Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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88 BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
8-in. above the rail level of the authorised NorthWest
London Railway.
Feet.
Inches.
Harrow Road by Irongate Wharf Road
73
4
Paddington Green
72
11
Green Street
72
2
Albert Street
71
3
Victoria Street
70
6
Church Place ,
68
9
St. Mary's Square and Hermitage Street
67
6
Dudley Street
63
10
North Wharf Road
65
1
Harrow Road by Bishop's Road Bridge Approach.
65
1
Bishop s Road Bridge by Grand J unction Canal
75
1
(Depth from bottom of Canal to rail level 57-ft. 3-in.)
Depth below Great Western Railway rail level.
Feet.
Inches.
Bishop's Road by Great Western Railway Coal Depot
58
10
„ ,, approach to Great Western Railway
Coal Station
43
0
„ ,, below Metropolitan Railway rail level
which is unaltered
40
9
,, „ „ Great Western Railway Main
Line
40
6
,, „ ,, Great Western Railway Approach
39
3
„ „ „ Roadway surface at Eastbourne
Terrace
57
11
,, ,, ,, Shelden Street
52
5
„ ,, „ Westbourne Terrace
47
8
„ ,, „ Gloucester Terrace, terminating
of Railway No. 1
43
10
Gradients.—From Edgware Road by Bell Street
for a distance of about 2 lurlongs 70 chains 1/300, the
remaining distance about 2 furlongs 2½ chains level.