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Paddington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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9
POPULATION.
contrast between the distributions of tenements consisting of one to four rooms in that Ward
and in Harrow Road shows that the lower proportion of tenements of less than five rooms in
Church Ward (82.88) docs not, in comparison with the figure for Harrow Road (88.14), imply
superior housing conditions.
TABLE 6. Housing—"Private Families." Inhabitants. Census, 1911.
| Tot.il Inhabitants enumerated. | Percentage of Total Population. | Percentages of Inhabitants enumerated in Tenements of—Rooms. | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1—4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 and over. | ||||
| Borough ...... | 129,041 | 9052 | 7.17 | 17.30 | 21.56 | 13.71 | 59.74 | 8.79 | 6.56 | 318 | 2.83 | 1.92 | 16.99 | |
| Queen.s Park | 15,990 | 99 24 | 4.19 | 9.96 | 18.27 | 25.87 | 5828 | 25.20 | 12.83 | 303 | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.22 | |
| Harrow Road | 26,909 | 99.44 | 5.15 | 16.71 | 44 02 | 16.75 | 82.63 | 7.11 | 3.76 | 1.73 | 1.93 | 0.75 | 209 | |
| MaidaVale | 19,414 | 93.19 | 5.59 | 15.31 | 16 16 | 11.73 | 48.79 | 11.76 | 11.74 | 4.28 | 312 | 2.63 | 1767 | |
| Westbourne | 19,614 | 83.60 | 916 | 21.51 | 19 98 | 12.53 | 6318 | 5.63 | 4.94 | 3.86 | 3.95 | 3 29 | 1514 | |
| Church | 23,378 | 93.48 | 16.54 | 32.59 | 17.49 | 1003 | 76.65 | 4.68 | 4.62 | 2.62 | 2 02 | 2 04 | 7.35 | |
| Lancaster Gate, West | 5,828 | 63.72 | 1.30 | 4.49 | 712 | 10.96 | 23.88 | 5.18 | 600 | 7.65 | 8.84 | 5 08 | 43.26 | |
| „ „ East | 6,507 | 81.26 | 0.94 | 2.89 | 7.45 | 6.90 | 18.18 | 2.26 | 106 | 1.40 | 0.98 | 114 | 74.98 | |
| Hyde Park...... | 11,401 | 88.46 | 2.75 | 8.50 | 8.79 | 7.79 | 27.83 | 410 | 5.68 | 3.61 | 5.78 | 2.14 | 50.85 | |
TABLE 7. Housing—"Private Families." Tenements. Census, 1911.
| Total Numbers. | Percentages of Totals comprising — Rooms. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1—4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 and over. | |||
| Borough | 33,048 | 15.62 | 2003 | 21.93 | 12.70 | 70.27 | 7.65 | 5.73 | 2.66 | 2.15 | 1.45 | 10.08 | |
| Queen.s Park | 3,804 | 11.01 | 13.85 | 19.40 | 23.87 | 68.14 | 19.61 | 9.49 | 2.29 | 0.26 | 0.08 | 0.13 | |
| Harrow Road | 7,504 | 12.54 | 19.51 | 42.58 | 13.51 | 88.14 | 5.12 | 2.73 | 1.16 | 1.22 | 0.45 | 1.17 | |
| Maida Vale | 5,344 | 11.54 | 16.56 | 15.18 | 13.55 | 56.83 | 13.08 | 11.94 | 3.72 | 2.19 | 1.87 | 10.37 | |
| Westbourne | 5,407 | 19.34 | 24.15 | 19.40 | 10.60 | 73.50 | 4.59 | 401 | 309 | 3.05 | 2.25 | 9.51 | |
| Church | 6,193 | 29.42 | 30.78 | 14.69 | 7.99 | 82.88 | 3.83 | 3.86 | 218 | 1.47 | 1.42 | 4.36 | |
| Lancaster Gate, | |||||||||||||
| West | 1,276 | 4.78 | 8.70 | 9.09 | 12.46 | 35.03 | 5.88 | 7.21 | 8.30 | 8.62 | 5.01 | 29.94 | |
| East | 1,139 | 3.95 | 6 06 | 12.55 | 904 | 31.61 | 2.81 | 1.49 | 1.84 | 1.23 | 1.40 | 59.61 | |
| Hyde Park | 2,381 | 8.73 | 14.78 | 11.97 | 9.32 | 44.81 | 4.49 | 5.21 | 3.23 | 4.6 | 2.27 | 35.32 | |
In 1901 no distinction was made between "private" and "public families," and the proportional
distributions of tenements and their inhabitants were based on the total numbers of
tenements ("separate occupiers" being taken as equivalent to tenements), and on total populations.
It has been necessary to resort to the same method this time in order to make comparison
between the results obtained in 1901 and 1911. It has to be admitted, however, that some doubt
is entertained as to the true comparability of the statistics. The results, such as they are, will
be found in Tables 8 to 11.
In Table 8 the numbers of tenements of less than five rooms enumerated in 1911 are compared
with the numbers enumerated in 1901. Tenements of less than five rooms increased from
21,815 in 1901 to 23,224 in 1911, that is, by nearly 65 per cent. The greatest proportional
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