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&c,: (for example, Hart-street, Queen-street and Brownstreet,
have fallen from 975 to 904;) but that others shew
increase: (for example, Gilbert-street and Robert-street
from 1103 to 1152, and Grosvenor-mews from 944 to 1125;
—and that whilst the whole decrease is in great measure
attributable to the Easter Holidays, and the temporary
absence of the letter classes and their servants, there is
every reason to believe that there is no material decrease
in that part of the population which is the chief object of
care of the clergy, the parochial officers, and the medical
officers of health, viz.—the stationary mechanic and labouring
class.
Births. The number in the whole parish was 2,119.
In the years ending April 1858, 1859, and 1860 respectively,
the numbers were 2,165, 2,228, and 2,300.
In the Hanover and May Fair Sub-Districts 656 births
against 660, 705, and 710, in the preceding three years
successively. In the Belgrave 1,463 against 1,505, 1,583,
and 1,590 in the preceding three years respectively.
Deaths. Gross number of deaths 1,769, against l,768,
1838, and 1837, in the foregoing three years respectively.
The Gross Death-rate, if we estimate the population,
in 1860, at 87,500, was 20.2 per 1,000 living.
District Mortality. Deaths of non-parishioners in St.
George's Hospital 263; of parishioners 67, of whom 27
came from Hanover and May Fair, and 40 from Belgravia.
In Mount-street Workhouse, 96 against 88, 75, and
72. In Little Chelsea 25 against 41, 33, and 28.
If the deaths of our parishioners (67) in St. George's
Hospital, in Mount-street, and Little Chelsea Workhouse
(121), be compared with the total deaths, 1769, it will be
seen that one in nine dies in a bed provided by charity,
even supposing that none die in hospitals out of the Parish.