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2,841 births, and 1,853 deaths, were registered in
Paddin&rton. Excluding from consideration the
deaths of 186 non-parishioners, the corrected number
of deaths in the Parish is seen to be 1,667, and the
natural increase of the population from the excess
of births over deaths to be 1,174.
Births.
Of the 2,841 births, comprising 1,413 male and
1,428 female children, 2,181 were registered in St.
Mary's Sub-district, and 660 in St. John's.
The proportion of the sexes was 100 males to
101 females: whereas in the Metropolis it was 100
males to 96 females.
In St. Mary's the proportion was 100 males to
104 females, and in St. Johns 100 males to 91
females.
The births were most numerous during the
second, and least so in the fourth, quarter of the
year.
The ratio of the births to the entire population
of the Parish was 1 birth to every 37 inhabitants, or
a birth rate of 267 per 1,000 of the population.
In St. Mary's Sub-district the ratio of births to
the population was 1 to every 32 persons living, or
a birth rate of 31.7 per 1,000 inhabitants.