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POPULATION.
The population of the whole Parish at the middle
of the year 1899 was estimated at 129,124 persons,
which figure was arrived at in the manner described
in previous reports. The accuracy of the estimate is
very doubtful, more so than was that of the estimate
for 1898, as building operations have proceeded with
an increasing rapidity during the past twelve or eighteen
months. Much of the land north of Elgin Avenue
has been taken for the erection of flats, as also has a
considerable portion of the allotment gardens south of
the Avenue. From a return prepared by the AssistantSurveyor
in February, 1900, it appeared that 383 flats
were then in occupation on the sites mentioned. In
other parts of the Parish, many houses formerly occupied
by single families are giving place to blocks of
flats. On the whole there is good reason to believe
that the estimate of the population of North Paddington
(St. Mary's Sub-District) is somewhat considerably
under-estimated, while that of South Paddington may
be nearer the truth.
The estimated total of 129,124 persons was made
up of 95,730 residents of North Paddington, and
33,394 of South. The estimated numbers of males
and females at the age-groups used in these Reports,