[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet UDC 1909].

  • Friern Barnet (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet UDC 1909]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It comprises 1,303 acres 1 rood (including 149 acres occupied by the buildings and grounds of the Colney Hatch Asylum), most of which is undulating ground, varying from 150 to 300 feet above the sea level, the geological formation being London clay with here and there patches of gravel. The General Character of the District.—For the purposes of representation, statistics, &c., it is divided into three Wards—North, South, and Central ; and in addition, Colney Hatch Asylum—situated between the Central and South Wards—is treated separately to a great extent, as to include the deaths of such an institution with those of the District would create a mistaken and adverse impression. The population is unevenly distributed ; thus, in the North Ward a large part is pasture land, and the houses for the most part are of a higher rateable value, being detached and separated some distance from each other, but during the year several houses of lower rent have been built. The houses in the Central Ward are chiefly semi-detached, and in terraces and streets. Manv new houses have been built lately. The South Ward is the most thickly populated, the houses being of the usual six-roomed kind, and are inhabited in many cases by more than one family. In this Ward also there is the tendency to the erection of flats, and the con- version of six-roomed houses into flats. House Accommodation..— The number of houses of the working-classes type more than meet the present demand, ^fhe air-space about the houses is adequate. There are no courts or alleys in the district. The cleanlinees of the surroundings is generally good, but keeping hens in the back gardens is not a, desirable practice. The population in 1881 was 4,405 ; in 1891, 6,71b ; and in 1901, 8,816 ; the average number of persons per house being respectively 6*01 and for the two latter years, as estimated from figures supplied from the Census Offices by the Registrar-General.