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BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.
Public Health Department,
31 Wood Street,
Barnet.
To the Chairman and Members of
the Barnet Urban District Council.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in presenting to you my Annual Report on the Health of
the District for the year 1949-
It is drawn up on the lines indicated in Circular 2/50 of the 25th January,
1950 - as requested by the Ministry of Health.
It is with regret that I record the passing of Charles W. Hill, who for 40
years was Chief Sanitary Inspector of this District. I found him the greatest
assistance in my work and his advice was always sound and carefully considered.
I am most happy to feel that Mr. J. B. Wilson, who had worked for some 14
years under Mr. Hill and now succeeds him, will be with me.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 4,290
Population (1931 Census) 15,064
Registrar-General's Estimate of Resident Civilian Population, mid 1949 24,450
Number of Inhabited Houses 6,777
Rateable Value £255,875
Sum represented (excluding Totteridge and Rowley £726
by a Penny Rate (excluding Totteridge £762
(including Totteridge and Rowley £1,047
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 the tradesmen and their employees, are mainly skilled workers at dental
manufacturing, lithographic, printing and optical works.