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Paddington 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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Systematic Sanitary Inspection.
The Systematic Sanitary Inspection of the following group
of streets and places with their population, has been completed
up to the last quarter by Inspector C. J. Biorn. They are
named respectively, Kilburn District, and the Amberley Road
District.
TABLE V.
Localities in which Deaths from Zymotic and other Diseases have been recorded during the Quarter ending March 28th, 1874.
| Streets, Districts and Hospitals. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria, &c. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus & other Fevers. | Erysipelas, &c. | Diarrhoea, &c. | Phthisis, &c. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, &c. | Violent Deaths. | Other Diseases. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's Hospital | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 60 |
| Paddington Workhouse | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 46 |
| Lock Hospital | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Praed Street, including (1) | .. | 11 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 43 |
| Harrow Road & N. W. Road (2) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| Hall Park District (3) | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 5 | .. | 7 | 25 |
| Amberly Road District (4) | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 3 | .. | 12 | 28 |
| Kilburn District | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 2 | q | 22 |
| Clarendon Street, 107 h., 1788 p. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 7 | 15 |
| Woodchester Street, 95 h., 1427 p. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | .. | 6 | 17 |
| Cirencester Street, 97 h., 1511 p. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | 5 | 16 |
| Westbourne Park District (6) | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 43 |
| Hampden Street, &c. (7) | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 22 |
| Westbourne Terrace North, &c. (8) | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 8 | 22 |
| Woodfield Road, &c. (9) | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .. | 5 | 93 |
| MoscowRoad,SalemGardens,&c.(10) | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 24 |
| Squares and Mansions (11) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 9 | .. | 22 | 38 |
| Mews and Stables (12) | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 23 |
| Other Places, including (13) | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 34 | 70 |
| Total | 1 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 92 | 123 | 29 | 229 | 567 |
Nearly the whole of the streets and houses of the two districts
above enumerated, are newly-built-on ground, which a few years
since was open fields. The 270 houses in Amberley Road
district had a population of 3130 at the census in 1871, but
many have been added since; and a new neighbourhood has
sprung up within the last 6 years. With the exception of
Chippenham, Bristol, Elnathan, Amberley and other mewses in
this District, not included at present in the work of systematic
inspection—the streets are wide, the houses have 8 rooms, and
are well drained, but there is in them unfortunately a very large
element of pauper population, particularly in Netley Street and
Amberley Road, gradually extending to Shirland Road, Edbrook
Road, and into the adjoining mews. The melancholy fact, shewn
upon the records of inspection, Table VI., that 312 families
are living in single rooms in these two districts, indicates the