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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abutting upon it at the time of erecting new buildings this land has
been added to the footway which has been widened, and a pitched
channel laid. The cost of the work amounted to £17 8s. 2d.
Hornsey Road.—South-west side, between St. Mark's Mission Hall and
Grove Road.—The owner of this land being desirous of erecting ten
new shops in advance of the general line of buildings, the London
County Council consented to this being done provided the fronts of the
buildings were erected at 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.
Although only five of the shops have been erected the ground in front
of the site of the whole of the proposed number has been given up.
The ground referred to was 10 feet 6 inches wide and contained 1,963
feet super. The carriageway and footway have been widened, a pitched
channel laid and the footway paved, the cost of the work amounting to
£193 9s. 9d.
Ilornsey Road.—South-west side, from No. 193 to St. Mark's Mission
Hall.—The owner having set back the fences and walls of the property
abutting on this part of the road to a distance of 45 feet from the
opposite side of the road and given up the ground in front on condition
that the Vestry made up the same and added it to the public way, the
ground referred to has been made up, the carriageway and footway
widened, a pitched channel laid and the footway paved, at a cost of
£799 5s. 3d. This ground had an average width of 7 feet 6 inches, and
an area of 6,926 feet super.
Seven Sisters Road.—North-west side, in front of No. 95; and Hornsey
Road, south-west side, in front of Nos. 191 and 193; and at the flank of
No. 95, Seven Sisters Road.—This improvement, which was referred to
in the last annual report, has been completed at a cost of £126 9s. 9d.
Holloway Road.—North-east side, from Seven Sisters Road to a point
71 feet north-west thereof.—The tar paved margin of the footway has
been paved with York paving at a cost of £36 7s. 7d.
Seven Sisters Road.—South-east side, by the Nag's Head P. H.—A
one story addition having been built to the flank of the Nag's Head
Public House with the approval of the London County Council, who
required that the ground between the addition and the public footway
should be given up and added to the public way, the ground referred to,