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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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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 | 1895 | Increase in 39 years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Inhabited Houses | 7,600 | 22,050 | 14,450 |
| Population | 57,000 | 167,600 | 110,300 |
| Rateable Value of Property | £308,000 | £2,063,709 | £1,755,709 |
The increase in all respects within the last twenty-four years, the period over which my official experience extends, is not inconsiderable, as the subjoined figures show:—
| 1871 | 1895 | Increase in 24 years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Inhabited Houses | 15,735 | 22,050 | 6,315 |
| Population | 121,000 | 167,600 | 46,600 |
| Rateable Value | £935,720 | £2,063,709 | £1,127,989 |
From the foregoing figures we learn that in 1895 the
population was nearly twenty times as large as in the first year
of the century; and that the rateable value of property was
more than 27 times as great as in 1823, the first year in respect
of which I possess information. Since 1856, the rateable value
has increased nearly seven-fold; the mere increase in the last
24 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 following Table shows the relative number of persons
of each sex at the census of 1891, grouped according to age,
(a) in the entire parish, (b) in the Kensington Town subdistrict,
and (c) in the Brompton sub-district: —