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Paddington 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
Part of the detached portion of the present parish
of St. Luke, Chelsea, comprising the area between
Kilburn Lane on the north, the south side of the
towing path of the Grand Junction Canal, Wedlake
Street, and Kensal Road, on the south, the present
parish of Paddington on the east, and Ladbroke
Grove Road (by Plough Lane Bridge) and Kilburn
Lane on the west. Within these limits there will be
contained about 109 acres, or very nearly threequarters
of the whole area of the detached portion of
Chelsea, which has, in round figures, a rateable value
of £72,000, a population of 21,500, about 71/8 miles of
public roads, a Free Public Library and Public Baths,
both of these institutions being within the portion
forming part of the new Borough of Paddington;
The eastern side of Ledbury Road, part of the
northern side of Westbourne Grove, Norfolk Road,
Richmond Road, part of the southern side of Westbourne
Grove, the eastern side of Chepstow Place,
part of Dawson Place, the eastern side of Pembridge
Square, and the northern side of Moscow Road;
The detached portion of the parish of St. George,
Hanover Square, the houses in front thereof on the
northern side of the Uxbridge Road, and the portion
of such road upon which these houses abut.
The Commissioners have, as far as possible, made
such adjustments as will cause the boundary lines of

borough of paddington.

Sub-Town Hall1
Joint Legal and Works (Parliamentary Schemes)2
Sub-Joint ,, ,,4
Joint Works and Churchyard (St. Mary's Churchyard)1
Joint Works and Sanitary (Mortuary and Coroner's Court)3
Sub-Joint ,, ,,1
Sub-Recreation Ground2