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The highest point in the District is at the Downhills Water Tower,
where the ground level reaches 100.9 feet above sea level. About the
same level is reached at Devonshire Hill. The lowest level, viz., 25 feet
above sea level, is reached on the Marshes, in the vicinity of the River
Lee. This proximity of the Town to the River and its tributaries renders
the lower-lying part of the District liable to mists and fogs.
Number of Inhabited Houses, 1921.
The Registrar-General's returns showed that there were 25,311
structurally separate dwellings occupied. The Treasurer's returns
showed that houses, houses and shops and tenements numbered 28,685—
28,581 being then occupied, and 104 empty. The difference in the
numbers given by the Registrar-General and Treasurer is due to the
Treasurer calculating the number of separate assessments, there being
many structurally separate dwellings in the District with two or more
assessments each.
At the census there were in Tottenham 35,386 private families.
Rateable Value.
The Rateable Value of the District in 1925 was £642,147, and a 1d.
Rate produced £2,550.
Social Conditions, including the Chief Occupations of the
Inhabitants.
The close proximity of Tottenham to the Metropolis makes the
former one of the dormitories of the City. At the census, it was calculated
that 26.5 per cent. of the population, viz., 38,903 persons, were occupied
outside the District.
The needs of the travelling public are served by the London and
North Eastern Railway Co. and the London, Midland and Scottish
Railway Co.
There are altogether 10 stations in Tottenham. South Tottenham,
St. Ann's Road and Harringay Park connect this District with Southend,
Tilbury and Woolwich on the one side, and St. Pancras and Moorgate on
the other. On the London and North Eastern Railway system, there are
2 stations on the Cambridge Branch at Tottenham Hale and Northumberland
Park; on the Enfield Branch there are 4 stations, viz.,
Stamford Hill, Seven Sisters, Bruce Grove and White Hart Lane; and