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Paddington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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POPULATION.
"Offices, Warehouses, Workshops, Factories" have been counted as inhabited only where
resident caretakers or managers have been enumerated.
"Institutions" include:—
(a) Public institutions;
(b) Naval and military establishments; and
(d) Registered lodging houses.
Nursing homes
Boarding schools, colleges.
Convents.
Orphanages and almshouses.
(Each institution in this group returned one schedule only.)
"Others" include dwellings over stables, quarters of caretakers of clubs, town halls, libraries, &c.
"Uninhabited dwellings" were such as were not slept in on the night of the census.
TABLE 4. Buildings used as Dwellings.
| Totals, 1901. | Totals, 1911. | Ordinary Dwelling Houses. | Blocks of Flats. | Shops. | Hotels, Inns, Public Houses. | Offices, Warehouses, Workshops, Factories. | Institutions. | Others. | Vessels, Sheds, Vagrants, &c. | Separate Flats. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number Inhabited | 17,684 | 16,686 | 13,104 | 373 | 1,569 | 165 | 98 | 68 | 1,309 | _ | 3,018 |
| Separate Occupiers | 33,661 | 33,925 | 26,627 | 3,065 | 2,462 | 176 | 115 | 75 | 1,363 | 42 | 3,065 |
| Inhabitants | 143,976 | 142,551 | 110,780 | 9,519 | 9,653 | 2,443 | 475 | 3,551 | 5,995 | 135 | 9,519 |
| Uninhabited | 1,021 | 920 | 406 | 4 | 140 | — | 13 | — | 357 | — | 709 |
| Building | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
See text of Report (supra) for meanings of headlines.
It should be added that the designation "inhabited" used at the last census is equivalent
to the "in occupation" used in 1901, and the same remark applies to "uninhabited" (1911) and
"not in occupation" (1901).
In addition to the buildings used as dwellings, 921 other buildings, not being "dwellings,"
were enumerated in the Borough, comprising:—
Places of Worship 47
Government and Municipal Buildings 7
Shops 532
Officesb66
Warehouses, Workshops, and FactoriesB262
Theatres and other Places of Amusement 7
The following notes explain the classes of buildings included in each of the above
categories:—
"Places of Worship" include churches, chapels, mission halls, Sunday schools, &c., but do
not include
(a) any of the foregoing with a resident caretaker or other officer; or
(b) any building part of which only is used for any of the purposes specified, and the
remainder for other purposes.
"Government and Municipal Buildings" include
(a) all such buildings not occupied at night;
(b) buildings connected with municipal gas, electricity, water, tramway, &c., undertakings;
and