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Kensington 1906

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906

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APPENDIX I.

Table: TABLE VI. (Table I. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births and Deaths in 1906, and in the preceding ten years; gross numbers.

TABLE VI. (Table I. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births and Deaths in 1906, and in the preceding ten years; gross numbers.

The Year.Estimated Population1No. of Inhabited Houses.†Marriages.Registered Births.Deaths.
Total, all Ages.‡Under One Year.Under Five YearsAt Public Institutions.§
1906179,50023,0001,6903,4282,497452693895
1905179,00023,0001,5743,5792,50749757863
1904178,50023,0001,6723,5682,540503756784
1903178,00023,0001,6233,6772,455510768772
1902177,50023,000** 1,703** 3,599** 2,746515805832
1901177,00023,0001,6513,7082,650581876801
1900173,00022,8001,5433,6822,698641877764
1899172,40022,7501,6933,6823,021642932942
1898172,00022,7001,6483,7152,7986551,039782
1897170,70022,6691,6813,7652,667609912839
1896170,00022,576** 1,706** 3,821** 2,8916561,111817
Average 10 years 1896-1905.174,81022,8491,6493,6802,697581883819

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Notes.—Census Population in 1861, 70,108: in 1871, 120,299; in 1881, 163,151; in 1891, 166,308; in 1896, 170,465; in
1901, 176,628.
Average Number of Persons to each house at Census: in 1861, 7.4; in 1871, 7.6; in 1881, 8.1: in 1891, 7.5; in 1901, 7.7.
Area of Borough, 2,291 acres. Number of persons to an acre (1901) 77.
*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 number of inhabited houses, and by the average number of persons per house, as
ascertained at the last census.
† The data are somewhat unreliable.
‡ Inclusive of the deaths of parishioners at public institutions without the Borough, but exclusive of the deaths of nonparishioners
at public institutions within the Borough.
§ Viz.: At the Borough infirmary, &c., and outlying public institutions, including the Asylums Board Hospitals.
** In 53 weeks.