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ratio of the births to the entire population of the
parish was 1 birth to every 39 inhabitants, or a
birth rate of 256 per 1,000 of the population.
In St. Mary's sub-district the ratio of births to the
population was 1 to 34 persons living, or a birth rate
of 29*3 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In St. John's the ratio of births to the population
was 1 to every 53 persons living, or a birth rate of
18-7.
Some of the preceding particulars are shewn in
the subjoined table:—
Sub-Districts.
Estimated
Population.
Births.
Ratio of Births
to Population.
Bate per 1,000.
St. John's
39,133
732
1 to 53
18.7
St. Mary's
74,496
2,180
1 to 34
29.3
Paddington
113,629
2,912
1 to 39
25.6
The birth rate for London was 36.5 per 1,000.
The long-continued commercial depression allowing
of fewer marriages is a probable explanation in
part of the lower birth rate throughout the parish,,
and generally throughout England and Wales.
The total deaths registered in Paddington were,
as already stated, 2,119. Of these 3 happened in