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I need not advert to the tables seriatim, as the facts
indicated by them are sufficiently obvious. The figures
are their own interpreters.
The Census of 1871 showed the population of
Paddington to be 96,813, the two sub-districts of
St. Mary, and St. John, into which the parish is divided,
having a population respectively of 58,728 and 38,085.
During the preceding ten years, the average annual
rate of increase was 2.7 per cent. Allowing for the
annual increase from births and immigration at the same
rate, the population may be estimated at the middle of
the year, 1875, at 105,221, giving to St. Mary's
District 66,612, and to St. John's 38,609.
The increase of the parish in population, in the
number and ratable value of the houses, and the
average number of persons in each house, are shewn
in the subjoined table:—
The increase of the parish in population, in the
number and ratable value of the houses, and the
average number of persons in each house, are shewn
in the subjoined table :—
Year.
Population.
Inhabited
Houses.
Ratable Value.
Average Number
of Persons in each
House.
£
1851
46,305
6,103
390,732
7.6
1861
75,784
9,729
643,063
7.8
1871
96,813
12,011
954,868
8.1
1875
105,221
12,746
1,004,095
8.3
The more rapid growth of the population in
St. Mary's District during the last 25 years, as compared
with that of St. John's, calls for remark.
In the latter district there has not been for some
years any extent of ground available for building
purposes; and any increase of population will, of