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Kensington 1926
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1926
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POPULATION
The population of the Borough as ascertained at the Census in 1921 was 175,859, but there hasbeen
an increase since that date and for 1926 the Registrar-General has estimated the population
to be 180,000. From this latter figure the inhabitants in the different Wards of the Borough have
been estimated to be as shown in the following table —
The Borough 180,000
North Kensington 94,852
South Kensington 85,148
Wards.
St. Charles 24,841
Golborne 26,944
Norland 22,626
Pembridge 20,441
Holland 19,319
Earl's Court 18,335
Queen's Gate 14,097
Redcliffe 20,337
Brompton 13,060
At the 1921 Census, there were 67,805 males and 108,054 females. In Kensington, as in London,
the numbers of males and females under the age of 15 years are approximately the same, whereas
over that age females preponderate considerably. In London, there are 116 females to 100 males
and in Kensington 159 females to 100 males. This proportion of females to males, which is higher
in Kensington than in any other London Borough, has a very important bearing on the vital
statistics of the district.
In regard to the social status of the population, it may be said that 'the majority of the
inhabitants in North Kensington belong to the poor class, whilst in South Kensington persons of
that class constitute only a small proportion of the population.
The Borough is peculiar in that there is no one occupation which absorbs a very large proportion
of the male workers as is commonly found in many of the industrial areas.
MARRIAGES.
During the year 1,743 marriages were registered, representing a rate of 19.2 per 1,000 of the population. The place of marriage is set out in the following table:—
| Church of England | 783 |
| Roman Catholic Church | 201 |
| Nonconformist Churches | 22 |
| Jewish Church | 14 |
| Register Office | 723 |
| Total | 1,743 |
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered was 2,717, after correction for inward and outward
transfers ; and the birth rate for the Borough was 15T per 1,000 population. Distributed according
to sex and legitimacy the births were as follow:—
Male.
Female.
Total.
Legitimate
1,271
1,239
2,510
Illegitimate
103
104
207
Totals
1,374
1,343
2,717
Table showing the number of births and the birth rates in England and Wales, London,
Kensington and the various districts in the Borough in 1926, and the rates for the previous
five years:—