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Kensington 1904

The annual report on the health, sanitary condition of the Royal Borough of Kensington, etc., etc., for the year 1904

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APPENDIX I.

Table: TABLE VI.(Table I. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births and Deaths in 1904, and in the preceding ten years; gross numbers.

TABLE VI.(Table I. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births and Deaths in 1904, and in the preceding ten years; gross numbers.

The Year.Estimated Population.1No. of Inhabited Houses.†Marriages.Registered Births.Deaths.
Total, all Ages. ‡Under One Year.Under Five YearsAt Public Institutions.§
1904178,50023,0001,6723,4482,540503756784
1903178,00023,0001,6233,5652,455510768772
1902177,50023,000** 1,703** 3,488** 2,746515805832
1901177,00023,0001,6513,6022,650581876801
1900173,00022,8001,5433,5862,698641877764
1899172,40022,7501,6933,5903,021642932942
1898172,00022,7001,6483,6332,7986551,039782
1897170,70022,6691,6813,6832,667609912839
1896170,00022,576** 1,706** 3,717** 2,8916561,111817
1895169,30022,4831,4553,6212,748624951762
1894168,60022,3901,5373,6652,6236361,022749
Average 10 years 1894-1903.172,850–1,6243,6152,730607929806

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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: in 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.