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5
Barnet
Urban District Council.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
40, High Street,
Barnet.
January, 1912.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Barnet Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present my second Annual Report on the
Health of the District for the year 1911.
The District is in the Barnet Union, and includes
the parishes of Chipping Barnet, Hadley, South Mimms, and
Arkley, and has an area of 1,509 acres.
The Town, locally known as High Barnet, stands upon a
hill at an altitude of 430 feet above sea level.
The geological formation consists of gravel overlying
beds of London clay upon the hill, while in the valleys the
clay comes to the surface.
The Town is situated about 10 miles from Charing
Cross on what may be termed the crowning summit of the
Northern Heights.
The District is bracing and healthy, and is becoming an
increasingly popular residential area.
POPULATION.
The census taken during the year gives the population
as 10,440. This is lower than was estimated owing to the
fact that the increase in the decennial period 1901 to
1911 has been at a lower rate than during the period 1891 to
1901, due to a decrease in the Birth Rate.
The average number of persons per house in 1911 was
4'7, as compared with 5'2 in 1901.