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Paddington 1866

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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REPORT
TO THE VESTRY OF PADDINGTON.
Vestry Hall;
June, 1867.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit a Report of Works
executed in the Paving, Lighting and Sewer
Departments, during the year ending March 25th,
1867:—
Improvements.
The four open spaces within the enclosure of
Paddington Green have been fenced off, planted
with Trees, Shrubs and Flowers, and laid out in
plots of Grass with Gravel Footpaths formed
around them, and Garden Seats fixed in suitable
positions.
The Bridge, so long complained of on account
of its narrowness (21 feet in width) over the Canal
in Harrow Road at Westbourne Green, belonging
to the Grand Junction Canal Company, has been
taken down and another constructed in its place,
50 feet wide. The cost of the new Bridge, with