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SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT.
To the Vestry of the Parish of Paddington.
Gentlemen,
In my last Annual Report I intimated
that it was not improbable that an estimate of the
population of the Parish formed in 1879, and based
upon data supplied by the Census of 1871, might be
shown by the Census of 1881 to be incorrect. Such
is the case. In Paddington, as in some other parts
of the Metropolis, the rate of increase in population
during the decennium 18(31-71 has not been maintained
during the decennium 1871-81. The population
of the Parish during the former period
increased 27.7 per cent., whereas during the past
decade, 1871-81, the increase has been only 10.6 per
cent. It therefore follows that calculations of birth
rates and death rates based upon the data supplied
by the period 1861-71 are now proved to be
erroneous. As a matter of fact, the population of
St. John's Sub-district has decreased. In 1871 the
enumerated population of St. John's was 38,085; in
1881 the unrevised figures are 37,313, showing a
decrease of 772 inhabitants. This accords sooner