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The subjoined figures showing the number of deaths
from all causes in Paddington during each of the last
ten years may be more intelligible to some than if
expressed in the form of a death-rate:—
Years. No. of Deaths.
1879 1,939
1880 1,667
1881 1,679
1882 1,766
1883 1,762
1884 1,802
1885 1,877
1886 1,909
1887 1,785
1888 1,916
When considering these figures, not only must the
annual increase of population (averaging more than
1,000 a year) be borne in mind, but also the fact that
since 1885 the deaths of parishioners in out-lying
Public Institutions have been included. The 78
deaths of parishioners—59 from St. Mary's Sub-District
and 19 from St. John's —which occurred in 1888
in the following extra-Parochial Hospitals and Institutions,
are throughout this Report dealt with in the same
manner as if they had actually taken place in the
Parish, and are assigned in the Tables to the Subdistricts
from which the deceased were admitted:—