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The parish is seen to be undergoing an annual increase of something over
S000 persorte, or nearly 60 every week.
The death.rates in the several sub.districts of the parish are found to vary
considerably, as will be seen by a reference to Table A.
The death.rate was lowest in Kentish Town, lowest but one in Eegent's Park,
then in Camden Town, then in Gray's Inn Road, then in Somers Town, then in
Tottenham Court Eoad.
In the ratio of deaths to births the sub.districts stand in the following order,
beginning with the lowest: Kentish Town, Camden Town, Somers Town,
Eegent's Park, Gray's Inn Eoad, and Tottenham Court Eoad.
The mortality in Kentish Town this year has fallen off very much as compared
with the year 1859, when it was unaccountably very much raised.
I am now, also, in possession of the population of the several sub.districts of
the parish as ascertained by the recent census. The numbers are given in the
quarterly tables appended to this Eeport. By comparing them with the returns
obtained in 1851, it is seen that, as might be expected, the populations of the
sub.districts have not increased in the same ratio, for whilst Tottenham Court
Eoad, for instance, has increased only 3'2 per cent., Kentish Town has increased
89.8 per cent, in the last ten years; that is to say, has nearly doubled.* The
rates of increase per cent, in the ten years and per annum for the several
districts are as follows:—
Rate of increase per cent,
in ten years, 1851.61.
Rate of increase per
cent, per annum.
Eegent's Park 9.4 0 9
Tottenham Court 3.2 0.3
Gray's Inn 4.8 0.48
Somers Town 9.7 0.93
Camden Town 10.8 1.03
Kentish Town 89.8 6 6
The Whole Parish 19.1 1.75
In the ten years there have been added to the population of St. Pancras
31,296 persons, whilst the number of births registered beyond the number of
deaths, was 19,649, leaving 11,552 to be supplied by new residents over and
above those who left the district during the period. There were 3344 more
inhabited houses at the census this year, than at the census of 1851.
In 1851 there were somewhat fewer than nine inhabitants to every house in
the Parish, whilst in 1861 there are somewhat more than nine to every house.
* These differences are explained by the extent of ground in the several sub.districts which was
unbuilt upon at the census of 1851. In Tottenham Court sub.district there was no unoccupied
space in 1851, and any increase of population which occurred must have led to denser crowding of
dwellings already built, and not to new buildings. In Kentish Town the case was q4ite different.