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Hendon 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon RDC]

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The Rural District of Hendon.
Area, 11,321 Acres.
Population at Census 1921, 17,440.
Population Estimated 1925, 19,510.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour of presenting to you my first
Survey Report upon the sanitary condition of your
District.
It covers the year 1925, and as a Survey Report the
last five years.
SECTION I.
1.—Area and General Description of District.
The area of the District is 11,321 acres. It consists
of five separate parishes running from east to west in
the following order:—Edgware, Little Stanmore, Great
Stanmore, Harrow Weald, and Pinner. It lies upon
the 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.
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