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than I anticipated with what is stated in my first
Annual Report—"It is riot unlikely that we may
see in St. John's what is taking place in the central
districts of the Metropolis, viz., a decrease of population,
arising not from the same causes—the incursion
of railways, the opening up of new streets, &c.
—but from the wealthy displacing the more numerous
poor." In St. Mary's Sub-district the population
has increased. In 1871 the enumerated population
of St. Mary's was 58,728; in 1881 the unrevised
figures are 69,785, showing an increase of 11,057.
By subtracting the decrease in St. John's from the
increase in St. Mary's it will be seen that during the
past ten years there has been an addition of 10,285
inhabitants to the population of the whole Parish.
The figures of the recent Census show the population
of Paddington to be 107,098. The population at
the previous Census (1871) was 96,813.
Availing myself of these figures, I have estimated
the population of the Parish at the middle of the
year 1880 to have been 106,258, apportioning 68,888
to St. Mary's Sub-district, and 37,370 to St. John's.
I purposely defer making any alteration in the
statistics of previous years until the revised figures
of the Registrar-General are published.
Births and Deaths.
During the 52 weeks ending 1st January, 1881,