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St Pancras 1894

Thirty-ninth annual report of the Medical Officer of Health on the vital and sanitary condition of the Borough of Saint Pancras, London

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IV.—SANITATION-

Table: OPEN SPACES.The parks, public gardens, and other open spaces secured against building operations in (St. Pancras, together with their situation, approximate area, and the authority under which they are maintained are enumerated, as ir. previous years, in the following table:—

OPEN SPACES.

The parks, public gardens, and other open spaces secured against building operations in (St. Pancras, together with their situation, approximate area, and the authority under which they are maintained are enumerated, as ir. previous years, in the following table:—

Sub-Districts.Density of Persons per acre, Census 1891.Garden or Open Space.Area.Maintaining Authority.
A.R.P.
Kentish Town59Parliament Fields26720London County Council.
,,..Waterlow Park2900,, ,,
,,..Highgate Cemetery3800Cemetery Company
,,..Pond Square, &c., Highgate0328St. Pancras Vestry
,,..South Grove, High-gate Road0012,, ,,
,,..Lismore Circus0226,, ,,
,,..College Garden0017,, ,,
Regent's Park87Primrose Hill Park40000H. M. Government
,,..Regent's Park,, ,,
Camden Town90St. Martin's Gardens130St. Pancras Vestry
,,,,St. Pancras Gardens510yy yy
Somers Town181St. James's Gardens2231,, ,,
Tottenham Court183Whitfield Burial Ground?London County Council
Gray's Inn Lane178St.George'sGardens207St. Pancras Vestry
,,..St.Andrew'sGardens1215,, ,,

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DWELLINGS.
House to house Inspections.—The number of streets inspected from house to
house during the year was 7, consisting of 141 houses, of which 137 were
occupied, and 4 unoccupied and passed over; the inspected houses contained
1124 occupied and 26 unoccupied rooms let to 389 separate families, consisting
of 840 adults and 241 children. 86 notices were served upon these houses
(Table No. 10 B).