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113
Deaths.
As already stated, 2,023 deaths were registered in
Paddington. But of these 305 deaths—272 in St.
Mary's Hospital, 29 in the Children's Hospital, and 4
in the Lock Hospital—were of non-parishioners, and
are therefore not dealt with in this Report.
Deducting these it will be seen that 1,718 parishioners
actually died in Paddington. To this number
(1,718) must be added the deaths within the year of
67 parishioners in extra-parochial hospitals and public
institutions, making a corrected total of 1,785 deaths
—850 males and 935 females—equivalent to an annual
death-rate of 15.6 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The natural increase of the population from the
excess of births over deaths was 1,131 as compared
with 989 in the previous year.
Of the 1,785 deaths, 1,346 occurred in St. Mary's
and 439 in St. John's Sub-district. The deaths in St.
Mary's include 70 deaths—29 males and 41 females
—in the Workhouse, and 111 deaths—70 males and
41 females—in the Paddington Infirmary.
The deaths were most numerous during the first,
and least so in the second quarter of the year.
The following table shows the ratio of deaths to
the population, together with the death-rate per 1,000