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Paddington 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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SANITARY REPORT
FOR THE YEAR
18 6 4-65.
BY
J. BURDON-SANDERSON, M.D.,
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians,
Assistant Physician to Middlesex Hospital, and to the
Hospital for Consumption.
medical officer of health.
The following Rates have been levied :—
| Date. | Poor. | Lighting. | General. | Sowers. | Metropolis Mam Drainage. | Church. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d. | d. | d. | d. | d. | d. | s. | d. | |
| April Rate,1864. | 8 | 1½ | 5 | 3 | — | ½ | 1 | 6 |
| October Rate, 1864. | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 6 |
| ls. 4d. | 2 ½d. | 9d. | 4 d. | 4d. | ½d. | 3 | 0 | |