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ANNUAL REPORT.
(1) PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GENERAL CHARACTER
OF THE DISTRICT.
This district fortunately retains its many charms in the way
of river, park, commons, and open fields, and it is at the same time
an up-to-date suburban district, while from a public health point of
view it would be difficult to find any district more progressive. In
the course of this report it will be shown that in certain important
works in preventive medicine, this district stands alone in the
County of Surrey.
The real charms of the district are its river, Richmond Park,
Barnes, Sheen and Palewell Commons, and also its close proximity
to Kew Gardens and Wimbledon Common, The river runs along
the whole northern side of the district. The towing path running
from Hammersmith to Kew forms a stretch of four miles.
600 acres of Richmond Park are in the parish of Mortlake.
126 acres of Barnes Common extend on the east of the district.
52 acres of East Sheen Common „ south „
15 acres of Palewell Common „ south-east ,,
The district is situated in the north-western part of the county
of Surrey, within the Metropolitan Police and the London Postal
Area, bounded on the north by the River Thames, on the south and
east by the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, and on the west
by the Borough of Richmond. The surface of the ground on the