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TABLE.3.
Births.and.Birth.rates,.1889.99.
Year.
Paddington.
St..Mary.
St..John.
Birth.rates.
Regd.
Rates.
Regd.
Rates.
Regd.
Rates.
England
and
Wales.
London.
1889
2,863
24.5
2,346
29.2
517
14.1
31.1
31.9
1890
2,901
24.4
2,389
29.1
512
14.0
30.2
30.7
1891
2,962
26.1
2,420
28.8
532
15.8
31.4
31.9
1892
2,934
24.6
2,456
28.5
478
14.4
30.5
31.0
1893
3,011
25.2
2,567
29.8
444
13.4
308
30.9
1894
2,834
23.3
2,423
27.2
411
12.6
29.6
30.3
1895
2,979
24.3
2,526
27.9
453
14.0
30.4
30.6
1896
3,068
24.2
2,613
28.2
455
13.4
29.7
30.2
1897
3,010
23.8
2,586
27.8
424
12.7
29.7
30.1
1898
2,965
23.2
2,558
27.1
407
12.2
29.4
29.5
Averages.
889.98.
2,952
24.26
2,489
28.36
463
13.66
30.3
30.7
1899
2,940
22.76
2,555
26.68
385
11.52
29.3
29.4
Parish.(2,940) was 12 below the average (2,952),
while the rate (22.76) was 1.50 below the mean-rate
(24.26) Fewer births were recorded in 1892 (2,934),
in 1890 (2,901), in 1889 (2,863), and in 1894 (2,834),
but the population was then less than at present. Last
year's birth-rate (22.76) was the lowest recorded in
the eleven years, and was 0.4 below that for 1898
InSt. Mary, the births in 1899 (2,555) were 66 in
excess of the average (2,489), but last year's total was exceeded in1896 (2,613), in1897 (2,586), in 1893
(2,567), and in 1898 (2,558).The birth rate for the
Sub District (26.68) was 1.68 below the mean-rate