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SECTION 1.
General Information and
Statistical Summary.
General.
Soil and Situation.—Practically the whole of the borough is situated on London clay.
There are a few superficial deposits of gravel in the south and lower Bagshot sands in the extreme
north.
The altitude varies from 48 feet above Ordnance datum in the south (in the neighbourhood
of Ampton Street, King's Cross Road) to 427 feet above Ordnance datum in the north
(Pond Square).
The borough is about 4 miles long, extending from near Oxford Street in the south to
Highgate in the north, and averages about a mile in width.
Acres.
Area of the borough 2,694
Area of Ward 1 990
Area of Ward 2 162
Area of Ward 3 452
Area of Ward 4 271
Area of Ward 5 342
Area of Ward 6 180
Area of Ward 7 118
Area of Ward 8 179
Area of various public open spaces 543
Regent's Park and Primrose Hill 102
Parliament Hill 184
Kenwood 164
Waterlow Park 29
Disused burial grounds 31
Public gardens 33
Area of borough highways, excluding footpaths, 28 acres (approx.)
Total length of roads about 90 miles
Population (1951 Census) 138,364
Population (Registrar General's mid-1951 estimate) 139,100
Number of persons per acre (estimated average) 51
Rateable value £2,106,997
Product of a penny rate, about £8,500
General rate—17/- in the £ for the year.
(5009) B