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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
1938.
To the Chairman and Members of the Urban District Council of
Ruislip-Northwood.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my second annual report. This is the Thirtyfourth
Annual Report since the formation of the Urban District, and
is in accordance with the instructions contained in the circular of
the Ministry of Health dated 25th October, 1938. It contains a
record of the work of the Public Health Department for the year
1938.
General Characteristics of the District.
The Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Council area may be
described as follows. It is more or less rectangular about 5J miles long
with an average width of 2J miles; situated at the North-West corner
of Middlesex, abutting on the Watford Rural District, Hertfordshire,
on the North, the Uxbridge Urban District, Middlesex, on the West,
Harrow Urban District, Middlesex, on the East. The lowest level is
about 109ft. at the South end, rising generally to 365ft. at the North
end.
The River Pinn flows from East to West through the centre of
the District.
The Urban District is now divided into four wards, namely :
1. North wood.
2. Eastcote.
3. Ruislip.
4. South Ruislip.
The number of Councillors representing these wards is twentyone—
Northwood, 8.
Eastcote, 4.
Ruislip, 7.
South Ruislip, 2.
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