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I have little to add to the remarks made in the introduction
to this Report. There is much, very much in Southgate for which
we should give thanks, about which we can feel extremely proud.
The dormitory character of the Borough, with an almost entire
absence of factories has quite obviously played a profound part in
our history. But there is something more. Bald statistics can
seldom, if ever, reveal the effect on the health of a community of
amenities, of delightful parks and open spaces, of wide, well-caredfor
streets and intelligent planning; but there can be no doubt
that this effect has been and still is material. As time passes and
as — what we have every reason to expect — the character and
standard of the Borough are maintained, this effect will become
even more obvious. This is surely where the destiny of Southgate
lies. We have been granted an exceptional heritage from those
who made Southgate what it is; so long as past policy is maintained,
the future should be adequately safeguarded.
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