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Kensington 1902

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year1902

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Area.—The Borough comprises an area of 2,291.1 statute acres, an addition of 101.1 acres
having accrued from the changes in boundaries brought about by the London Government Act,
1899. Of this addition all but 1.8 acres belongs to the Town sub-district, the area of which
(including 3.8 acres of inland water) is 1,596.3 acres; the area of Brompton being 694.8 acres.
The acreage of the wards is not given in the census report.

Table: POPULATION, 1801-1901. The subjoined table exhibits the growth of population during the nineteenth century:—

POPULATION, 1801-1901. The subjoined table exhibits the growth of population during the nineteenth century:—

The Year.Population.
18018,556
181110,886
182114,428
183120,902
184126,834
185144,053
186170,108
1871120,299
1881163,151
1891170,071
1901176,628

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Rateable Value.—The growth or development of the Borough during the last 79 years is
evidenced by the subjoined table, showing the increase in rateable value. The present total is about
one-sixteenth of that of the Administrative County of London.
Rateable Value of Property.
£75,916 1823
93,397 1833
142,772 1843
257,103 1853
444,030 1863
975,046 1873
1,711,495 1883
2,037,221 1893
£2,262,406 (October) 1902

Table: Population, Inhabited Houses, and Rateable Value, 1856-1902.—The following table, brought up to date, exhibits the growth of the borough since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation, in 1856:—

Population, Inhabited Houses, and Rateable Value, 1856-1902.—The following table, brought up to date, exhibits the growth of the borough since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation, in 1856:—

1856.1902.Increase in 46 years.
Population57,000177,500120,500
Number of Inhabited Houses7,60028,00015,400
Rateable Value of Property£308,000£2,262,406£1,954,406

Table: The increase in all respects within the last thirty-one years, 1871-1902, the period over which my official experience extends, was very considerable, as the subjoined figures show:—

The increase in all respects within the last thirty-one years, 1871-1902, the period over which my official experience extends, was very considerable, as the subjoined figures show:—

1871.1902.Increase in 31 years.
Population121,000177,50066,500
Number of Inhabited Houses15,73523,8008,065
Rateable Value£935,720£2,262,406£1,326,686

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