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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ruislip-Northwood 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]
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| Informal notices served | 314 |
| Statutory Notices served | 19 |
| Nuisances abated | 284 |
| One thousand five hundred and fifty-five complaints were received in 1955 regarding the following matters:- | |
| Defective drains and sanitary fittings | 455 |
| Defective water fittings and pipes | 19 |
| Defective or dirty walls and ceilings | 8 |
| Defective roofs and gutters | 13 |
| Defective fireplaces and flues | 3 |
| Defective doors and windows | 1 |
| Defective sinks, baths and wash basins | 8 |
| Defective floors | 3 |
| Defective dustbins | 15 |
| Dampness | 36 |
| Other housing defects | 50 |
| Infestation by vermin (bed bugs and fleas) | 3 |
| Infestation by insects (including ants, mosquitoes, flies, wasps, etc.) | 111 |
| Infestation by rats and mice | 600 |
| Accumulation of refuse and manure | 14 |
| Animals kept in such a state as to be a nuisance | 14 |
| Gypsy encampments | 22 |
| Insanitary conditions of ponds and ditches | 3 |
| Unsatisfactory housing conditions and overcrowding | 9 |
| Obnoxious smells | 30 |
| Nuisance caused by excessive noise | 4 |
| Unsound food | 77 |
| Insanitary state of yards and gardens | 10 |
| Miscellaneous nuisances | 47 |
| Total number of complaints received | 1,555 |
| Roofs repaired | 23 |
| Gutters and rain-water pipes repaired | 18 |
| Damp walls remedied | 57 |
| Wall and ceiling plaster repaired | 40 |