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Kensington 1901
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1901
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Tables similar to those referred to as being numbered I. to VI., had previously been employed
in these annual reports, and the Tables I. to VI. were used from 1873, onwards, to 1899, inclusive,
in the tabulation of vital, mortal, and sanitary statistics. These tables, between 1894 and 1899,
were supplemented by others ("A" and "B"), directed by the Local Government Board to be used,
so as to secure a " tabular statement of mortality, and a tabular statement of infectious disease in all
districts on a uniform plan." Tables A and B have now been superseded by Tables, numbered
I. to IV., directed by the Board to be used. Table I. is subjoined; Table II. will be found at
page 17, Table III. at page 50, and Table IV. at page 17. The table on page 18, is a summary
of causes of death, as set out in former reports in Table III. (now numbered VIII. and printed
in Appendix I.), arranged in Classes and Orders of diseases, as in the annual reports of the
Registrar-General. The other tables used in preceding annual reports, now numbered from VI. to
XII., will be found in Appendix I., pp. 104—112.
TABLE I.
| Year. 1 | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2 | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in Public Institu-tions. 9 | Deaths of Non-residents registered in District. 10 | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. 11 | Deaths ages. | at all Nett. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. 3 | Rate.* 4 | Number 5 | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. 6 | Number. 7 | Rate.* 8 | Number. 12 | Rate.* 13 | |||||
| 1891 | 166,500 | 3,847 | 28.1 | 633 | 164 | 8,609 | 21.6 | 1,297 | 790 | 247 | 8,066 | 18.4 |
| 1892 | 167,200 | 3,718 | 22.2 | 587 | 158 | 3,272 | 19.6 | 1,055 | 626 | 236 | 2,882 | 17.2 |
| 1893 | 167,900 | 3,661 | 21.8 | 625 | 170 | 3,225 | 19.2 | 1,042 | 621 | 312 | 2,916 | 17.4 |
| 1894 | 168,600 | 3,665 | 21.7 | 636 | 174 | 2,983 | 17.7 | 1,070 | 643 | 283 | 2,623 | 15.6 |
| 1895 | 169,300 | 3,621 | 21.4 | 624 | 172 | 3,065 | 18.1 | 1,062 | 625 | 308 | 2,748 | 16.2 |
| 1896 | 170,000 | 3,717 | 21.4 | 656 | 176 | 3,158 | 18.6 | 1,065 | 620 | 353 | 2,891 | 16.7 |
| 1897 | 170,700 | 3,683 | 21.6 | 609 | 165 | 3,025 | 17.7 | 1,164 | 691 | 333 | 2,667 | 15.6 |
| 1898 | 172,000 | 3,633 | 21.1 | 655 | 180 | 3,151 | 18.8 | 1,123 | 639 | 286 | 2,798 | 16.3 |
| 1899 | 172,400 | 3,590 | 20.8 | 642 | 179 | 3,422 | 19.8 | 1,820 | 722 | 321 | 3,021 | 17.5 |
| 1900 | 173,000 | 3,586 | 20.7 | 641 | 179 | 3,087 | 17.7 | 1,182 | 672 | 283 | 2,698 | 15.6 |
| Averages for years 1891-1900 | 169,760 | 3,672 | 21.6 | 630 | 171 | 3,199 | 18.8 | 1,133 | 664 | 296 | 2,831 | 16.6 |
| 1901 | 177,000 | 3,602 | 20.4 | 581 | 161 | 2,964 | 16.7 | 1,108 | 635 | 321 | 2,650 | 15.0 |
Note.—The deaths included in columns 7 and 9 of this Table are all those registered
during the year within the Borough. The deaths included in column 12 are the number in column 7,
corrected by the subtraction of the number in column 10, and the addition of the number in column 11.
The term " non-residents " in column 10, means persons brought into the Borough on account
of illness and dying there. The term "residents" in column 11, means persons taken out of the
Borough on account of illness and dying thereout.
Area of Borough in acres 2,291 Total population at all ages 177,000
(see page 3.) No. (approximate) of inhabited houses† 23,000
Average number of persons per house 7.7
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population,
†See page 4.