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East Barnet Valley Urban District Council.
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Medical Officer of Health
for the year 1919.
To the Chairman and Members of the
East Barnet Valley Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour of submitting to you the 46th Annual Report
of matters relative to the vital statistics, health, and general sanitary
conditions of the District, for the year 1919.
Physical Features and General
Character of the 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 Middlesex, viz.:—On the north,
Enfield; on the south and south-east, Southgate; on the south-west,
Friern Barnet.
The District Council was formed in April 1894, to succeed the
old Local Board. The District comprises the Parishes of East
Barnet, Barnet Vale and Monken Hadley. As its name implies it
lies on the side of a valley extending from Hadley in the north, to
Brunswick Park, in the south. The principal portion of the District
is divided by the main line of the Great Northern Railway from
King's Cross to the north, while it is also bounded on the east and