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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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14
SECTION 1.
General Information and
Statistical Summary.
General.
Soil and Situation.— Practically the whole of the borough is situated on London clay.
There are a few superficial deposits of gravel in the south and lower Bagshot sands in the extreme
north.
The altitude varies from 48 feet above Ordnance datum in the south (in the neighbourhood
of Ampton Street, King's Cross Road) to 427 feet above Ordnance datum in the north
(Pond Square).
The borough is about 4 miles long, extending from near Oxford Street in the south to Highgate in the north, and averages about a mile in width.
| Acres. | |
|---|---|
| Area of the borough | 2,694 |
| Area of Ward 1 | 990 |
| Area of Ward 2 | 162 |
| Area of Ward 3 | 452 |
| Area of Ward 4 | 271 |
| Area of Ward 5 | 342 |
| Area of Ward 6 | 180 |
| Area of Ward 7 | 118 |
| Area of Ward 8 | 179 |
| Area of various public open spaces | 530 |
| Regent's Park and Primrose Hill | 102 |
| Parliament Hill | 184 |
| Kenwood | 164 |
| Waterlow Park | 29 |
| Disused burial grounds | 31 |
| Private square gardens | 20 |
| Area of borough highways, excluding footpaths, 28 acres Total length of roads | approx about 90 miles |
| Population (1931 Census) | 198,133 |
| Population (Registrar General's mid.1950 estimate) | 141,300 |
| Number of persons per acre (estimated average) | 52 |
| Rateable value | £2,075,432 |
| Product of a penny rate, about | £8,250 |
| General rate—17/- in the £ for the year. |