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Paddington 1871

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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2.—Two Tenements in Cuthbert Street, utterly
unfit for human dwellings. The Landlord agrees
to disinhabit one to make room for improving the
other.
3.—Rooms over stables in South Wharf Road,
called "Mint Cottages," oocupied by four families.
These will scarcely be able to have such alterations
as to fit them for healthy dwellings.
4.—Houses in Elms Lane, consisting of
(a) No. 1, Elms Lane;
(b) No. 2, Elms Lane;
The Surveyor's Report of which states
that structural alterations may be made ;
(c) Elms Cottage and Coffee House; the
remedy for which the Surveyor also considers
to be proper drainage, water-closet,
and water supply, and thorough repair
of premises;
(d) Elms House, or Mission Hall. The
Surveyor considers the basement, now
occupied as shops and living rooms, cannot
be made habitable by any structural
alterations;
(e) Elms House, Elms Lane. The remedies
to be carried out are, water-closet
accommodation, repairs, and structural
alterations;
(f) Two other houses in Elms Lane also
have been demolished by private arrangement,
to make way for new buildings
in course of erection there.