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and Cock fosters, is situate on the London clay
and is hilly in character. The Central includes
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 gravel below.
There is a considerable population in the neighbourhood
of the Town, partly of a residential and
business, also industrial nature. Bush Hill Park
is now almost entirely built upon, the inhabitants
of which are mostly industrial.
The Eastern lies in the Lea Valley. The soil is
of loam lying on a deep substratum of gravel.
There are two principal centres of population, viz.,
Ponders End and Enfield Lock, and the inhabitants
are mainly employed in the local factories,
horticulture and market gardening. In addition
to the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock,
there are the Corticene Works, Edison and Swan
United Electric Light Company's Works, Enfield
Gas Works, and the Metallic Tube Works at
Ponders End, also The Imperial Lamp Works,
North Metropolitan Electric Power Station and
White Lead Works, at Brimsdown, Eufield Highway.
In addition to these there are many smaller
works and steam laundries in the District, while
there is also in course of construction works at
Brimsdown for the manufacture of Ruberoid.
Population.
The population of Enfield at the census of
1901 was 42,738, and the estimated population at
the middle of 1909 was 57,453. This is calculated
on the basis of allowing 5.37 persons to the
10,739 inhabited houses.