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Paddington 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[Appendix IY.
that 20.76 per cent, of the total inhabitants of St. Mary were "overcrowded" and 6.97 per cent, of
those of St. John. An analysis of the conditions of housing in tenements of 4 rooms or less is
set out below:—
Conditions of Housing. Census 1891.
| Number of rooms per home. | Percentage of total population living therein. N. S. | Average number of persons per home. N. S. | Percentage of homes overcrowded. N. S. | Percentage of inhabitants of such houses living overcrowded. N. S. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9.6 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 27.9 | 16.5 | 50.5 | 340 |
| 2 | 20.0 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 30.0 | 20.8 | 50.4 | 40.4 |
| 3 | 19.6 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 11.3 | 8.1 | 22.7 | 170 |
| 4 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 14.5 | 13.1 |
" N."—St. Mary.
" S."—St. John.
The mean annual mortality at all ages from consumption during 1890.99 was 1.454 per 1,000
in St. Mary, and 0 831 in St. John. If the statistics for each of the items set out helow recorded
in St. Mary be taken as 100, the corresponding values for St. John are:—
Percentage of total population living in 4 rooms or less 46
Percentage of total population overcrowded 33
Mean annual mortality from consumption 57
Mean annual mortality from all forms of tuberculosis 54
At the last census no information as to housing was furnished for areas smaller than the
Registration Sub.Districts. There are three well-defined areas in St. Mary, for which a certain
amount of information has been independently obtained, and it will be useful to see how far the
density of inhabitants and the mortality from tuberculosis are related.
Estimated
Population.
Area
(acres).
Average number of
inhabitants
Mortality from
Tuberculosis.
Per acre.
Per house.
Deaths
(1891-1900)
Death-rate*
(Mean
Annual).
North Wharf Area † 3,076 15.8 194 9.0 74 2.4
Hall Park Area ‡ 3,916 9.2 425 12.9 110 2.8
Clarendon Street Area § 7,895 15.2 519 14.9 271 3.4
* Rates per 1,000 persons of all ages living in the area.
† North Wharf Area, a well-defined area lying to the South of Paddington Green and Harrow lioad. The
northern boundary selected is the centre of the Harrow Road, the southern the middle line of the Canal Basin.
‡ Hall Park is an irregular-shaped but well-defined area, lying to the west of the Edgware Road. It has on the
west an open space of about ¾ of acre, the playground of the Campbell Street Board School, and on its south and
west boundaries, the Paddington Green Recreation Ground.
§ Clarendon Street Area.—The boundaries selected are: line down centres of Canal from Lock Bridge to the
Foot Bridge; of Ranelagh Road; of Westbourne Terrace North. The area is closed by the line of the rear
boundaries of properties in Harrow Road between Westbourne Terrace North and the Lock Bridge.