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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 1902
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year1902
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APPENDIX I. (Vide page 14.) TABLE VI. (Table I. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births and Deaths in 1902, and in the ten preceding years ; gross numbers.
| The Year. | Estimated Population1 | No. of Inhabited Houses.† | Marriages. | Registered Births. | Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total allAges.‡ | Under One Year. | Under Five Years | At Public Institutions.§ | |||||
| 1902 | 177,500 | 23,000 | 1,703** | 3,488** | 2,746** | 515 | 805 | 832 |
| 1901 | 177,000 | 23,000 | 1,651 | 3,602 | 2,650 | 581 | 876 | 801 |
| 1900 | 173,000 | 22,800 | 1,543 | 3,586 | 2,698 | 641 | 877 | 764 |
| 1899 | 172,400 | 22,750 | 1,693 | 3,590 | 3,021 | 642 | 932 | 942 |
| 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 |
| Average 10 years 1892-1901. | 170,810 | 1,603 | 3,647 | 2,789 | 625 | 965 | 808 | |
Notes.—Census Population in 1861, 70,108: in 1871, 120,299; in 1881, 163,151; in 1891, 166,308; in 1896, 170,465; in
1901, 176,628.
Average Number of Persons to each house at Census ; in 1861, 7'4; in 1871, 7 6; in 1881, 8 1 : 1891, 7 53 ; in 1901, 7 7.
Area of Borough, 2,291 acres. Number of persons to an acre (1901) 77.
* 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 Borough, but exclusive of the deaths of nonparishioners
at public institutions within the Borough.
§ Viz.: At the Borough infirmary and outlying public institutions , including the Asylums Board Hospitals.
** In 53 weeks.