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ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR 1925.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Clungford Urban District Council.
Ladies and Gentleman,
I have much pleasure in submitting my Annual Report for the
year 1925, which in accordance with instructions of the Minister
of Health (vide Circular 648) is a Survey Report embracing ail
measures for the improvement of the Public Health of the District
during the period 1920-25.
The Report also indicates any action of importance contemplated
or considered desirable in the organization or development of public
health services.
Natural and Social Conditions of the District.
Area 2,807 acres
Population—Census 1911 8,186
„ 1921 9,481
„ 1925 (estimated) 10,310
The Urban District of Chingford may be divided into Northern
and Southern areas. The Northern area, situated on a plateau is
60—300 feet above sea level, and is thus one of the highest parts of
the County of Essex. The Southern area, lying on lower ground
forms part of the Lea Valley and is separated from the Northern
portion by a somewhat abrupt decline.
To the West of Chingford the ground falls to a district, scarcely
populated and partly occupied by two large reservoirs of the Metropolitan
Water Board.
Owing to its elevation—its bordering to the North on a wide
open plain, that disafforested portion of Epping Forest now forming
the public golf links—its abrupt escarpment to the West, with open
spaces to the East and South, interspersed with woods, the Urban
District of Chingford is thoroughly exposed to every purifying air
current, whilst the sea is distant just 40 miles.