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Paddington 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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TABLE VI.
Systematic House to House Inspection.

The result of systematic Sanitary Inspection enables me to add the following Streets and Places to the list published in former Reports:—

Streets Inspected Systematically.No. of HousesInspected.No. of Holdings.No. of Rooms.No. of Adults.No. of ChildrenAverage No. of persons living inTotal No. of Inhabitants in the Streets.Average public Space in each House.Average Cubic Space for each person.Cubic Space of inhabited Dwellings.Average No. of Doors,Windows,Chimnies.Defects in Water supply.Defects in W.C. ApparatusDefects in Traps & DrainsDefects in Cleansing ofNo. of Sanitary Orders issued.
each house.each room.Yards.Houses
d.w.c.
Church Street315217911885123203Irregular38813338
Edgware Place1250728692164178576526632137
Hero Place4216677313Irregular238-ft12211114
St.Leonard's-Gard.(4 Houses)414272729157562993113
Gibson Place13911060311569118011*12
Modena Street1137996644145110369232
Elcom Street121410828261245436921
Douglas Place409419618582135267Irregular28623225
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6 Cottages (South Wharf-Rd.)86910111052128501431112
Totals135278816586407114429936128101533
* Gibson Place no Back Premises whatever. † 1 Water Closet for the whole place.

Douglas Place is closely populated, the houses have very small back yards. Edgware Place is a
square Court, with only one small outlet; it will be seen that here are nearly 100 children. Modena
Street and Elcom Street are new Streets in Kensal New Town on the banks of the Canal.