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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There are 960 houses on the list for collection.
The refuse was carted to Sand Pit Hill Brickfields,
where it was screened, the paper and vegetable refuse was
burnt in a small destructor and the remainder was tipped
into the holes left from the brickfield workings.
Medical Inspection of School Children.
There are four Schools in the District:—
1. The Holy Trinity Church Schools, Northwood.
2. The County Council Schools, Northwood.
3. The Infant School, Church Road, Northwood.
4. The Church Schools, Ruislip.
The inspection of these Schools is carried out by a
Medical Inspector appointed by the County Council.
The Housing & Town Planning Act, 1909.
Systematic Inspections under this Act were begun in
May, 1911.
60 premises were inspected in 1911.
101 „ „ „ 1912.
29 „ „ „ 1913.
The principal defects found were—dampness of walls,
floors and curtilage, due to absence or faults in guttering