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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

Tower Hamlets 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: TABLE 34 (continued)PARKS AND OPEN SPACES IN THE BOROUGH (continued)(b) Administered by Greater London Council

TABLE 34 (continued)

PARKS AND OPEN SPACES IN THE BOROUGH (continued)

(b) Administered by Greater London Council

LocationArea in Acres
Allen Gardens1.69
Bartlett Park7.79
Bethnal Green Gardens11.97
Brickfield Gardens5.73
Burdett Gardens1.49
Carlton Square Gardens1.95
Diggon Street Playground.13
Gosling Gardens1.66
Grove Hall Park4.5
Ion Square1.75
Island Gardens3.0
King Edward VII Memorial Park, Shadwell8.5
King George's Field, Stepney16.37
Langdon Park1.15
Limehouse Churchyard2.0
Meath Gardens10.54
Millwall Park13.5
Ropewalk Gardens1.51
St. George's, Cable Street, Gardens0.75
St. Mary's Churchyard1.26
Shandy Park3.18
Stepney Churchyard9.75
Stepney Green Open Space5.29
Trinity Garden1.03
Vallance Road Open Space.07
Victoria Park (part)148.5
Wapping Gardens3.56
Waterside Gardens1.92
Weavers' Fields5.18
275.72
Total Acreage 312.15

Table: TABLE 35 BURIALS UNDERTAKENUnder Section 50, National Assistance Act, 1948

TABLE 35 BURIALS UNDERTAKEN

Under Section 50, National Assistance Act, 1948

Number of Adults...30
" " Children...6
" " Stillborn...2
Total cost...£555*
Burials requested by - Coroner...22
- Relatives...11
- Others...5
*Irrecoverable expenditure...£170