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Report for the year 1893.
Extent.—This District comprises that portion of the Parish of
Hornsey, in the County of Middlesex, which lies between the Seven
Sisters Road and the High Street, Stoke Newington, having an area
of 230 acres. It adopted the Local Government Act and became an
Urban Sanitary Authority in the year 1865 ; in which respect it
preceded the remainder of the parish, which did not take this
important step until 1867—two years later.
Parks and Open Spaces.—This District is well provided for in
the way of open spaces. Clissold Park, of which about 30 acres are
situated in South Hornsey, is nearly central, and is of easy access to
the whole of the inhabitants. To the acquisition of this Park in
1888, South Hornsey contributed £6,000, of which £5,771 is still
owing. Finsbury Park, also in the Parish of Hornsey, although
immediately beyond the boundary of the South Hornsey District, is
also readily accessible from any portion of the District.
Population and Rateable Value.—The population of the
District, according to the census in 1891, was 16,892, and
is now calculated to be 17,150. The density of the
population is 74 to the acre; this by comparison with the
other Urban Districts in Middlesex, appears to be high, and some
have erroneously supposed that as a District, South Hornsey is
overcrowded. This is not the case, but it is fully developed, there
being no pasture or waste lands. That the District is not densely
populated is seen at once by comparison with the adjoining
Metropolitan District, Islington, where the density is 102 to the acre.
The present rateable value is £90,179.
Gas Supply.—The gas used in the District is supplied by the
Gas Light and Coke Company. There are 244 public lamps in the
District, which were lighted at the cost of £724 5s. lld. for the
twelve months. Gas to private consumers was supplied at the rate
of 3s. ld. per 1000 cubic feet. A new refuge and lamp were fixed at
the end of Queen's Eoad in Green Lanes, and an additional lamp
was fixed and put into lighting in Henry Road.
Water.—The water for street watering and house supply, &c.,
is supplied by the New River Company; the amount used for the
first purpose during the past year (1893), was 4,172,000 gallons,
which, at 8½d. the 1,000 gallons, cost £166, against 3,491,000