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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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W.C. pans renewed13
W.C. accommodation provided4
Provision of intervening ventilated spaces to W.C.'s6
Water tanks, pipes and fittings renewed or repaired.46
Rooms cleansed or re-decorated51
Floors repaired12
Dry Rot Remedied2
Brickwork re-pointed and repaired9
Doors repaired7
Windows repaired23
Sinks, baths and basins repaired or provided16
Gullies renewed16
Waste pipes cleared or repaired3
Firegrates renewed or repaired2
Chimney flues and stacks repaired5
Manhole covers renewed19
Soil pipes renewed or repaired13
Yard paving re-laid or repaired7
Dustbins provided27
Drains cleared349
Drains repaired or re-laid85
Accumulations of refuse removed15
Houses connected to sewer1
Offensive smells abated2
Miscellaneous repairs49
Smoke nuisance abated1
New Cesspool Constructed1

Table: 4. ROUSING REPAIRS AND RENTS ACT, 1954

4. ROUSING REPAIRS AND RENTS ACT, 1954

Applications received for Certificates of Disrepair29
Applications withdrawn2
Applications refused3
Certificates granted24
Certificates of Revocation granted to owners14