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Paddington 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE I.
TABLE* showing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Births,
and Deaths, for the Year 1887, and 10 years preceding:—
TABLE showing the efficiency of filtration of Thames and Lea water, also the maximum, minimum, and average proportions of organic impurity in the water delivered by the different Companies during the year 1887:—
| Names of Companies and Sources. | Number of occasions when clear and transparent. | Number of occasions when slightly turbid. | Number of occasions when turbid. | Number of occasions when very turbid. | Proportion of Organic Impurity. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . Maximum.1 | Minimum.* | Average.* | |||||
| West Middlesex | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| Grand Junction | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 |
| Lambeth | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 2.8 |
| Chelsea | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| Southwark | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 3.0 |
| New River | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| East London | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
| Kent | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Colne Valley | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| Tottenham | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
Notes.
1. Population at Census, 1881, 107,218.
2. Area in Acres, 1,280.
3. Average No. of Persons in each House at Census, 1881, 8T.
* For statistical purposes the Registrar-General estimates the population to
the middle of the year on the basis of the rate of increase ruling between the two
preceding Census periods. The estimate of population may be checked by the
known number of inhabited houses, and by the average number of inmates per
house, as ascertained at the preceding Census.
**Since 1876 the deaths of non-parishioners in the public institutions
(St. Mary's Hospital, the Lock Hospital, and the Children's Hospital) within the
Parish are deducted. Since 1884 the deaths of parishioners in outlying public
institutions of the Metropolis are included.