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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 1899
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1899
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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 | 1899 | Increase in 43 years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Inhabited Houses | 7,600 | 22,750 | 15,150 |
| Population | 57,000 | 172,400 | 115,400 |
| Rateable Value of Property | £308,000 | £2,147,145 | £1,839,145 |
From the foregoing figures we learn that the population
in 1899, was more than twenty times as large as in the first
year of the century, and the rateable value of property
more than twenty-eight times as great as in 1823, the first
year in respect to which I possess information. Since 1856,
the rateable value has increased nearly seven-fold; the mere
increase in the last 28 years being nearly four-fold the total
in 1856; since which date the population and the number of
inhabited houses have increased three-fold.
The increase in all respects within the last twenty-eight years, the period over which my official experience extends, is not inconsiderable, as the subjoined figures show:—
| 1871 | 1899 | Increase in 28 years. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Inhabited Houses | 15,735 | 22,750 | 7,015 |
| Population | 121,000 | 172,400 | 51,400 |
| Rateable Value | £935,720 | £2,147,145 | £1,211,425 |