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 St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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§ 2. OPEN SPACES AND ATMOSPHERE.
Sub-Districts. | Density of Persons per acre, Census, 1901. | Garden or Open Space. | Area. | Maintaining Authority. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. | R. | P. | ||||
North St.Pancras | 59 | Parliament Fields & Hampstead Heath | 507 | 1 | 0 | London County Council |
„ | .. | Waterlow Park | 29 | 0 | 0 | „ „ |
„ | .. | Highgate Cemetery | 38 | 0 | 0 | Cemetery Company |
„ | .. | Pond Square, &c., Highgate | 0 | 3 | 28 | St. Pancras Borough Council |
„ | .. | Lismore Circus | 0 | 2 | 26 | „ „ |
West St. Pancras | 87 | Primrose Hill and Regent's Park | 400 | 0 | 0 | H.M. Government |
„ | 181 | St. James Gardens | 2 | 2 | 31 | St. Pancras Borough Council |
East St. Pancras | 90 | St. Martin's Gardens | 1 | 3 | 0 | „ „ |
„ | .. | College Gardens | 0 | 0 | 17 | „ „ |
„ | .. | St. Pancras Gardens | 5 | 1 | 0 | „ „ |
South St. Pancras | 183 | Whitfield Gardens | 0 | 2 | 0 | London County Council |
„ | 178 | St. George's Gardens | 2 | 2 | 0 | St. Pancras Borough Council |
„ | .. | St. Andrew's Gardens | 1 | 1 | 0 | „ „ |
Mr. W. N. Blair, M.I.CE., Borough Engineer, compiled the following
table, from which it is seen that more than one-fourth of St. Pancras is public
or semi-public open space and railways.