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EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT.
To the Vestry of the Parish of Paddington.
Gentlemen,
The fifty-two weeks ending 30th December,
constitute the registration year 1882. Daring
that period 2,904 births and 1,948 deaths were
registered in Paddington. Deducting the deaths
of 182 non-parishioners, the corrected number of
deaths in the Parish is seen to be 1,766, and the
natural increase of the population from the excess
of births over deaths to be 1,138, as compared with
1,172 in the previous year.
Births.
Of the 2,904 births, comprising 1,495 male and
1,409 female children, 2,240—1,143 males and 1,097
females—were registered in St. Mary's, and 664—
352 males and 312 females—in St. John's Subdistrict.
The proportion of the sexes of the children born
in the Parish during the year was 100 males to 94
females, whereas in the Metropolis it was 100
males to 96 females.