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Kensington 1905
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1905
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The Royal Borough of Kensington.
REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For the Year 1905.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the Borough Council.
Sir, and Gentlemen,
The vital and mortal statistics in this report relate to the registration year, a period of
fifty-two weeks, January 1st to December 30th, 1905.
For the purposes of the report the population of the Royal Borough is assumed to have
numbered 179,000 at the middle of the year; the estimated population of the sub-districts,
parliamentary divisions, etc., is set out in the table at page 5.
The estimate of population of the borough is based on the subjoined summary table which shows the Age and Sex-Distribution of the people as ascertained at the census of 1901.
| Population at all Ages, March 31st, 1901. | Under Five Years. | 5 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 36 | ||||||||||||||
| 350 | ||||||||||||||
The enumerated population comprised 38,349 Families or Separate Occupiers (an increase
of 2,396 on the number, 35,953, in 1891); 28,770 in the Town sub-district, 9,579 in Brompton.
The tenements of less than five rooms, 20,052 in 1891, and 55.8 per cent, of total tenements,
were 21,115 in 1901, and 55.1 per cent, of the entire number. In these tenements there were
housed 73,425 persons (compared with 70,718 in 1891), or 40 per cent. of the population: the
relative per centage in 1891 was 42.5.
Number and Population of Tenements of Less than Five Rooms in 1901.
| Tenements of — | Number. | Population. |
|---|---|---|
It thus appears that 6.41 per cent. of the parishioners lived in one-room tenements, compared
with 8.2 per cent. in 1891; 15.73 per cent. in two-room tenements (15.6 in 1891); 10.81 per cent.
in three-room tenements (10.9 in 1891); and 7.97 per cent. In four-room tenements (7.8 in 1891).