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Annual Report
OF THE
Medical Officer of Health
1925
To the Chairman and Members of the Urban District Council of
Ruislip-Northwood.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my twenty-first Annual Report, which is in accordance
with the instructions contained in the circular of the Ministry
of Health dated December 10th, 1925. This report is somewhat
fuller, special reference being made to the progress in the improvement
of the public health in the past five years.
General Characteristics of the District.
The Ruislip-Northwood Urban District is situated at the
North-West extremity of the County of Middlesex bounded on the
North by the Watford Rural District, and the Rickmansworth
Urban District in the County of Hertford ; on the South and West
by the Uxbridge Rural District; and on the East by the Hendon
Rural District and the Harrow-on-the-Hill Urban District.
The Urban District is divided into three wards, namely:—
1. Northwood.
2. Eastcote.
3. Ruislip.
(These wards are represented on the Urban District Council
by the following members:— Northwood nine, Eastcote two, and
Ruislip four.)
1. Northwood is situated in the Northern portion of the
District.
2. Eastcote. This village is situated towards the East side
of the centre of the District.
3. Ruislip, on the West side of the centre of the District,
is losing its characteristics as a country village and becoming a
residential district, owing to the extension of two Railways, the
Metropolitan and Great Western and London and North-Eastern
Joint Line, with Stations in proximity to the centre of the village.
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