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14 BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
The population of Paddington, at the Census taken in 1881,
was as follows, viz.:—
Ward No. 2 45,879 North Paddington.
„ „ 1 27,921
„ „ 3 17,918 South Paddington.
„ „ 4 15,500
Making a total of 107,218
In 1881 the number of inhabited houses was 13,231.
X. The Vestry.
In 1855 the Vestry of Paddington was reconstituted as the
Local Authority of the Parish by the Metropolis Local Management
Act (18 and 19 Victoria, cap. 120). The Vestry is the
Board of Works for Paddington, and as one of the Metropolitan
Local Authorities it returns Two Members to the Metropolitan
Board of Works.
The Vestry consists of Seventy-two Elected Members and the
Vicar of Paddington, who is ex-officio Chairman of the Vestry.
The ordinary meetings of the Vestry are held at the Vestry Hall,
Harrow Road, Paddington Green, on the first and third Tuesdays
in each month, the third Tuesday in August and the first Tuesday
in September excepted.
In 1852 the Vestry resolved to erect a new building for the
Municipal purposes of the Parish, and in 1853 the Vestry Hall in
the Harrow Road was opened.
XI. The Burial Board.
In 1854 the Paddington Cemetery, which is situated in the
parish of Willesden, was purchased by the Parish. It is managed
by a Burial Board, consisting of Nine Members appointed by the