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Kensington 1899

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1899

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gether with a portion of the parish south of these roads and
north of a line extending, from west to east, along Pembrokeroad,Stratford-road,
and south of the workhouse, then through
Cornwall-gardens to Queen's-gate-place, and thence northwards
so as to include Queen's-gate, Jay's-mews and Kensingtongore.
The Brompton sub-district comprises the remainder of
the parish south of the above described line.
Parliamentary Divisions.—North Kensington and
south Kensington are the two divisions of the Parliamentary
Borough, separated by High-street, Notting-hill, and
Holland-park-avenue: North Kensington comprises the north,
the north-east and the north-west sanitary districts, together
with a portion of the central district; South Kensington comprises
the remainder of the central district, and the south-east
and the south-west sanitary districts.
The Sanitary Districts are six in number, delimited
as follows :—
The North Sanitary District comprises the portion
of the parish to the north of the Hammersmith and City
railway, with the exception of a few streets at the south-west
corner of that area.
The North-west Sanitary District includes the
streets above referred to, its northern and eastern boundaries
extending in a somewhat curved line from Latimer-road, along
Walmer-road to St. Katharine's-road: it is bounded on the
west by St. Ann's-road (even numbers) to Latimer-road.
[The "Notting-dale" special area, hereinafter referred to, comprises
Bangor-street, Crescent-street, St. Katharine'sroad,
Kenley (late William) street, and part of
Sirdar (late St. Clement's) road in the north-west
district.]