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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 1894

Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1894

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Table: TABLE 1A. Registration London.— Estimated Population, at the middle of 1894:—

TABLE 1A. Registration London.— Estimated Population, at the middle of 1894:—

Persons4,349,158
Males2,055,847
Females2,293,311

Table: AGE CONSTITUTION.

AGE CONSTITUTION.

Ages.Persons.Males.Females.
0- 1112,35855,71356,646
1-6405,554201,679203,875
6-15899,024446,324452,700
15-25872,908404,385468,523
25-651,886,919879,6971,007,222
65 and over172,39568,049104,346
0- 6617,912257,392260,520
5-603,562,9931,683,9441,869,044
60 and over278,263114,511163,742
All ages4,349,1582,055,8472,293,311

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DENSITY OF POPULATION.
The total area of the Parish, is stated in the last
Census Report, to be 1,256 statute acres, of which
17.3 are water. At the date of the Census there were
95.1 persons to the acre, whilst in 1394 the average
had risen to 98.0. In April 1891 there were 13,221
" inhabited " houses, or 10.6 houses to the acre.
In the Sub-District of St. Mary there were 105.8
persons and 11.8 houses per acre, and in that of St.