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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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John, 75.8 and 11.4 respectively. In 1894 the
numbers of persons to the acre were 111.8 in the
former, and 73.3 in the latter District.
TABLE 2.
| Whole Parish. | St. Mary. | St. John. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area in acres (less water) | 1,239 | 795 | 444 |
| Houses per acre, 1891 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 11.4 |
| Persons „ „ | 95.1 | 105.8 | 75.8 |
| Persons per acre, 1894 | 98.0 | 109.1 | 78.2 |
HOUSING OF THE POPULATION.
In 1891 the population of the Parish (117,846
persons) occupied 14,473 houses, giving an average of
of 8.1 persons per house. In the Sub-District of St.
Mary 84,159 persons occupied 9,420 houses (8.9 per
house), and in that of St. John 33,687 persons, 5,053
houses (6.6 per house). As the term "uninhabited"
is used in the Census Report in a different sense to
that of the Rate-books, it is impossible to give figures
for 1894 which shall be comparable.
In the whole Parish the total number of "tenements"
occupied in 1891 amounted to 27,201, of
which 9,993 contained five rooms or more, with a
population of 59,748. In the remaining 17,208
tenements, containing less than five rooms, there were
housed 58,098 individuals, equal to 49.30 percent, of the
whole population. There were 4,785 one-room tenements
containing 9,676 inhabitants (8.20 percent, of