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5
Barnet
Urban District Council.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
40, High Street,
Barnet.
January, 1915.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Barnet Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in presenting to you my Fifth
Annual Report on the Health of the District for the year
1914.
The District is in the Barnet Union, and includes the
parishes of Chipping Barnet, Hadley, South Mimms, Arkley,
and Totteridge, and has an area of 3,112 acres.
The Town, known locally 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 amidst beautiful scenery, and
fringes the borders of Hertfordshire and Middlesex, about 10
miles from Charing Cross, on what may be termed the
crowning summit of the Northern Heights.
The District is bracing and healthy, for which reason it
is becoming an increasingly popular residential area.