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west respectively by the main roads leading from London northwards
through Southgate and Barnet.
The general character of the District is residential; the area on
the west of the railway has been conveniently planned, and consists
principally of good class detached and semi-detached villa residences,
the altitude varying from 200 to 400 feet above Ordnance Datum.
The District forms a portion of a much wider area noted for the
healthiness of its climate, and popularly known in and around the
Metropolis as the "Northern Heights." On the east of the railwayare
situate the older portions of the District, including the village of
East Barnet, and Brunswick Park at the southern extremity, most of
which is developed for a much smaller class of property, and is
consequently more densely populated.
The water supply is derived from deep wells and is of great
purity though a little hard.
The acreage area of the District is 2,644 acres. The number of
houses is about 2,580, being the same as last year. The number of
inhabitants at the beginning of the year was 12,500 and at the end
as estimated by the number of Food Cards issued 14,000, being an
increase of 1,500.
This report reveals in many ways a more favourable condition
of matters than the one for the previous year, viz.:—1918, as will be
seen from the accompanying tables.
The total number of deaths that occurred in the District was 24
less than the previous year, and the number of births registered 44
more than in 1918. In January and February, no deaths under two
years of age were registered. The number of cases of tubercular
disease notified was three less than in the previous year.
No extraordinary case of illness such as smallpox, enteric fever,
or spotted fever occurred.
A case of suspected rabies in a dog was reported, but the
examination of the brain and spinal cord, demonstrated the groundlessness
of the suspicion.
So far as is known, no case of infectious disease was brought
into the neighbourhood, by returning soldiers and sailors.