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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 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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cent. below the average in the ten years 1888-92. The
births of illegitimate children in Kensington in 1893
were 179 (2 fewer than in 1892), viz., males 101, and females
78. Of these births 167 were registered in the Town subdistrict,
which includes the Parish workhouse, at which institution
there were 129 births, males 72, females 57 (including
five of still-born male children), of which 88 were illegitimate
In the Parish generally, the illegitimate births formed 4.9 per
cent. of total births, as against 5*8, 5'4, and 4.9 per cent. in
the preceding three years respectively.
The subjoined Tables show (1) the quarterly number of births of males and females in each of the sub-districts in 1893, and (2) the annual number of births, &c., in the decennium 1883-92.
| Kensington Town | Total. | Brompton | Total. | Grand Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | ||||
| 1st Quarter | 429 | 388 | 817 | 91 | 72 | 163 | 980 |
| 2nd „ | 332 | 383 | 715 | 88 | 79 | 167 | 882 |
| 3rd „ | 388 | 352 | 740 | 87 | 77 | 164 | 904 |
| 4th | 381 | 340 | 721 | 97 | 77 | 174 | 895 |
| Totals | 1530 | 1463 | 2993 | 363 | 305 | 668 | 3661 |
| The Year. | Population. | Total Births. | Males. | Females. | Birth-rate per 1000. | ||
| 1883 | 163,860 | 4,230 | 2,162 | 2,068 | 25.8 | ||
| 1884 | 164,180 | 4,394 | 2,246 | 2,148 | .26.8 | ||
| 1885 | 164,500 | 4,032 | 2,049 | 1,983 | 24.5 | ||
| 1886 | 164,820 | 4,149 | 2,137 | 2,012 | 25.2 | ||
| 1887 | 165,140 | 3,941 | 2,016 | 1,925 | 23.9 | ||
| 1888 | 165,450 | 3,776 | 1,914 | 1,862 | 22.8 | ||
| 1889 | 165,760 | 3,69S | 1,846 | 1,852 | 22.3 | ||
| 1890 | 166,080 | 3,864 | 1,919 | 1,945 | 23.3 | ||
| 1891 | 166,400 | 3,847 | 1,935 | 1,912 | 23.1 | ||
| 1892 | 166,700 | 3,718 | 1,867 | 1,851 | 22.3 | ||
| Totals | 39,649 | 20,091 | 19,558 | Average 24.0 | |||
| Excess of male births in the ten years. | 533 | ||||||