Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1912]
Area.— Islington contains 3,092 acres, of which 292 are parks, open
spaces, or water, or railways, or markets, so that only 2,800 acres are available
for houses and roads and streets. Water, such as the Regent's Canal, and the
New River, takes up 17.2 acres, railways 196.9 acres, markets 14.9 acres, and
parks and open spaces 62.8 acres, so that altogether 291.8 acres are unavailable
for housing the people. This is not a great area, although distributed as it is
over the borough it affords very satisfactory lungs for it.
Table IV. shows how this space is distributed:—
Sub-Districts.1 | Gross Area (Acres). 2 | Water. 3 | Railways. 4 | Markets. 5 | Parks and Open Spaces. 6 | Total Unavailable Space. 7 | Net Area. 8 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tufnell | 417 | 7.4 | 20.8 | 6.2 | 34.4 | 382.6 | |
Upper Holloway | 290 | 7.3 | ... | 7.3 | 282.7 | ||
Tollington | 320 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 298.1 | |||
Lower Holloway | 413 | 33.0 | 14.9 | 11.0 | 58.9 | 354.1 | |
Highbury | 798 | 76.1 | 32.4 | 108.5 | 689.5 | ||
Barnsbury | 309 | 5.1 | 22.0 | 4.7 | 31.8 | 277.2 | |
South-East Islington | 545 | 4.7 | 15.8 | 8.5 | 29.0 | 516.0 | |
The Borough | 3,092 | 17.2 | 196.9 | 14.9 | 62.8 | 291.8 | 2,800.2 |