Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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PUBLIC OFFICES,
ENFIELD,
February 23rd, 1910
Medical Officer of Health's
ANNUAL REPORT
for 1909.
To the Urban District Council of Enfield.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you my
Annual Report for the year 1909, with which is
incorporated the Report of your Sanitary Inspector
Mr. A. J. Munro, giving particulars of the work
done in the Sanitary Department.
In accordance with the Memorandum of the
Local Government Board as to the Annual
Reports of Medical Officers of Health, I propose
in the first instance to give some particulars of
the physical features and general character of the
District, and condition of its population.
Enfield, one of the largest parishes in England,
containing 12,600 acres, naturally divides itself
into three parts; The Western, mainly agricultural,
with centres of population at Hadley Wood