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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 1895
The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year 1895
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Showing Population, inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths, in 1895, and in the preceding ten years: gross numbers.
| The Year. | Estimated Population.* | No. of Inhabited Houses.† | Marriages. | Registered Births. | Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, all Ages ‡ | Under One Year. | Under Five Years. | In Public Institution§ | |||||
| 1895 | 167,600 | 22,050 | 4,455 | 3,621 | 2,748 | 624 | 951 | 762 |
| 1894 | 167,300 | 22,050 | 1,537 | 3,665 | 2,623 | 636 | 1,022 | 749 |
| 1893 | 167,000 | 22,050 | 1,540 | 3,661 | 2,916 | 625 | 965 | 740 |
| 1892 | 166,700 | 22,050 | 1,584 | 3,718 | 2,882 | 587 | 687 | 972 |
| 1891 | 166,400 | 22,002 | 1,569 | 3,847 | 3,066 | 633 | 968 | 773 |
| 1890 | 166,080 | 21,800 | 1,511 | 3,864 | 2,951 | 651 | 612 | 1,095 |
| 1889 | 165,760 | 21,700 | 1,491 | 3,698 | 2,412 | 489 | 789 | 570 |
| 1888 | 165,450 | 21,600 | 1,497 | 3,776 | 2,625 | 604 | 1,077 | 590 |
| 1887 | 165,140 | 21,566 | 1,561 | 3,941 | 2,872 | 680 | 1,129 | 608 |
| 1886 | 164,820 | 21,500 | 1,605 | 4,149 | 2,756 | 636 | 1,029 | 604 |
| 1885 | 164,500 | 21,420 | 1,480 | 4,032 | 2,768 | 653 | 561 | 1,085 |
| Average 10 years 1885-94. | 165,915 | 21,773 | 1,537 | 3,835 | 2,807 | 619 | 1,013 | 649 |
Population in 1861, 70,108 ; 1871, 120,299 ; 1881, 163,151 ; 1891, 166,308.
Average Number of Persons to each house at Census : in 1861, 7.4; in 1871,
7.6: in 1881, 8.1; in 1891, 7.56.
Area of Parish, 2,190 acres. Number of persons to an acre (1895), 76.5.
* 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 known number of inhabited houses, and by the average number of persons
per house, as ascertained at the last Census.
The data are somewhat unreliable. The Census number, which includes
house* occupied only by caretakers, is given for 1891.
Inclusive of the deaths of parishioners at public institutions outside the
Parish, but exclusive of the deaths of non-parishioners at public institutions
within the Parish.
§ Viz.: At the Parish Infirmary, the Brompton Hospital, &c., and outlying public
institutions, including the Asylums Board Hospitals.
*' In 53 weeks.