[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield UDC 1910].
- Enfield (London, England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1911
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield UDC 1910]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![PUBLIC OFFICES, ENFIELD. February 3rd, 1911. Hfcebtcal Officer of Dealtb’s ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1910. To the Urban District Council of Enfield. Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit to you my Annua] Report for the year 1910, which I trust you will find much more satisfactory in every respect than that of last year. The Report of your Sanitary Inspector, Mr. A. J. Munro, giving particulars of the work done in the Sanitary Department, is also incorporated. In accordance with the Memorandum of the Local Govern¬ ment Board as to the Annual Reports of Medical Officers of Health, which inevitably leads to a certain amount of repetition each year, I propose in the first instance to give some particulars of the physical features and general character of the District, and condition of its population. Enfield, one of the largest parishes in England, is situated ten miles North of London, and is bounded on the North by Hertford¬ shire, and on the East by Essex. It contains 12,600 acres, including 112 acres of water, and naturally divides itself into three parts : the Western; mainly agricultural, with centres of population at Hadley Wood and Cockfosters, is situate on the London clay, and is hilly in character. The Central; including the Ridgeway, Old Town, Bush Hill Park, Clay Hill and Forty Hill, part of which is, like the Western, on the London clay, and the remainder soil of a loamy nature with](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30431323_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
