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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TABLE I.
Showing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths, in 1893, and in the preceding ten years : gross numbers.
The Year. | Estimated Population1 | No. of Inhabited Houses.‡ | Marriages. | Registered Births. | Deaths. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total, all Ages ‡ | Under One Year. | Under Five Years. | In Public Institutionsn | |||||
1893 | 167,000 | 22,050 | 1,540 | 3,661 | 2,916 | 625 | 965 | 740 |
1892 | 166,700 | 22,050 | 1,584 | 3,718 | 2,882 | 587 | 972 | 687 |
1891 | 160,400 | 22,002 | 1,569 | 3,847 | 3,066 | 633 | 968 | 773 |
1890 | 166,080 | 21,800 | ** 1,511 | ** 3,864 | 2,951 | 651 | 1,095 | 612 |
1889 | 165,760 | 21,700 | 1,491 | 3,698 | 2,412 | 489 | 789 | 570 |
1888 | 165,450 | 21,600 | 1,497 | 3,776 | 2,825 | 604 | 1,077 | 590 |
1887 | 165,140 | 21,566 | 1,561 | 3,941 | 2,872 | 680 | 1,129 | 608 |
188G | 164,820 . ' | 21,500 | 1,605 | 4,149 | 2,756 | 636 | 1,029 | 604 |
1885 | 164,500 | 21,420 | 1,480 | 4,032 | 2,768 | 653 | 1,085 | 561 |
1884 | 164,180 | 21,390 | ** 1,498 | ** 4394 | 689 | 1,034 | 460 | |
1883 | 163,860 | 21,030 | 1,616 | 4,230 | 2,615 | 602 | 982 | 487 |
Average, 0 years 1883-92. | 165,289 | 21,595 | 1,541 | 3,964 | 2,778 | 622 | 1,016 | 595 |
Population in 1861, 70,108; 1871, 120,299: 1881, 163,151 ; 1891, 166,308.
Average Number of Persons to each house at Census : in 1861, 7.4 ; in 1871, 7.6 ; in
1881, 8.1 ; in 1891, 7.56.
Area of Parish, 2,190 acres. Number of persons to an acre (1893), 76.2.
*For statistical purposes the population is estimated to the middle of the year, on
the basis of the rate of increase in the preceding inter-censal period, checked by the
known number of inhabited houses, and by the average number of persons per house, as
ascertained at the last Census.
† The data are somewhat unreliable. The Census number, which includes houses
occupied only by caretakers, is given for 1891.
‡ Inclusive of the deaths of parishioners at public institutions outside the Parish, but
exclusive of the deaths of non-parishioners at public institutions within the Parish.
§ Viz.: At the Parish Infirmary, the Brompton Hospital, and outlying public instituons,
including the Asylums Board Hospitals.
** In 53 weeks.