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Paddington 1908

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

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64
housing.
An enumeration of the occupants of registered tenements was made in connection with
the annual cleansing. The enumeration covered 4,902 tenements, comprising 8,192 rooms,
occupied by 15,168 persons, averaging 3.0 persons to a tenement, and 1.8 to a room.

Table: The distribution of occupants according to tenement was:—

The distribution of occupants according to tenement was:—

Per tenement.Per room.
Registered tenements.Borough Census, 1901.
In 2,160 tenements of one room, 4,590 persons, averages2.12.11.8
2,230 two rooms, 7,962 „3.11.71.7
478 three „ 2,419 „5.01.61.3
32 four „ 1855.81.51.1
2 five „ 12 „6.01.2

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A complete analysis of the tenements of less than five rooms is given in Table 41, the
numbers of children under 10 years being shown separately.

Table: TABLE 41.Numbers of Registered Tenements (of less than five rooms) and Inhabitants therein.1908.

TABLE 41.

Numbers of Registered Tenements (of less than five rooms) and Inhabitants therein.

1908.

Rooms to Tenement.123456 7891011
TP10TP10TP10TP10TP10TP10TP10TP10TP10TP10TP10
10P10P10P10P10P10P10P10P10P10P10P
1737736176714894539182634719439638060124176716264217....................................
23838...3116166391956217431118254236510258002396817531113234543010413611445531416.........
3443162691812678233791003481529434322161257170301221187372642515.........
4..................381416...9351073210422621152135.........174

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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.
The last enumeration taken previous to 1908 was that of 1906, which dealt with
4,372 tenements and 14,862 inhabitants.

Table: The increase in proportion of smaller tenements enumerated last year is shown by the following figures:—

The increase in proportion of smaller tenements enumerated last year is shown by the following figures:—

Rooms in tenement12345
190643.645.010.01.20.04per cent. of all tenements enumerated.
190844.045.49.70.60.04

Table: At the same time, there has been some reduction in the average numbers of occupants per room:—

At the same time, there has been some reduction in the average numbers of occupants per room:—

Rooms in tenement12345
19062.12.21.71.51.3average number of occupants per room.
19082.11.71.61.51.2

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In 1906 the 14,862 inhabitants included 4,531 children under 10 years, equal to 30.4 per
cent. of the total, as compared with 31.6 per cent. in 1908.