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SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
To the Vestry of the Parish of Paddington.
Gentlemen,
During the 52 weeks in the year 1876, 2,905
births and 1,966 deaths were registered in Paddington.
The difference between these figures, viz., 939, shews
the natural increase of population. To arrive at an
approximate estimate of the population of the parish,
it is necessary to add the further number contributed
by the immigration of persons from the country and
from neighbouring parishes, Assuming the rate of
increase to be the same as that shewn by the Census
of 1871, the population in the middle of the year 1876
may be estimated at 107,323, giving 68,583 inhabitants
to St. Mary's, and 38,740 to St. John's sub-district.
Of the 2,905 births, 2,177 were registered in the subdistrict
of St. Mary, and 728 in that of St. John. In
both sub-districts the births were slightly fewer than
in the preceding year; the number of male children
being 1,495, and of female, 1,410. The proportion of
the sexes was 100 males to 94 females, as compared
with 100 males to 95 females throughout the Metropolis.
In St. Mary's the proportion was 100 males to 94
females, and in St. John's 100 males to 96 females.