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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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Table: Summary of the Preceding Table.

Summary of the Preceding Table.

Population at all Ages.Under Five Years.6 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 to 95.95 and upwards.All Ages.
Females 107,5447,09213,30524,76923,48215,37710,9536,9853,8181,5152435107,544 Females
Males 69,0847,05612,59513,46111,4919,4407,2204,5862,306820107269,084 Males
Excess of 38,460 Females3671011,30811,9915,9373,7332,3991,512695136338,460 Execess of Female
Total of 176,28 both sexes14,14825,90038,23034,97324,81718,17311,5716,1242,3353507Total of 176,628 both sexes

Table: Particulars of Houses, and of Population of the Wards.

Particulars of Houses, and of Population of the Wards.

Name of Ward.Houses.Population.
Inhabited.Uninhabited.Build-ing.Persons.Males.Females.
In Occupation.Not in Occupation.
Brompton2,240201153314,1584,4609,698
Earl's Court2,6391141371218,0646,04712,017
Golborne2,1021223226,30712,93413,373
Holland3,02499180920,3917,12613,265
Nordland2,8067478323,44910,57612,873
Pembridge2,69371130—19,3257,50811,817
Queen's Gate1,63165213314,2844,6849,600
Redcliffe2,60652182218,7136,07212,641
St. Charles2,3902145—21,9379,67712,260
The Borough22,1317091,14134176,62869,084107,544

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The Parliamentary Division of North Kensington is peculiar in that a considerable area
in the Kensal district, taken from the Borough of Chelsea for all purposes other than that of
Parliamentary elections,is for that single purpose still a part of Chelsea.

Table: The subjoined table sets out the particulars as to Area, Houses, and Population, of the two Parliamentary Divisions:—

The subjoined table sets out the particulars as to Area, Houses, and Population, of the two Parliamentary Divisions:—

Parliamentary Divisions.Area in statute acrcs.Houses, 1901.Population.
In-habited.Uninhabited.Building1891.1901.
In occu-pation.Sot in oc-cupation.Persons.Persons.Males.Females.
1. North Kensington2.188.29,656192281482,63387,70839,02248,686
2. South12,1285308883183,67585,36528,32957,036

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Families, or Separate Occupiers, numbered 38,349 (35,953 in 1891): 28,770 in the Town
sub-district, and 9,579 in Brompton.
Tenements of less than Five Rooms, 21,115 in number, equal to 55.1 per cent, of total
tenements (20,052 in 1891, equal to 55.8 per cent, of total tenements), contained a population of
73,425 (70,718 in 1891), or 40 per cent, of the whole (42.5 per cent, in 1891).