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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

Paddington 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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REPORT
TO THE VESTRY OF PADDINGTON,
Vestry Hall ;
July 12th, 1871.
Gentlemen,
I have the honor of presenting to you my Fourth
Annual Report on the Sanitary condition of the Parish.
In so doing I have endeavoured to place on record
those data and statistics of population and disease
which I trust may be of value for some future reference.
I have also ventured to allude to some of those evils
which it is believed may be controlled, or entirely
removed by future Sanitary Legislation, in which your
efforts and co-operation are invited.

Table: According to the preliminary returns of the census, the population of Paddington, as a sub-district of Kensington, stands thus in April 1871:—

According to the preliminary returns of the census, the population of Paddington, as a sub-district of Kensington, stands thus in April 1871:—

Sub-Districts.Inhabited Houses.Population.Increase in 10 years.
St. Mary's St. Johns6757 507558,702 38,08219,687 1,313
11,82296,78420,990