
Government Buildings are exempt, from the control of Sanitary Authorities.
The Crown Estate Acts, 5th Geo. IV., cap. 100 (Regent's Park Act), 11 & 12
Vict., cap. 112 (Commissioners of Sewers Act), and 14 & 15 Vict., cap. 95
(II.M. Commissioners of Works Acts) exempt the houses on the Crown Estate
round Regent's Park.
Various public and private Acts exempt the Railway Companies, either
generally or particularly.

Table: OPEN SPACES.Public Open Spaces.—The parks, gardens, and other open spaces secured against building operations in and adjoining St. Pancras, together with their situation, approximate area, and the authority under which they are maintained, are enumerated, in the following table:—

OPEN SPACES.

Public Open Spaces.—The parks, gardens, and other open spaces secured against building operations in and adjoining St. Pancras, together with their situation, approximate area, and the authority under which they are maintained, are enumerated, in the following table:—

Sub-Districts.Density of Persons per acre, Census 1891.Garden or Opon Space.Area.Maintaining Authority.
A.R.p.
Kentish Town59Parliament Fields & Hampstead Heath50710London County Council
,,Waterlow Park2900,, ,,
,,High gate Cemetery3800Cemetery Company
,,Pond Square, &c., Highgate0328St. Pancras Vestry
,,Lismore Circus0226,, ,,
,,College Garden ..0017,, ,,
Regent's Park87 {Primrose Hill and40000H.M. Government
Regent's Park St. Martin's Gardens
Camden Town90130St. Pancras Vestry
,,• •St. Pancras Gardens510,, ,,
Somers Town181St. James Gardens2231,, ,,
Tottenham Court183Whitfield Gardens020London County Council
Gray's Inn Lane178St. George's Gardens220St. Pancras Vestry
,,St. Andrew's Gardens110,, ,,

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Mr. Wm. Nisbet Blair, M.I.C.E., the Engineer, has compiled the table quoted
below, from which it will be seen that of 2672 acres, the total area of St. Pancras,
688 acres are unbuilt upon, and that more than one fourth of St. Pancras is public
or semi-public open space and railways.