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same month that it appeared to be a very insanitary building and quite
inadequate for what was required of it. He made strenuous efforts to secure a
piece of laud somewhere near in order to erect a proper convenience, and so do
away with the existing one. In September, the Works Committee recommended
that this urinal be removed. In November a suggestion was made
that the Council should consider the advisability of approaching the Tottenham
Council as regards the erection of a sanitary convenience on the triangular piece
of waste land on the main road, which land is partly in Edmonton and partly
in Tottenham; the Engineer reported that this iron urinal had been removed.
In December a letter was submitted to the Sanitary Committee complaining of
the trouble which had arisen in the neighbourhood owing to the removal of this
urinal. In my opinion, the urinal should not have been removed until another
was ready to carry on its useful work in the vicinity of the County Court.
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.
Mixed bathing was instituted in April. It commenced on 28th April, and
continued until the end of November; the Architect's report showed that a nett
loss of about ^"50 was incurred on the innovation.
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.
THE CENSUS OF 1911.
Volume VI. with reference to "Housing," was published on April 30th,
1913- This is a novel report from the Census office. It contains statistics of
the various kinds of buildings in each area, and shows not only if they are
designed for habitation, but whether they were actually inhabited on April 1st,
1911. These figures are valuable to those interested in the housing problem.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Edmonton, since the census of April, 1911, has been promoted to the first
class, i.e., in the weekly returns of the Registrar General, Edmonton appears as
one of the g6 largest towns in England and Wales, and therefore enjoys the
privilege of having her vital statistics published with the other 95 towns every
week.