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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Kensington 1899

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1899

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Table: The subjoined table shows the quarterly numbers of births of males and females in the parish, and in each of the sub-districts :—

The subjoined table shows the quarterly numbers of births of males and females in the parish, and in each of the sub-districts :—

Kensington TownBrompton
MalesFemalesTotalMalesFemalesTotalParish
1st Quarter4094018106857125935
2nd „3663827486674140888
3rd „3873637506777144894
4th „3673717386867135873
1529151730462692755443590
Illegitimate22224423549
Births20234312346
242246—2248
25214611248
91881794812191

Table: The subjoined table shows the population, the number of births, and the birth-rate for each of the ten years 1889-98 :—

The subjoined table shows the population, the number of births, and the birth-rate for each of the ten years 1889-98 :—

The Year.Population.Total Births.Males.Females.Birth-rate. per 1,000
1889165,7603,6981,8461,85222.3
1890166,0803,8641,9191,94523.3
1891166,5003,8471,9351,91223.1
1892167,2003,7181,8671,85122.3
1893167,9003,6611,8931,76821.9
1894168,6003,6651,8831,78221.9
1895169,3003,6211,8611,76021.4
1896170,0003,7171,9431,77421.4
1897170,7003,6831,8391,84421.6
1898172,0003,6331,8301,80321.1
Totals37,10718,81618,291Average 22.0

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Excess of male births in the ten years 525
Excess of births over deaths in the ten years 9,153
Estimated increase of population in the ten years 6,240
Estimated loss of population, by migration or removals,
in the ten years 2,913