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The population in 1870, at the middle of the year, is assumed to
have numbered 115,062. The births registered during the year were
3,705, viz., 1,897 males, and 1,808 females—equivalent to an annual
rate of 32.20 to 1,000 persons living, 3 per 1000 less than the
birth-rate of the entire Metropolis, which was 35.3 per 1,000. The
deaths registered were 2,473 number, viz, 1,231 males, and 1,242
females. The annual rate of mortality therefore, was equal to 21.49
per 1,000 in Kensington (or 20.45 per 1,000, excluding the deaths of
non-parishioners in the Brompton Consumption Hospital), while it was
24.31 in the West districts of London; 25.28 in the East districts,
24.12 in the Metropolis as a whole, and 221 per 1,000 in the entire
Kingdom. It is worthy of note that the annual death rate of females in
this Parish, was about 18 per 1,000 only, as against 25 per 1,000 of the
opposite sex. The births exceeded the deaths in Kensington by 1,232 ;
but the estimated increase of population during the year was 8,742, the
difference being due to removals into the parish.
The Parish is divided for Registration purposes into two Subdistricts
of very unequal size, viz., Kensington Town and Brompton.
With such a limited division, I cannot perceive that any great practical
advantage would arise from treating separately, at any length, the vital
statistics of these sub-districts; but I may mention, in passing, that
the births in Kensington Town were 3,033, and in Brompton, 672,
while the deaths in Kensington Town numbered 1,855, and in
Brompton 618. Thus, while the births in Kensington Town exceeded
the deaths by 1,178, the births in Brompton were only 54 more than
the deaths, or 176, if from the total number of deaths those of nonparishioners
in Brompton Hospital be deducted.