Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year 1893
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WARDS.
KENSINGTON is, for some local purposes, divided into W ards . The subjoined Table shows the acreage of the Wards, their population, as enumerated, and the number of inhabited houses in each, in 1881 and 1891:—
Name of Ward. | Area in Statute acres. | Inhabited 1881. | Houses 1891. | Increase in 10 years. | Population. | Increase in 10 years. | Decrease | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1881. | 1891. | |||||||
St. Mary Abbotts | 846 | 6,573 | 7,535 | 962 | 48,831 | 50,823 | 1,992 | |
Holy Trinity, Brompton | 439 | 3,936 | 4,440 | 504 | 26,746 | 28,379 | 1,633 | |
Sc. John, Nottinghill, & St. James, Norland | 905 | 9.594 | 10,109 | 515 | 87.574 | 87,106 | — | 468 |
2,190 | 20,103 | 22,084 | 1,981 | 163,151 | 166,308 | 3,625 | 468 |
RATEABLE VALUE AND POPULATION. The rateable V alue of Property in the several Wards, at ten-year intervals, between 1851 and 1891, was as follows:—
Ward. | 1851. | 1861. | 1871. | 188l. | 1891. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
St. Mary Abbotts | 68,000 | 129,958 | 323.992 | 619,512 | 834,875 |
Holy Trinity, Brompton | 61,000 | 119,302 | 246,716 | 459,000 | 536,492 |
St. John, Notting-hill, & St. James, Norland | 99.500 | 155,428 | 365,012 | 501,704 | 510,082 †131,394 |
£228,500 | 404,688 | 935,720 | 1,580,216 | 2,012,843 |
The increase in rateable value between 1851 and 1861, was 77
per cent.; between 1861 and 1871,130 percent.; between 1871
and 1881, 69 per cent.; and between 1881 and 1891,26 per cent.
The subjoined figures illustrate the developement of the Parish, in population and wealth, since the beginning of the century:—
The Year. | Population. | Rateable value of Property. | The Year. |
---|---|---|---|
1801 | 8,556 | £75,916 | 1823 |
1821 | 14,428 | 93,397 | 1833 |
1841 | 26,834 | 142,772 | 1843 |
1851 | 44,053 | 257,103 | 1853 |
1861 | 70,108 | 444,030 | 1863 |
1871 | 120,299 | 975,046 | 1873 |
1881 | 163,151 | 1,711,495 | 1883 |
1891 | 166,308 | 2,037,221 (April) | 1893 |
1893 | 167,000 |
†These figures represent the value of the hereditaments of public companies.