View report page

6
TABLE I.
The following Table shows the numbers of Births and Deaths
during the last 4 Quarters:—
Quarter ending
Births.
Deaths.
Excess of Births
over Deaths.
Total.
No. per
1000.
Total.
No. per
1000.
Total.
No. per
1000.
July 1st, 1871
730
7.51
464
4.76
266
2.75
Sept. 30th, ,,
667
6.85
453
4.63
214
2.22
Dec. 30th, „
671
6.85
469
4.76
202
2.09
March 30th, 1872
767
7.81
448
4.53
319
3.28
Per Annum
2835
29.02
1834
18.68
1001
10.34
Pop. 98,884. St. Mary's, 60,670 ; St. John's, 38,214.
A birth rate of 29 per 1000, and a death rate of
18.6 indicate a most favourable state of public
health in Paddington, but if studied in detail, it
calls for some remarks. In St. Mary's District,
taken separately, the deaths would be 22 per 1000,
while St. John's would be only 16. Some streets
have a very high death rate, as high even as
40, while other streets are as low as 7.5. See
Appendix, of Statistical returns for certain Streets.
One cause of a low Death Rate.
It has been observed in the Report of the
Registrar General, that the London mortality is
diminished by domestic servants, shopwomen and
milliners coming from the country, and returning
to their native air when health fails them ; it is not
therefore surprising that the large number of this
class of persons in Paddington should materially