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BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.
Health Deportment,
Council Offices,
Wood Street,
Barnet.
January 1926.
To the Chairman & Members of the
Barnet Urban District Council.
Mrs Burton & Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in presenting to you my Report on the
Health of the District for the year 1925.
The District is in the Barnet Union, and includes the
parishes of Arkley, Chipping Barnet, Hadley, South Mimms 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 upon the hill consists of gravel
overlying beds of London clay, while in the valleys the clay comes
to the surface.
The Town is situated amidst beautiful soenery, and fringes
the borders of Hertfordshire and Middlesex. It is 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.
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
The population is largely residential, end consists chiefly
of people whose occupation lies outside the urban area. Those
employed in the District apart from tradesmen and their employees,
are mainly skilled workers at dental manufacturing, lithographic,
printing and optical works.
Poor Law Relief is supplied by the Barnet Union and provides
a Workhouse and Hospital of about 200 beds, both of which are
situated within, the Urban District.