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NINTH ANNUAL REPORT.
To the Vestry of the Parish of Paddington,
Gentlemen,
During the fifty-two weeks of the registration
year, ending 20th December, 1883, 2,849 births and
1,954 deaths were registered in Paddington. Deducting
the deaths of 192 non-parishioners, the corrected
number of deaths in the Parish is seen to be 1,762,
and the natural increase of the population from the
excess of births over deaths to be 1,087, as compared
with 1,138 in the previous year.
Births.
Of the 2,849 births, comprising 1,451 male and
1,398 female children, 2,251—1,139 males and 1,112
females—were registered in St. Mary's, and 598—
312 males and 286 females—in St. John's Subdistrict.
The proportion of the sexes of the children born
in the Parish during the year was, as in the
Metropolis, 100 males to 96 females.
In St. Marys Sub-district the proportion was
100 males to 98 females, and in St. John's 100
males to 92 females.