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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 1968

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

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Table: TABLE 36 (continued)PARKS AND OPEN SPACES IN THE BOROUGH (continued)

TABLE 36 (continued)

PARKS AND OPEN SPACES IN THE BOROUGH (continued)

(b) Administered by Greater London Council
(b)LocationArea in Acres
Allen Gardens1.69
Bartlett Park11. 57
Bethnal Green Gardens11..97
Blackwall Tunnel (Commemoration Park)1.33
Brickfield Gardens5.73
Burdett Gardens1. 49
Carlton Square Gardens1.95
Diggon Street Playground. 13
Furze Green1.9 3
Gosling Garders2. 5
Grove Hall Park4.5
Ion Square1.75
Island Gardens3.0
King Edward VII Memorial Park8. 5
King George" s Fields15.93
Langdon Park2. 61
Limehouse Churchyard2.0
Meath Gardens10.54
Millwall Park13. 5
Ropewalk Gardens1.51
St. Mary's Churchyard1. 26
Shandy Park3. 18
Sir John McDougall Gardens6. 32
Stepney Churchyard9.75
Stepney Green Open Space5. 29
Trinity Garden1.03
Victoria Park (part)148.5
Wapping Gardens3.56
Waterside Gardens1.92
Weavers' Fields5. 25
Total Acreage 326.49290.19

Table: TABLE 37BURIALS UNDERTAKEN Under Section 50, National Assistance Act, 1948.

TABLE 37

BURIALS UNDERTAKEN Under Section 50, National Assistance Act, 1948.

Number of Adults38
" " Children13
" Stillborn1
Total cost£914*
Burials requested by- Coroner30
- Relatives20
- Others2
* Part irrecoverable