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In St. John's the ratio of the births to the population
was 1 to every 57 persons living, or a birth
rate of 17.7 per 1,000.
The preceding particulars are shown in the subjoined
table:—
Sub-Dintrict.
Eastimated
Population.
Birth.
Ratio of Births to
Population.
Rate per 1,000
St. John's
87,370
060
1 to 57
17 7
St. Mary's
68,888
2,181
1 to 32
31.7
Paddington
106,258
2,841
1 to 37
26.7
The birth rate was for London 36.2 per 1,000.
„ ,, England and Wales 34 .6 per 1,000.
Deaths.
The total deaths registered in Paddington were,
as already stated, 1,853. Of these 5 happened in
the Lock Hospital and 237 in St. Mary's Hospital.
The 5 deaths in the Lock Hospital and 181 of the
deaths in St. Mary's Hospital, being those of nonparishioners,
are not dealt with in this Report.
Of the remaining 1,667 deaths 1,224 occurred in
St. Mary's sub-district and 443 in St. John's. The
134 deaths in the Workhouse—63 males and 71
females—are included in the deaths in St. Mary's
sub-district.