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Southgate 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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All work done in the sewers was carried out in accordance
with the recommendations of the Ministry of Agriculture and
Fisheries (Infestation Division). An official of the Ministry
visited the district on each occasion and was given facilities for
inspecting the work while in progress. He expressed himself
entirely satisfied with the way in which the work was being
carried out.
Public Conveniences
Seventeen public conveniences are available in the Borough,
situated as follows:
Broomfield Park (2).
Arnos Park.
Bramley Sports Ground.
Oak wood Park.
Grovelands Park.
Tottenhall Sports Ground.
North Circular Road, Palmers Green.
Triangle, Palmers Green.
Fords Grove, Winchmore Hill.
Southgate Tube Station, N.14.
"Cherry Tree" Hotel.
"Crown," Chase Side, N.14.
"White Hart," Chase Road, N.14.
"King's Head," Wades Hill, N.21.
"Orange Tree," Highfield Road, N.21.
" Fox " Hotel, Green Lanes, N.13.
Conveniences provided by the London Passenger Transport
Board at Southgate and Oakwood Underground Stations are also
available to the public.
All public conveniences in the district are inspected by
members of the Public Health Department staff. This inspection
includes conveniences provided for the use of the public in public
houses and hotels. Defects are brought to the notice of the Borough
Surveyor's Department, or are notified to the proprietors of the
premises in which the public conveniences in question are situated.
The question of additional public conveniences within the
Borough has been discussed by the Public Health Committee on a
number of occasions. The possibility of providing a public convenience
to serve the area round Southgate Green, including
Southgate Cemetery and the Walker Cricket Ground, was fully
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