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Hendon 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon RDC]
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The Rural District of London.
Area, 11,055 Acres. Estimated Population, 14,940.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,—
I have the honour of presenting you my Annual Report
upon the sanitary condition of your District.
It is the 16th of the new series, and covers the year 1910.
The general sanitary condition of the District is excellent,
the death-rate has again fallen from 7.3 per 1,000 last year
to 6.2 this.
Section X.
AREA AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF DISTRICT.
The area of the District is 11,055 acres. It lies upon Topographythe
southern and western slopes of the spur of high land
running from the Barnet District and jutting out into the
Weald of Harrow.
The dividing lines of the five parishes run approximately
north and south, the northern portion of the parishes resting
on the hill and the southern lying in the valley.