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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, Westbourne Terrace North District, and the
Hall Park District.
TABLE V.
Localities in which Deaths from Zymotic and other Diseases have been recorded during the Quarter ending June 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 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 51 |
| Paddington Workhouse | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 8 | 10 | .. | 18 | 38 |
| Lock Hospital | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
| Praed Street, including (1) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| Harrow Road & N. W. Road (2) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 6 | 12 |
| Hall Park District (3) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 3 | .. | 3 | 17 |
| Amberly Road District (4) | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 39 |
| Kilburn District (5) | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 23 |
| Clarendon Street, 107 h., 1788 p. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 4 | 13 |
| Woodchester Street, 95 h., 1427 p. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | 3 | 10 |
| Cirencester Street, 97 h., 1511 p. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 7 |
| Westbourne Park District (6) | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 42 |
| Hampden Street, &c. (7) | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | .. | 8 | 23 |
| Westbourne Terrace North, &c. (8) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | 4 | 13 |
| Woodfield Road, &c. (9) | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| Moscow Road, Salem Gardens, &c. (10) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | 7 |
| Squares and Mansions (11) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | .. | 23 | 37 |
| Mews and Stables (12) | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | .. | 6 | 17 |
| Other Places, including (13) | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 75 |
| Total | .. | 19 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 94 | 77 | 18 | 208 | 462 |
The Systematic Inspection of the Parish has again been
completed. It has occupied the Inspector 15 months in goingthrough
the streets and houses occupied by tenant house lodgers.
The number of streets under inspection is 111, of houses 2,997,
and the population of these streets at the census 1871, was 32,759,
about 11 per cent. of which are children under 5 years of age.