London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ruislip-Northwood 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]
This page requires JavaScript
SANITARY INSPECTION OP DISTRICT
| 1941 | 1942 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premises Inspected | Total Visits | Premises Inspected | Total Visits. | |
| Public Health Acts. | ||||
| Houses inspected for nuisances | 147 | 329 | 106 | 336 |
| Verminous premises | 23 | 104 | 28 | 97 |
| Caravans | 8 | 37 | 14 | 126 |
| Ponds,ditches, watercourses insects etc. | - | 10 | 11 | 29 |
| Animals,pigs poultry etc. | 22 | 40 | 21 | 37 |
| Yards passages and footpaths | 399 | 415 | 159 | 167 |
| Other nuisances | 31 | 193 | 47 | 76 |
| 13 | 33 | 3 | 3 | |
| Drainage Inspected or tested | 359 | 859 | 643 | 838 |
| Infectious disease general enquiries | 456 | 653 | ||
| Military billets. | 11 | 17 | - | |
| Hospital discharges | 149 | 228 | ||
| Rats & Mice Destruction Act. | ||||
| Premises visited | 26 | 31 | 12 | 15 |
| Housing Acts. | ||||
| Houses inspected etc. | 17 | 28 | 108 | 245 |
| Pood & Drugs Act. | ||||
| Poodshops and cafes | 64 | 79 | 22 | 35 |
| Bakehouses | 18 | 23 | 10 | 11 |
| Unsound food | 30 | 54 | 129 | 226 |
| Pish shops | 11 | 17 | 10 | 10 |
| Cowsheds end Dairies | 22 | 24 | 5 | 5 |
| Milk vehicles | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
| Slaughtering | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| Shops Acts. | ||||
| Premises visited | 5 | 14 | 12 | 14 |
| Factory Acts. | ||||
| Premises visited | 15 | 21 | 18 | 29 |
| Outworkers visited | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Petroleum Acts. | ||||
| Premises visited | 20 | |||
| Council Houses | ||||
| Houses inspected | 158 | 295 | 89 | 154 |
| Requisitioned Houses | ||||
| Houses visited | 40 | 84 | 7 | 13 |
| Civil Defence | ||||
| Pood decontamination | 152 | - | 90 | |
| Liaison | 1 | 1 | 9 | 79 |
| Casualty Services | - | 40 | •• | 31 |
| Wardens' Posts | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Shelters | 87 | 94 | 3 | 21 |
| Pire prevention Business premises | ||||
| Premises visited | - | 37 | 63 | |
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| General enquiries etc. | 652 | 312 | ||
| Premises disinfected | 132 | 180 | ||
| Bedding & Clothing steam disinfected | 97 | 130 | ||
| Rats & Mice referred to Middlesex County Council | 20 | 5 | ||
| Informal action | 253 | 450 | ||
| Nuisances abated | 365 | 431 | ||
- 7 -