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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 Year. | Estimated Population1 | No. of Inhabited Houses.† | Marriages. | Registered Births. | Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total,all Ages ‡ | Under One Year. | Under Five Years. | At Public Institutions.§ | |||||
| 1898 | 172,000 | 22,700 | 1,648 | 3,633 | 2,798 | 655 | 1,039 | 782 |
| 1897 | 170,700 | 22,669 | 1,681 | 3,683 | 2,667 | 609 | 912 | 839 |
| 1896 | 170,000 | 22,576 | * * 1,706 | * * 3,717 | ** 2,891 | 656 | 1,111 | 817 |
| 1895 | 169,300 | 22,483 | 1,455 | 3,621 | 2,748 | 624 | 951 | 762 |
| 1894 | 168,600 | 22,390 | 1,537 | 3,665 | 2,623 | 636 | 1,022 | 749 |
| 1893 | 167,900 | 22,297 | 1,540 | 3 661 | 2,916 | 625 | 965 | 740 |
| 1892 | 167,200 | 22,204 | 1,584 | 3,718 | 2,882 | 587 | 972 | 687 |
| 1891 | 166,500 | 22,084 | 1,569 | 3,847 | 3,066 | 633 | 968 | 773 |
| 1890 | 166,080 | 21,800 | ** 1,511 | ** 3,864 | ** 2,951 | 651 | 1,095 | 612 |
| 1889 | 165,760 | 21,700 | 1,491 | 3,698 | 2,412 | 489 | 789 | 570 |
| Average, 10 years 1889-98. | 168,404 | — | 1,572 | 3,711 | 2,795 | 617 | 982 | 733 |
Notes.—Census Population in 1861, 70,108; in 1871, 120,299; in 1881, 163,151;
in 1891, 166,308; in 1896, 170,465.
Average Number of Persons to each house at Census; in 1861, 7.4; in 1871, 7.6; in
1881, 8 .l; in 1891, 7.53.
Area of Parish, 2,190 acres. Number of persons to an acre (1899) 78.7.
*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
number of inhabited houses, and by the average number of persons per house, as
ascertained at the last census.
† The data are somewhat unreliable.
‡ Inclusive of the deaths of parishioners at public institutions without the parish, but
exclusive of the deaths of non-parishioners at public institutions within the parish.
§ Viz.: At the parish infirmary and outlying public institutions, including the
Asylums board Hospitals.
In 53 weeks.