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Paddington 1871
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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No. 15.
REPORT
on the
HEALTH OF PADDINGTON
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
MARCH 25th, 1871,
BY Wm. HARDWICKE, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Printed by Order of the Vestry.
Vestry Hall; April 1 st, 1871.
COMPOSITION OF HOUSES LET OUT IN TENEMENTS OR SEPARATE LODGINGS.
| Houses -where overcrowding has been abated. | Cubic space, not including Stairs & Landings. | REMARKS. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| An over-crowded House in Kensal New Town, 8 rooms, 29 persons. | 7872 cubic feet, or 271 each. | 8 under 5 years of age; 11 from 20 to 50 years of age; 9 from 5 to 20 years of age; 1 aged 72 years of age. | |
| Ditto ditto very clean, 6 rooms, 17 persons. | 5652 cubic feet, or 332.4 each. | 3 under 5 years of age; 8 from 20 to 60 years of age; 5 from 5 to 20 years of age; 1 aged 60 years of age. | |
| A crowded House in Wood-chester Street, 9 rooms and washhouse, 26 persons. | Basement or Kitchens Parlor floor—2 Rooms First-floor „ | 8636 cubic feet, 332 each. | Man, wife and 6 children, all born in Middlesex; man and wife born in Devon, 3 children born in London; man, wife and 3 children, all born in Devonshire. |
| Second-floor „ | |||
| Third room on ground-flo. | |||
| A Tenemented House in Clarendon Street, 9 rooms, 23 persons. | Basement | 1950 cubic feet. | Man, Bricklayer, from Country, wife and 3 children born in London; man a "Waiter, & wife from Wiltshire, 4 children born in London; man, Shoemaker, and wife—man from Wiltshire, wife and children in London; man and wife aged 28 and 23, London born; female aged 44, Dressmaker, from Berkshire; male aged 21, Shoemaker, from Kent; male aged 22, Tailor, from Berkshire; female aged 21, Servant, from Cambridgeshire: man aged 40, Painter, from Cambridgeshire. |
| Parlor floor | 2240 „ „ | ||
| Drawing-room floor | 2420 „ „ | ||
| Second-floor | 1400 „ „ | ||
| A third room or flat | 644 „ „ | ||
| 8654 „ „or 376 each. | |||
| An over-crowded Tenemented House in Cirencester Street, 8 rooms, 21 persons. | Basement | 8050cubic-ft.,or 383.3 for each person. | Man, Stone-cutter, and wife, from Devonport, and Northampton, and 2 children, born in London; man, Bricklayer, wife and 4 children—man from Country—wife and children, London; female aged 29, Cook, London; man, Porter, from Kent, wife and 2 children, London; man aged 28, Country; man and wife Country born, 3 children born in London. |
| Parlor-floor | |||
| First-floor | |||
| Second-floor | |||
| A HOUSE IN WESTBOURNE TERRACE. | |||
| A large Private House, 24 rooms, gentleman, wife, and sister-in-law. 23 persons. | 32,400, or about 1410 cubic-ft. each person. | 9 children, from 2 to 27 years of age, all born in London; 11 Servants:—governess, butler, 3 house-maids, 1 lady's-maid, 2 nurses, 2 cooks, and 1 page. | |
During the last quarter of twelve weeks 542 persons have
died in this Parish, including the 42 deaths in St. Marys
Hospital, and 37 in the Workhouse. The amount is larger than
the usual average, but 30 less than in the corresponding
quarter of 1870.
The Birth rate is considerably in excess of the Death rate.
Besides this cause of increase in the population, there is a
constant immigration into this Parish of families from other
neighbourhoods, leaving old and dilapidated houses for the
newly built ones in the Harrow Road and Lock Bridge districts.
I cannot congratulate ratepayers upon this, for many of the
families belong to an indigent class and sooner or later become
applicants for parochial relief.
An estimate of the population cannot be made just now
with any degree of accuracy, but it will not be long to wait for
the census returns, when I shall be able to know the real Death
rate in this Parish, which is however not increasing.