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Islington 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St. Mary ]

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been added to the public way, and the road thereby widened to 40 feet.
A paved footway has been formed, a pitched channel laid, and the part
added to the carriageway made up at a total cost of £150 16s.
Highgate Hill—north-east side in front of West View. A piece of
ground in front of the 19 houses in West View having been given up
by the owner for the purpose of forming a footway in front of these
houses upon condition that the Vestry contributed £50 towards the cost
of kerbing and paving the footway, a kerb has been laid in front of all
the houses and the footway paved in front of Nos. 5 to 19, both inclusive.
The footway has also been paved in front of Nos. 2 and 3, the owners of
those houses contributing their moiety of the expense. A piece of
ground in front of Nos. 9 to 19, both inclusive, containing 26 yards
super, is being made up and added to the carriage way.
Elthorne Road—south-east side in front of No. 196, and at the
entrance to the yard at the rear of Station Parade. A strip of ground
containing 12½ yards super has been given up by the owner, added to
the public footway, and paved by the Vestry at a cost of £4 10s. 6d.
Hornsey Road—south-west side. The remaining six of the 20 shops
referred to in the last report, and since called Station Parade,
have been erected, and the piece of ground in front of them and
the piece of ground between the last of the shops (No. 20, Station
Parade), and Jubilee House has been given up, added to the public
way and paved by the Vestry. The ground referred to was of an average
width of 3 ft. 6 ins., and contained 54¾ yards super, and the cost of
paving it and of forming a pitched crossing in the footway at the
entrance to the ground adjoining No. 20, Station Parade, amounted to
£25 9s. 9d.
Hornsey Road—north-east side, at the north-west corner of Holland
Road. The kerb has been set back in order to coincide with the kerb in
Holland Road, and the portion of ground obtained from the footway has
been added to the carriageway at a cost of £1 19s. 7d.
St. John's Park, south-east side, by the new pitched crossing by
the National School. A portion of the gravel margin of the footway
has been paved at a cost of £3 3s. 8d.
Grove Road—north-west side, between the rear of No. 598,Holloway
Road, and the south-west side of the gateway adjoining No. 13, Grove