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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

Stepney 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Table 22OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE BOROUGH

Table 22

OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE BOROUGH

LocationAcreage
MAINTAINED BY BOROUGH COUNCIL
Albert Square Gardens0.66
Arbour Square Gardens0.66
Beaumont Square Gardens1.00
Carlton Square Gardens0.75
Christchurch Gardens, Spitalfields1.25
Ford Square Gardens0.40
Kingward Street Playground0.13
Mallon Gardens, Commercial Street0.19
Mile End Gardens0.50
St.George-in-the-East Churchyard2.25
St,George's Gardens0.75
St.James's Gardens, Ratcliffe2.00
Sidney Square Gardens0.33
Stepney Green Gardens, including Clock Tower space1.50
Swedenborg Square Playground0.67
Trafalgar Gardens0.60
Tredegar Square Playground1.24
Trinity Square Gardens1.22
Vallance Road Recreation Ground1.19
Wakefield Gardens0.06
York Square Gardens0.2017.55
MAINTAINED BY LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL
Allen Gardens1.26
Bethnal Green Gardens Extension1.60
Brickfield Gardens5.73
Diggon Street Playground0.13
King Edward VII Memorial Park8.50
King George's Playing Fields (part)13.52
Limehouse Churchyard2.00
Rope Walk Gardens, Christian Street1.51
Shandy Park3.18
Stepney Churchyard6.75
Wapping Gardens3.45
Waterside Gardens1.9249.55
TOTAL (Acres)67.10

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These Open Spaces represent 3.97% of the area of the Borough, which
is 1,691 acres, exclusive of the area covered by the river, docks and
canals.
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