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Edmonton Arban District.
REPORT
of the
Medical Officer of Health
FOR THE YEAR 1905.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF DISTRICT.
The Urban District of Edmonton, area 3,890 acres, seven miles
distant from Liverpool Street terminus, on the Enfield branch of
the Great Eastern Railway, is situated in the County of Middlesex,
on the west bank of the River Lea.
It is bounded by Enfield Urban District on the north, and by the
urban districts of Southgate and Tottenham on the west and south
respectively. Chingford Urban District lies on the east, on the
opposite bank of the river. The district is for the most part flat,
rising slightly from the river marshes on the east, to the higher
ground to the westward. Geologically, Edmonton is situated in the
London chalk basin. The subsoil consists, for the most part, of
valley drift (sand and ballast), beneath which, at varying depths,
lies the London clay. The surface loam is not deep, and, in the
northern part of the district especially, there is a rich and extensive
deposit of brick earth.
The population is almost entirely industrial and a large proportion
of the workers travel daily by train and tram to their employment