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 Islington, Parish of St. Mary ]
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Crouch Hill.—South-west side, between Hartley Road and Findon
Terrace.—The owners of the property abutting on this part of the road
being desirous of erecting buildings in advance of the line of the two
old houses which it was proposed to remove, the London County Council
agreed to this being done on condition that the fronts of the proposed
buildings were set back a distance of 45 feet from the opposite side of
the road and the ground in front given up and added to the public
way. The new buildings on part of the ground at the rear of the
Manor Dairy Company's premises and between those premises and
Findon Terrace have been erected and the ground referred to given
up in accordance with the above conditions. The carriageway has
been widened and a kerbed and paved footing laid at a cost of
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£154 12s. Id. This improvement has effected a widening of the
road which by No. 1, Findon Terrace was only 29 feet, and at a point
109 feet north-west of Hanley Road only 37 feet 4 inches wide.
Hornsey Rise.—South-west side from and including No. 1 to No. 5.—
The owner of property abutting on this part of the road being desirous
of pulling down Sylvan Cottage and erecting two new buildings on the
site in advance of the front of the building to be removed and of
bringing out the front of No. 1 to the same proposed line, the London
County Council consented to this being done on condition that the
ground in front was given up and added to the public way. The
ground, which had an average width of 6 feet and contained 393 feet
super, has accordingly been given up and added to the public footway
and paved at a cost of £18 10s. 8d.
Elthorne Road.—North-west side, by Sunnyside Road.—The circular
corner of the footway, which projected so far into the carriageway as
to cause great inconvenience to vehicles turning it, has been improved
by setting back the kerb at the corner 8 feet, and adding a portion of
the footway (100 feet long by an average width of 4 feet) to the
carriageway, resetting the kerb and part of the footway paving, and
extending the pitched crossing over Elthorne Road to the improved
line, at a cost of £20 19s. 5d.
Grove Road.—South-cast side, from No. 108 to Hornsey Road.—A
strip of land of an average width of 2 feet 7 inches and containing
166 feet super having been given up by the owner of the premises