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St Pancras 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: IV—SANITATION. 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 in previous years, in the following table:—

IV—SANITATION. 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 in 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 Town. .59Parliament Fields26720London County Council
”..Waterlow Park2900” ”
”..High gate Cemetery3800Cemetery Company
”..Pond Square, &c., Highgate0328St. Pancns Vcstry
”..South Grove, High-gate Road0012” ”
”..Lismore Circus . .0226” ”
”..College Garden . .0017” ”
Regent's Park87Primrose Hill Park Regent's Park . .40000H.M,Government)
”..” ”
Camden Town90St. Martin's Gardens-130St. Pancras Vestry
”..St. Pancras Gardens510” ”
Somers Town181St. James's Gardens2231” ”
Tottenham Court183Whitfield Burial?” ”
Gray's Inn Lane178Ground St.George's Gardens207St. Pancras Vestry
”..St.Andrew'sGardensI215” ”

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DWELLINGS.
Dwellings generally may be considered under two main heads, as movable
dwellings and dwelling houses.
Moveable Dwellings.—No caravans, tents, or sheds have been reported to be
occupied as dwellings within the District. Canal boats used as dwellings passing
through, or discharging or loading in the District, have been from time to time
inspected, but no contravention of the Acts has been discovered.
Dwehing-Bouses.—House to house inspections include not only dwellinghouses,
but premises used for other purposes not attached to dwelling-houses, but
the number of such premises is so very small compared to the number of dwellinghouse
premises proper, as to make little difference to the gross number of dwellinghouses
inspected.-
The number of streets inspected from house-to-house during the year was 80,
consisting of 2,918 houses, of which 2,864 were occupied, and 54 were unoccupied
and passed over. The inspected houses contained 19,048 rooms, of which 18,477
were occupied, and 571 unoccupied, by 8,693 separate families, consisting of
20,899 adults and ) 0,701 children. (Table 9b.)