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necessarily be derived from an estimate of the population
of the parish, which might possibly be erroneous.
Year.
Deaths from all causes.
Total.
St. Mary.
St. John.
1877
1,227
659
1,886
1876
1,277
690
1,967
1875
1,371
621
1,992
1874
1,268
677
1,945
1873
1,304
710
2,014
These figures show all the deaths registered in the
parish, including those in the Lock Hospital, and in
St. Mary's Hospital, though many of these latter were
not those of parishioners.
During the registration year of 52 weeks, ending
Saturday, 29th December, 1877, 2,921 births and
1,886 deaths were registered in Paddington. The
natural increase of population from the excess of births
over deaths was 1,035. Adding to this number the
contingent contributed by the immigration of persons
from neighbouring parishes and from the country, and
assuming the rate of increase to be the same as during
the last census period (1861-71), the population of the
parish in the middle of last year may be estimated at
109,425, allowing 70,554 inhabitants to St. Mary's,
and 38,871 to St. John's sub-district. Of the 2,921
births, which were slightly in excess of those in the