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Paddington 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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86
BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
cation is intended to be made in the ensuing
Parliamentary Session—
To empower the Company to make and maintain
various underground railways and works, all of which
will be wholly situated in the County of London.
Railway No. 1—Affecting the Parish of Paddington,
will commence in the Parish of St.
Marylebone, by a junction with a railway of the
Company, authorised by the Baker Street and
Waterloo Railway (Act 1896) at the termination
thereof, and terminating in the Parish of Paddington,
at a point in the centre of Bishop's Road, at
the junction of Gloucester Terrace with that road,
the said railway will be situated in or pass through
all or some of the Parishes of St. Marylebone and
Paddington.
The total length of Railway No. 1 will be about
7 furlongs 9 chains 68 links.
Subway No. 1—For foot passengers only, commencing
under Bishop's Road, at or near the junction
of Eastbourne Terrace, and terminating at a point
on the North-eastern side of Eastbourne Terrace,
at a distance of about 9 chains or thereabouts from
the junction with Bishop's Road.
It is proposed to make the subway 10 feet wide
and 9 feet high. At tho commencement the subway
will be approached by stairs, then level for about 50