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Town Hall,
Kensington, W. 8.
20th June, 1932.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Royal Borough of Kensington.
My Lord, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my annual report for 1931 upon the state of the public health in
Kensington.
The report for 1930 was a survey report dealing not only with the health of the borough
for the year, but comprehensively with the measure of progress made during the previous five
years in the improvement of the public health. In these circumstances, and in view of the need
for strict economy at the present time, I have decided to make this report of a more brief
character. It will review fully only those local conditions which have not been dealt with
adequately in the preceding survey report and important circumstances which have arisen
subsequently to the preparation of that report.
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.
The population of the borough as ascertained at the census in 1931 was 180,681, but this is
a provisional figure and, in order to ascertain the correct population, the Registrar.General will
deduct from the total the number of persons who were temporary residents in the borough on the
census night and add the number of permanent Kensington residents who spent the census night
in other districts. The Registrar.General has, however, informed me that the statistics for 1931
should be based on an estimated population of 174,800.