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East Barnet 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]

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REPORT.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,—I present
herewith the thirty-seventh Annual Report on the
health of the East Barnet Valley Urban Sanitary
District—namely, for the year 1910.
The report is arranged similarly to those of previous
years, and is intended for the information of your
Council, and also embodies as far as possible the
particulars required by the Local Government Board
and the County Council, to whom copies of the report
are forwarded according to statute.
Physical Features and General
Character of District.—The urban sanitary
district of East Barnet Valley is within the administrative
county of Hertford, being situate on the extreme
southern portion of the county. Geographically,
however, the district is almost wholly surrounded by
the county of Middlesex, the exception being the
north-western portion of the boundary, which adjoins
the urban sanitary district of Barnet (Herts). The
remaining districts adjoining the Council's area are all
urban sanitary districts, situate within the county of