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Paddington 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Borough of ]
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increased at the middle of 1896 to 1001. In North
Paddington, the average last year was 114'9 as
against 105*8 in 1891, and in South Paddington,
75'4 against 75*8.
TABLE 2.
| Paddington. | St. Mary. | St. John. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Returns, 1891. | Area in acres (less water) | 1,239 | 795 | 444 |
| Inhabited Houses | 14,473 | 9,420 | 5,053 | |
| Houses per acre | 11-6 | 11-8 | 11-3 | |
| Persons enumerated | 117,846 | 84,159 | 33,687 | |
| Persons per acre | 95-1 | 105-8 | 75-8 | |
| ,, ,, House | 8.1 | 8.9 | 6.6 | |
| On Estimated Popu-, lation of each Year. | Persons per acre, 1892 | 96.2 | 108.3 | 74.6 |
| „ ,, 1893 | 97.2 | 110.3 | 73.8 | |
| „ 1894 | 98.0 | 112.5 | 73.3 | |
| „ 1895 | 99.0 | 116.4 | 72.4 | |
| „ „ 1896 | 100.1 | 114.9 | 75.4 |
Instead of taking the number of persons to the
acre, the density may be measured by the area
of land occupied by the average individual. On this
basis the density of the whole Parish was, in 1896,
equivalent to an allowance of 0*009 of an acre per
individual. The Supplement to the Fifty-fifth
Annual Report of Registrar-General gives the density
of the population of Paddington for cach decennium
since 1841, from which it appears that since that date