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Kensington 1893

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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The following Table, brought up to date exhibits the growth of the Parish since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation, in 1856:—

1856.1893.Increase in 37 years.
Number of Inhabited Houses7,60022,05014,450
Population57,000167,000110,000
Rateable Value of Property£,308,000£2,037,221£1,729,221

The increase in all respects within the last twenty-two years, the period over which my official experience extends, is not inconsiderable, as the subjoined figures show:—

1871.1893.Increase in 22 years.
Number of Inhabited Houses15.73522,0506,315
Population121,000167,00046,000
Rateable Value£935,720£2,037,221£1,101,501

From the foregoing figures we learn that the population
in 1893 was nearly twenty times as large as in the first year
of the century, and that the rateable value of property in 1893
was nearly 27 times as great as in 1823, the first year in
respect of which I possess information. In the last 37 years,
since the Metropolis Local Management Act of 1855 brought
your Vestry into existence, the rateable value has increased
nearly seven-fold: the mere increase in the last 22 years
being more than treble the total in 1856 ; since which date
the population and the number of inhabited houses have increased
nearly three-fold. The rateable value of the parish is
exceeded by that of the Cities of London, Liverpool and
Manchester only, and by that of only ten of the larger counties
with their towns thrown in. The population of Kensington is to
that of London as 1 to 26; the rateable value as 1 to 16.5,