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Kensington 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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Table: POPULATION AND RATEABLE VALUE. The subjoined statement exhibits the growth of population during the nineteenth century:—

POPULATION AND RATEABLE VALUE. The subjoined statement exhibits the growth of population during the nineteenth century:—

The Year.Population.The Year.Population.
18018,556186170,108
181110,8861871120,299
182114,4281881163,151
188120,9021891170,071
184126,8841901176,628
185144,0531908 (estimated)181,000

Table: The development of the Borough during the last 86 years is evidenced by the subjoined statement, showing the increase in rateable value.

The development of the Borough during the last 86 years is evidenced by the subjoined statement, showing the increase in rateable value.

Rateable Value of Property.The Year.Rateable Value of Property.The Year.
£75,9161823£975,0461873
93,89718331,711,4951883
142,77218432,087,2211893
257,10318532,438,515(October) 1908
444,0301863

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:—

1856.1908.Increase in 52 years.
Population57,000181,000124,000
Number of Inhabited Houses7,60028,00015,400
Rateable Value of Property£308,000£2,438,515£2,130,515

Table: The increase in all respects within the last thirty-seven years, 1871-1908, has been very considerable, as the subjoined figures show:—

The increase in all respects within the last thirty-seven years, 1871-1908, has been very considerable, as the subjoined figures show:—

1871.1908.Increase in 37 years.
Population121,000181,00060,000
Number of Inhabited Houses15,73528,0007,265
Rateable Value£935,720£2,488,515£1,502,795

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It thus appears that the population in 1908 was twenty-one times as large as in the first
year of the nineteenth century, and the rateable value of property more than thirty-one times as great
as in 1823, the first year in respect to which I possess information. Since 1856, the rateable value
has increased nearly eight-fold, and the population and the number of inhabited houses have
increased more than three-fold.