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VITAL STATISTICS
The Royal Borough of Kensington as constituted under the London Government Act, 1899,
covers an area of 2,291 acres, and is co-extensive with the civil parish and registration district
of the same name. The line of demarcation formed by Holland Park Avenue, High Street,
Notting Hill Gate, and the Bayswater Road divides the borough into approximately equal halves
described in previous years and in this report as North and South Kensington respectively.
Each of these areas is co-terminous with the parliamentary division of the same name. The
borough is further sub-divided into nine wards. North Kensington includes the wards of St.
Charles, Golborne, Norland and Pembridge, whilst South Kensington is made up of the five other
wards, namely, Holland, Earl's Court, Queen's Gate, Redcliffe and Brompton.
POPULATION.

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.