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first quarter, and least so in the fourth quarter of the
year.
In Paddington the ratio of births to the population
was 1 birth to 35.9 persons,the birth-rate thus being 27.8
per 1,000 persons living, as compared with 35.7 in
London, and 28.2 in England and Wales.
In St. Mary's District the ratio of births to the
population was 1 to 30.6 persons, with a birth-rate of
32.7 per 1,000.
In St. John's the ratio of births to the population
was 1 to 51.6, with a birth-rate of 19.4 per 1,000.
The above particulars are shewn in the subjoined
table:—
Sub-Districts.
Population.
Births.
Ratio of Births
to Population.
Rate per l,000.
St. John's
38,609
748
1 to 51.6
19.4
St. Mary's
66,612
2,179
1 to 30.6
32.7
105,221
2,927
1 to 35.9
27.8
The birth-rate for 1875 being 27.8, is below the
average birth-rate of the ten years 1865-74, which
was 29.2, and is, in point of fact, lower than any birthrate
during those years.
The low birth-rate in St. John's (Tyburnia), as
compared with that of St. Mary's, and of London,
may be in part explained by the difference in the two
districts, and in the classes who reside therein.
Tyburnia is the district of squares and mansions,
with a fringe of shops, and of inferior tenements, occupied
by the lower middle, and domestic servant class.
St. Mary's District is the mart of the parish, and is.