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Paddington 1907

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

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HOUSING.
59
Inhabitants (Registered Houses).
In Registered Rooms, Persons 273
Under 10 years of age 66
Aged 10 years and over 207
In other Rooms, Persons 200
Under 10 years of age 39
Aged 10 years and over 161
Grand Total, Inhabitants 473
Table 37 shows how the tenements in the houses registered during the year were occupied.
It will be seen that 30 tenements were "overcrowded," that is, were inhabited by persons in
excess of an average of two persons per room (the ages of the occupants not being taken into
account). On the standards imposed by the by-laws, 22 families comprising 67 persons were
overcrowded, but in 13 cases the deficiency in the cubic space was so small that it was
thought unnecessary to take any action, for the present at least, with reference thereto. (See
below).
Overcrowding, at Registration.
In Registered Rooms—
Families 22
Persons 67
„ under 10 years of age 16
„ aged 10 years and over 51
Overcrowding abated 9
By Re-adjustment of Occupants 2
By Removal 7
Cases held over (deficiency under 100 cu. ft.) 13

Table: TABLE 37.Particulers as to Number of Tenements and Inhabitanta therein, registered during 1907.

TABLE 37.

Particulers as to Number of Tenements and Inhabitanta therein, registered during 1907.

Rooms to Tenement.123456
TP10TP10TP10TP10TPTP10
10P10P10P10P10P10P
14141...1632...818681715.........124
2.........612...1024661599301541311
3..................13..............................

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T — number of Tenements containing (P/10)Persons over 10 years of age, and (10/P)Persons under 10 years of age

Table: The table may be summarised thus :—

The table may be summarised thus :—

Tenements of—Total.Occupants.Average persons per room.
Houses registered 1907.Borough Census 1901.
1 room741351.81.8
2 rooms351351.91.7
3 „131.01.3
4 „---1.1