| Admin History | Edmonton Local Board of Health was set up in 1850 under the Public Health Act of 1848 (11 and 12 Vict. C. 63).The aim of the Public Health Act of 1848 was to improve the sanitary condition of towns and populous places in England and Wales by placing the supply of water, sewerage, drainage, cleansing, paving and various environmental health regulations under a single local body. Edmonton Local Board of Health consisted of 12 members who met twice a month at the Watch House in Church Street. Its salaried officials included a clerk, a combined inspector of nuisances and surveyor, and a collector of rates. One third of the members would go out of office on the 25th of March in each year. The Local Board was financed by a general district rate.
In 1879 a petition for separation from Edmonton was drawn up by the leading landholders from Southgate and signed by more than 500 people. In 1881 Southgate was granted its own Local Board and separated from the Edmonton Local Board leaving them with 9 members.
During the 1880s and 1890s there were established Committees for the Town hall, Cemetery, Works, Finance, Farms, Engines, Sanitation and the Library.
The Local Board of Health was abolished by the Local Government Act 1894, when all urban sanitary districts became urban districts.
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