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St Pancras 1905

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

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§ 2. OPEN SPACES AND ATMOSPHERE.

Table: Public Open Spaces.—The parks, gardens, and other open spaces secured against building operations in and adjoining St. Pancras, together with their situation, approximate area, and the authority under which they are maintained, are enumerated in the following table:—

Public Open Spaces.—The parks, gardens, and other open spaces secured against building operations in and adjoining St. Pancras, together with their situation, approximate area, and the authority under which they are maintained, are enumerated in the following table:—

Sub-Districts.Density of Persons per acre,Garden or Open Space.Area.Maintaining
Census, 1901.A.R.P.Authority.
North St. Pancras59Parliament Fields & Hampstead Heath50710London County Council
99• •Waterlow Park290099 99
99..Highgate Cemetery3800Cemetery Company
99..Pond Square, &c., Highgate0328St. Pancras Borough Council
„..Lismore Circus022799 99
West St. Pancras87Primrose Hill and Regent's Park40000H.M. Government
99181St. James Gardens2231St. Pancras Borough Council
East St. Pancras90St. Martin's Gardens13099 99
99..College Gardens0017„
99..St. Pancras Gardens51099 99
South St. Pancras183Whitefield Gardens020London County Council
99178St. George's Gardens220St. Pancras Borough Council
99..St. Andrew's Gardens11099 99

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Mr. W. N. Blair, M.I.C.E., Borough Engineer, compiled the following
tible, from which it is seen that more than one-fourth of St. Pancras is
public or semi-public open space and railways.