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Kensington 1897
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1897
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POPULATION.
The table on page 5 shows the relative number of persons
of each sex as ascertained at the census of 1891, grouped
according to age; (a) in the entire parish,(b) in the KensingtonTown
sub-district, and (c) in the Brompton sub-district.
There is no later information as to age-distribution of the
population,nor will there be until the next census is taken in 1901.
In March, 1896, an enumeration of the population was
made, in conformity with the provisions of the Equalization of
Rates Act, 1894, the only particulars required of the householder
being the sex of each person, and his or her relationship
to the head of the family. A full account of the result of this
enumeration is contained in the annual report for 1896,
pages 3-11, inclusive. It will suffice to state here that the
population, as then ascertained, was 170,465, as compared
with 166,308 in 1891: increase, 4,157. The males numbered
67,002, the females 103,463, the excess of females being 36,461.
In the Town sub-district the population was 122,164, as compared
with 118,751 in 1891: increase,3,413. The males numbered
51,101, the females 71,063: excess of females, 19,962.
In the Brompton sub-district the population was 48,301, as
compared with 47,557 in 1891 : increase 744. The males numbered
15,901, the females 32,400: excess of females, 16,499.
The parliamentary division of North Kensington comprised
85,371 persons, viz., males 37,964, and females 47,407:
excess of females, 9,443. The division of South Kensington
comprised a population of 85,094 persons; viz., males
29,038, and females 56,056: excess of females 27,018.
It thus appears that there has been a sensible increase in
the population since the census of 1891, and more especially
in the Town registration sub-district. The increase in this
sub-district in the five years 1891-96 was, as we have seen,
3,413, as compared with a decrease of 1,390 in the ten years
1881-91. In the Brompton sub-district, the increase in the
five years was 744, following upon an increase of 4,547 in the
ten years 1881-91.