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East Barnet Valley Urban District Council.
Annual Report
OF THE
Medical Officer of Health
FOR THE YEAR 1921.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Bast Barnet Valley Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour of submitting to you the 48th Annual
Report of matters relative to the statistics, health, and general
sanitary conditions of your District, being for the year 1921.
Physical Features and Ceneral
Character of the District.
The Urban Sanitary District of East Barnet Valley is
within the Administrative County of Hertford, being situate on
the extreme southern portion of the County. Geographically,
however, the District is almost surrounded by the County of Middlesex,
the exception being the north-western portion of the
boundary, which adjoins the Urban Sanitary District of Barnet
(Herts). The remaining Districts adjoining the Council's area
are all urban sanitary districts, situate within the County of
Middlesex, vix. :—On the north, Enfield ; on the south and southeast,
Southgate; on the south-west, Friern Barnet.
The District Council was formed in April, 1894, to succeed
the old Local Board. The District comprises the Parishes of
East Barnet, Barnet Vale, and Monken Hadley. As its name
implies, it lies on the side of a valley extending from Hadley in
the north to Brunswick Park in the south. The principal portion
of the District is divided by the main line of the Great
Northern Railway from King's Cross to the north, while it is also
bounded on the east and west respectively by the main roads leading
from London northwards through Southgate and Barnet.