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In St. Mary's the proportion was 100 males to 89
females, and in St. John's 100 males to 80 females.
The births were most numerous during the first, and
least so in the second quarter of the year. The ratio
of births to the entire population of the parish was 1
birth to 39 inhabitants, or a birth-rate of 25.7 per
1,000 of the population. The birth-rate for London
was 36.2
In St. Mary's District the ratio of births to the
population was 1 to 34 persons living, or a birth-rate
of 29.6 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In St. John's the ratio of births to the population
was 1 to 54 persons living, or a birth-rate of 18.6
per 1,000.
Most of the preceding particulars are shown in the
subjoined table:—
Sub-Districts.
Estimated
Population.
Births.
Ratio of Births
to Population.
Rate per 1,000.
St. John's
39,002
727
1 to 54
18.6
St. Mary's
72,525
2,144
1 to 34
29.6
Paddington
111,527
2,871
1 to 39
25.7
The birth-rate for 1878 was lower than that of any
one of the ten previous years. The decennial birthrate
in Paddington 1868—77 was 28.4 per 1,000.
Of the 1,927 deaths registered in the parish, 3
occurred in the Lock Hospital, and 230 in St. Mary's