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It contains 12,601 acres, including 412 acres of water, and
naturally divides itself into three-parts:—the Western, mainly
agricultural, with centres of population at Hadley Wood and Cockfosters,
is situate on the London clay, and is hilly in character,
the highest point in the District being at "Stormont" (near Potters
Bar) 418 feet above Ordnance Datum. The Central, including
the Ridgeway, Old Town, Bush Hill Park, Clay Hill and Forty
Hill, is, like the Western, partly on the London clay, and the remainder
on soil of a loamy nature with gravel below. Bush Hill
Park is now almost entirely built upon, the inhabitants being mostly
industrial.
The Eastern part of the District, the lowest point of which
(41 feet above Ordnance Datum) is found near the Flour Mills,
Ponders End, lies in the Lea Valley. The soil is of loam, lying on
a deep substratum of gravel. There are two principal centres of
population, viz., Ponders End and Enfield Lock, and the inhabitants
are mainly employed in local factories, horticulture and market
gardening. In addition to the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield
Lock, there are the following works: The Edison and Swan
Electric Light Co., The Enfield Ediswan Cable Co., the General
Iron Foundry, The Cosmos Lamp Works, the Ruberoid Co., the
Corticine Floor Covering Co., the Brimsdown Lead Works, Messrs.
T. Morson and Sons, Messrs. Edwardson's Patent Glue Works,
the Titchfield Works, the Auto-Tool Co., the Vulcan Works, Messrs.
T. Reddaway and Co., the Portable Tool Co., while there are also
many smaller works and several steam laundries in the District.
In addition to the employment found in the above mentioned
factories, also in agriculture and horticulture, a large number of
Enfield residents find their occupation in London, for which purpose
the district is served by two Railway Companies, also two
lines of tramways.
I am not aware of any particular occupation which exercises
any influence on the public health.