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St Mary (Islington) 1892

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

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Hornsey Road.—South-west side, in front of Emmanuel Church;
and in front of the grounds of Tyrolese Cottage between Emmanuel
Church and No. 173.— The gravel footways have been paved, the Vestry
having paid the apportioned cost of paving the footway in front of the
church amounting to £37 11s. 0d. and one moiety amounting to
£33 18s. 4d. of the apportioned cost in respect of the last mentioned
portion of the footway, the other moiety having been found by the
owners.
Hornsey Road.—North-east side, from No. 188 to No. 216, both
inclusive.—The kerb has been set back to an improved line and a
portion of the old footway added to the carriageway and made up at a
cost of £47 12s. 5d.
Seven Sisters Road.—South-east side by Isledon Road.—In order
to construct a new refuge in the centre of Seven Sisters Road between
Isledon Road and Fonthill Road it became necessary to widen the
carriageway at that point; the footway in front of the "Clarence" P. H.
was therefore reduced in width, the kerb set back, and the portion
added to the carriageway paved with granite setts on a foundation of
blue lias concrete at a cost of £26 9s. 0d.
George's Road. - This improvement referred to in last year's
report has been completed at a cost of £204 3s. 2d., in addition to
which £1,116 0s. 0d. was incurred for legal expenses and the purchase
of the ground required for the improvement. A sum of £1,100 was
obtained by loan from the London County Council for the purchase
of the ground.
Green Lanes, Albion Road and Matthias Road.—Albion Road has
been widened by the Hackney Board of Works and the South Hornsey
Local Board, and the last mentioned Board has also set back the garden
walls in front of the Holland House property, widened the carriageway
and paved the portion of the footway in its district. The Vestry has set
back the kerb on the north-east side of Green Lanes, between No. 4 and
a point 15½ feet north-west of the west side of Holland House to the
new line, and made up the portion added to the carriageway between
Albion Road and No. 4 Green Lanes. The widening of the remainder
of the footway on this side of Green Lanes between No. 4 and the