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no doubt that the migrations of servants exercise a material
influence on the local rates of mortality of the Metropolis ;
diminishing those of the richer neighbourhoods, and increasing
those of the poorer.
The augmentation of the mortality of St. John's District
from 1851 to 1855, is owing to the addition in each year of
a progressively increasing number of deaths in St. Mary's
Hospital of inhabitants of other parishes.
From the twelfth column of Table II. it appears that the
population of the whole Parish has increased annually since
1851 at the rate of 33 per 1000. This increase does not
however express the actual amount of improvement which has
taken place in the condition of the population. Paddington
people are not only more numerous, but more prosperous, than
they were in 1851. The rateable annual value of the Parish
has increased even more rapidly than the population, viz. : at
the rate of 6.1 per cent. per annum; so that in five years the
share of each person in the general assessment has increased
from £8:4:0 to £9:4:0.
The following is a Tabular Summary of the deductions
contained in the preceding paragraphs.
St. Mary.
St. John.
Paddington.
Total Annual Increase of Population per 1000
8.7
0.0
33.5
Increase by Excess of Births over Deaths ditto.
14.7
10.7
12.4
Increase by Immigration ditto.,
67.0
0.0
21.1
Decrease by Emigration ditto.
0.0
10.7
0.0
Yearly Increase of Annual Rateable Value ditto.
-
-
61.1
Yearly Increase of Annual Rateable Value per persor
per 1000
-
-
24.4
That is, the Annual Rateable Value of the Parish increases yearly 6.1 per
cent.; and the share which each individual of the population of all ages would
have if it were equally divided, increases at the yearly rate of 2.4 per cent.
PADDINGTON MORTALITY.
Causes of Death and Ages at Death.
During the nine months ending December 27th, 1856,
878 persons died in the Parish of Paddington. Of these
deaths 371 occurred in the District of St. Mary,—183 males,
188 females; 357 in the District of St. John,—186 males