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9
Edmonton Urban District.
REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 190S.
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE DISTRICT.
The Urban District of Edmonton has an area of 3,894 acres, including
'
31 of water. It is situated in the County of Middlesex, on the west bank of the
River Lea. The chief watercourses are Salmon's Brook, which takes a southeasterly
course across the northern part of the district to the Sewage Farm,
but there turns due south and joins Pymmes Brook on the extreme southwest
corner of the district. Pymmes Brook flows through the southern part
of Edmonton and Pymmes Park in an easterly direction as far as Angel Road
Station, but a little further on it takes a southern course and is joined by
Salmon's Brook; the combined waters ultimately fall into the River Lea
below Tottenham Lock.
The New River lies on the western boundary. The soil is loam and
the subsoil consists of brick-earth and gravel of varying depth overlying the
London clay.
This Urban District is bounded by Enfield Urban District on the north,
and the Urban Districts of Southgate and Tottenham on the west and south
respectively. Chingford Urban District of the County of Essex lies on the
east, on the opposite bank of the River Lea. The district is for the most
part flat, rising slightly from the river marshes on the east, to the higher
ground to the westward.