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5
Barnet
Urban District Council.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
40, High Street,
Barnet.
January, 1913.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Barnet Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in presenting to you my Third
Annual Report on the Health of the District for the year
1912.
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.
Upon the hill the geological formation consists of gravel
overlying beds of London clay, while in the valleys the clay
comes to the surface.
The Town fringes the borders of Hertfordshire and
Middlesex, and is situated about 10 miles from Charing
Cross on what may be termed the crowning summit of the
Northern Heights.
The District is very bracing and healthy, for which
reason it is becoming an increasingly popular residential area.
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
The population is largely residential, and consists chiefly
of people whose occupation lies outside the urban area. Those
employed in the district, apart from tradesmen and their