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The Chairmen of this Committee have been the Rev. E. A. B. Sanders,
Mr. F. W. Mason, and Councillor F. Vincent, who is the present occupant of
this responsible position. Mr. A. C. Church is the Clerk of the Committee.
POOR LAW INSTITUTIONS.
The workhouses of two large Unions are situated in Fore Street Ward.
The one belonging to the Strand Union, London, to which is attached the
Strand Union Schools, receives its inmates from the Strand and other Central
London Districts; its population, therefore, does not enter into our statistics.
The Institution belonging to the Edmonton Board of Guardians receives a
certain proportion of its inmates from this district, and such proportion is treated
as part of our population for statistical purposes. The large bulk of the
inmates, however, is derived from Tottenham, Southgate, Wood Green, Hornsey,
Enfield, Cheshunt (Herts) and Waltham Abbey (Essex), which places make up the
large Poor-Law Union of Edmonton, and these inmates, of course, do not enter
into our vital statistics. In March, 1913, the estimated population of Edmonton
Union was 463,586; rateable value, £2,425,366. Amongst a total of forty
Guardians, Edmonton District proper has only four representatives.
The Strand Union School was closed on the 31st July, 1913. This closure
followed the amalgamation of three Unions, namely: Strand, Westminster and
St. George's, Hanover Square, into one union known as the City of Westminster.
The school premises are now empty and the former master, Mr. Dexter, is now
taking care of them.
On the 7th October, Mr. James A. Stronach died, who was the last to hold
the office of Vestry Clerk of Edmonton; and that in conjunction with Southgate
Urban District.
A table showing the number of inmates of both the Strand and Edmonton
Institutions, and the births and deaths that have taken place there, will be
found in Table IIa.
At the Edmonton Infirmary and Workhouse the general death rate is over
432 per thousand inmates, and the infantile mortality rate is over 691 per
thousand births taking place there. The similar rates for the district generally
(excluding foreigners) are nearly 12 per thousand inhabitants and slightly over
105 per thousand births.
OPEN SPACES.
The Ccunty Council has power to contribute to the cost of acquiring open
spaces by (a) County Council of Middlesex Acts 1898 and 1908; (b) The Open
Spaces Act 1906, It can assist any urban or district council or any