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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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POPULATION AND RATEABLE VALUE.

Table: The subjoined statement exhibits the growth of population during the nineteenth century:—

The subjoined statement 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

Table: The development of the Borough during the last 82 years is evidenced by the subjoined statement, showing the increase in rateable value. The present total is about one-sixteenth of that of the Administrative County of London.

The development of the Borough during the last 82 years is evidenced by the subjoined statement, 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.The Year.
£75,9161823
98,3971833
142,7721843
257,1031853
444,0301863
975,0461873
1,711,4951883
2,037,2211893
£2,304,595(October) 1904

Table: The following table, brought up to date, exhibits the growth of the borough since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation, in 1856:—

The following table, brought up to date, exhibits the growth of the borough since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation, in 1856:—

1866.1904.Increase in 49 years.
Population57,000178,600121,500
Number of Inhabited Houses7,60023,00015,400
Rateable Value of Property£308,000£2,304,595£1,996,595

Table: The increase in all respects within the last thirty-four years, 1871-1904, 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-four years, 1871-1904, the period over which my official experience extends, was very considerable, as the subjoined figures show:—

1871.1904.Increase in 34 years.
Population121,000178,50057,600
Number of Inhabited Houses15,73523,0007,265
Rateable Value£985,720£2,304,595£1,368,875

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It thus appears that the population in 1904 was more than twenty times as large as in the first
year of the nineteenth century, and the rateable value of property more than thirty times as great
as in 1823, the first year in respect to which I possess information. Since 1856, the rateable value
has increased more than seven-fold, the increase in the last 34 years being more than four times the
total in 1856; since which date the population and the number of inhabited houses have increased
more than three-fold.