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Paddington 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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63
HOUSING.
Annual Cleansing.—At the beginning of April 648 houses were on the Register, all of
which required more or less cleansing. To secure this, the Inspectors made 2,826 visits,
besides serving a very large number of notices,* reminders, and other forms of communication.
Nine (9) summonses were taken out, one-third the number issued in 1902, when 392
houses were dealt with. The results of the summonses will be found under Legal.
Proceedings.
In the course of this work inquiries were made as to numbers comprising each family
and the numbers of rooms occupied. In Table 37 will be found the complete particulars as
to housing of the occupants of all registered tenements in the 851 houses on the Register at
the end of the year.

Table: TABLE 37. Particulars as to Numbers of Tenements and Inhabitants in Registered Houses, 1903.

TABLE 37. Particulars as to Numbers of Tenements and Inhabitants in Registered Houses, 1903.

Rooms to | Tenement.12345678910
TP 1010 PTP 1010 PTP 1010 PTP 1010 PTP 10PTP 1010 PTP 1010 PTP 1010 pTP 1010TP 1010 P
1371371...459890222355201851242612354394121133048135...............
23030235466429174013331087636424977047518960952593311340311141347263721010
311...2244...2364544141355820783522061063413510323107771260482119
411...12...251312...628263422104297.........2146
5......24............1415...284.........162.........155
6.............................................15.......................................

Table: The Table may be summarised brieflv as follows :—

The Table may be summarised brieflv as follows :—

Totals." Overcrowded."†Average number of persons per room.‡
One-room tenements -1,2464162.2
Two-room''1,4375712.0
Three-room''271712.1
Four-room''2521.3
Five-room''801.0
Six-room''100.8

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Overcrowding.—Attention has been directed in this and previous reports to the great
difference between the " overcrowding" measured by the Registrar-General's standard, and
that based on the cubic space allowances provided for by the By-laws relating to houses let
in lodgings. According to Table 37, 1,060 tenements (out of a total of 2,988) were "over-
* Intimation letters, 641 ; By-law notices, 353 : Reminder notices, 180. Total, 1,174.
† Registrar-General's standard, inhabitants averaging more than 2 persons per room, irrespective of ages of
occupants.
‡ Irrespective of ages.