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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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76
BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
increasing, the minimum number in one week being
639, and the maximum number 875. To this must
be added the enormous number that have used the
urinals, of which no record is kept. In order to
ascertain the total number of men only who frequented
their portion of the Lavatory in one week, viz., December
17th, a record was taken, and it was found
that 10,043 passed down the stairs, giving a dailyaverage
of 1,435.
| Locality of Sewers. | Old Drains Bricked up. | New Stoneware Traps fixed at outlets of old Drains. |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Junction Road | ||
| Spring Street, North of Conduit Mews | 17 | |
| Oxford Square | 1 | |
| Norfolk Crescent | 2 | ... |
| Westbourne Terrace, between Chil-worth Street and James Street | 13 | |
| Porchester Terrace | 1 | |
| Westbourne Terrace North of James Street | 6 | |
| Lancaster Yard, late Brooks Mews | 7 | 11 |
| Lancaster Street | ||
| Brook Mews North | ||
| Church Place | 11 | |
| Wellings Place | 1 | |
| North Wharf Road from Church Place to Kent's Place | ... | |
| Kent's Place | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 79 | 80 |