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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 1956
[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 |