Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]
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Informal notices served | 313 |
Statutory Notices served | 24 |
Nuisances abated | 261 |
2. COMPLAITS
One thousand four hundred and seven complaints were received in 1956 regarding the following matters:-
Defective drains and sanitary fittings | 480 |
Defective water fittings and pipes | 30 |
Defective or dirty walls and ceilings | 4 |
Defective roofs and gutters | 13 |
Defective fireplaces and flues | 13 |
Defective doors and windows | 5 |
Defective sinks, baths and wash basins | 4 |
Defective floors | 5 |
Defective dustbins | 9 |
Dampness | 28 |
Other housing defects | 25 |
Infestation by vermin (bed bugs and fleas) | 5 |
Infestation by insects (including ants mosquitoes flies, wasps etc.) | 168 |
Infestation by rats and mice | 439 |
Accumulation of refuse and manure | 21 |
Animals kept in such a state as to be a nuisance | 5 |
Gypsy Encampments | 22 |
Insanitary conditions of ponds and ditches | 3 |
Unsatisfactory housing conditions and overcrowding | 3 |
Obnoxious smells | 32 |
Nuisance caused by excessive noise | 4 |
Unsound food | 48 |
Insanitary state of yards and gardens | 7 |
Miscellaneous nuisances | 34 |
1,407 |
3. SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS CARRIED OUT
Roofs repaired | 24 |
Gutters and rain-water pipes repaired | 28 |
Damp walls remedied | 38 |
Wall and ceiling plaster repaired | 45 |