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Enfield 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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The water main has been extended at Bulls Cross and to
Botany Bay so that all the Ridgeway is now supplied with water to
the Potters Bar boundary.
Sewage Farm.
The disposal of sewage still continues to be satisfactory. With
a view of maintaining it so, the system of under drainage has been
extended by the laying of about 350 yards of 9in. pipe drain and
about 3,000 yards of field drains; cleaning out the Sludge Lagoons
and forming a Humus Tank.
Surface water drains have been laid as follows:—
Waverley Road, 290yds. of 9in.; Crescent Road, 161yds. of
9in.; Old Park Road, 203yds. of 9in.; Old Park Farm Road,
180yds. of 9in.; Bullsmoor Lane, 655yds. of 9in; Back of British
Schools, 70yds. of 21in.; Stanley Road, 85yds. of 9in.
The 9in. sewer for 105yds. in Stanley Road has been re-laid in
order to accommodate an extended area.
A Public Convenience, providing accommodation for both
sexes has been erected at the junction of Church Street and Little
Park.
A mess room for the men has been built at the Little Park
Depot.
A Band Stand has been erected in the Town Park.
A Motor Syren has been fixed at the Fire Station, Ponders End.
Fifty-two houses have been certified as completed and fit for
human habitation; 22 houses have had additions made thereto; 3
factories, 10 additions to factories, 3 new Public Buildings; 5 additions
to Public Buildings and 25 other buildings constitute the
amount of building operations during the year.
Two new streets have been laid out.
March, 1915.
THE WAR.
The following Medical Men from Enfield have joined H.M.
Service since the War began:—
C. H. Browne, Esq., Surgeon, R.N.; E. M. Ridge, Esq.,
Lieut., R.N.V.R. (killed at Antwerp); A. M. Ross, Esq., Lieut.,
R.A.M.C.; H. F. Vandermin, Esq., Lieut., R.A.M.C.; P. P.
Warren, Esq., Lieut., R.A.M.C.; W. W. Wood, Esq., Lieut,
R.A.M.C.
The following have also gone from the Staff and employees of
the Council:—
Clerk's Department.
J. Ellis, Clerk's 4th Assistant, Royal Bucks. Hussars:
J. Brooks, Pupil Clerk, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.