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AREA OF THE BOROUGH.
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.
REGISTRATION DISTRICT AND SUB-DISTRICTS.
The “Kensington” Registration District (No. 1 B in the Registrar-General’s list)
comprises two sub-districts, respectively named Kensington Town (hereinafter for brevity referred
to as Town) and Brompton. The Town sub-district comprises all that portion of the Borough
north of Kensington High-street and Kensington-road, together with a large area south of that
main thoroughfare, the dividing line running, from west to east, along Pembroke-road, Stratfordroad,
and south of the workhouse, through Cornwall-gardens to Queen's-gate-place, and thence
northwards so as to include Queen's-gate (west side). The remainder of the Borough, south of the
line indicated, forms the sub-district of Brompton.
The Parliamentary Divisions are two in number; North Kensington and South
Kensington—High-street, Notting-hill, and Holland-park-avenue forming the line of
demarcation.
The Wards are nine in number, of which four—Golborne, St. Charles, Norland, and
Pembridge are in (and constitute) the Parliamentary Division of North Kensington; and five—
Holland, Earl's Court, Queen's Gate, Brompton, and Redcliffe, are in (and constitute) the
Parliamentary Division of South Kensington.
POPULATION AND INHABITED HOUSES IN 1906.
The population of the borough, estimated to the middle of the year, was 179,500.* It
comprised 70,210 males and 109,290 females: excess of females, 39,080. In the Town sub-district
(estimated population 130,100), the males numbered about 54,310, the females, 75,790; excess of
females, 21,480. In the Brompton sub-district (estimated population 49,400), there were about
15,900 males and 33,500 females: excess of females 17,600. This population was in occupation
of about 23,000 houses ; equal to 7.8 persons to a house. For the purposes of this report, the
population of the borough, the sub-districts, the parliamentary divisions, and the wards, will be
taken to be as follows:—
The Borough 179,500
Sub-districts:—
Kensington Town 180.100
Brompton 49,400
Parliamentary Divisions:—
North Kensington 92,550
South Kensington 86,950
Wards:—
St. Charles 22 800
North Golborne 26.750
Kensington Norland 28,860
Pembridge 19,640
Holland 20,740
Earl's Court 18,840
South Queen's Gate 4,500
Kensington Redeliffe 18 990
Brompton 14.880
* The Registrar-General's estimate of the population of the Royal Borough in the middle of 1906 was 180,952. I have
thought it desirable to adopt the more conservative estimate given in the text.