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immensely by the improved means of transit, and the greater cleanliness of
the new road adds materially to their comfort and plays, I am convinced, an
important part in the conservation of their health.
Within a short time the travelling facilities throughout the northern
neighbourhood of London will be much increased, and in a few years' time
we may see a circular route running from Finsbury Park through Wood Green,
Palmers Green, Winchniore Hill, Enfield, Edmonton and Tottenham, back to
Finsbury Park, and perhaps a short connecting line between Edmonton Green
and Green Lanes, via Church Street.
SANITARY CONVENIENCES.
One has been erected at the important junction of Angel Road and
Fore Street; and another, on The Green, will be built next year. Bye-laws
with reference to these buildings were approved by the Local Government
Board on 23rd January, 1909.
BATHS.
These were opened in 1903, the cost being £28,245 (this amount included
the cost of the new Council Chamber, Mortuary, Stores and Offices).
There are no public wash-houses in connection with the baths.
FREE LIBRARY.
This library was opened in 1897. The cost was .£5,000, which was
chiefly borne by Mr. Passmore Edwards. Mr. Farmborough is the Librarian;
and the Management Committee, elected annually, consists of ten Councillors
and ten gentlemen chosen by the Council. There are no ladies on the Committee.
VITAL STATISTICS.
To the various Registrars, especially Mr. J. Harman Judd, I owe
thanks for the care and promptness exercised in the returns to me, on which
foundation the whole fabric of my statistics is raised.
Population. The following tables shew the population of the
district, exclusive of the two Union Workhouses, for the last three Census
years :—
Year. Population.
1881 13,065
1891 23,437
1901 44,911
The estimated population for the year is arrived at by multiplying the
number of inhabited houses at the middle of the year, by the number of inhabitants
per house as given in the last Census Report. This figure for