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FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
Being for the Year 1896.
To tht Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington.
Gentlemen,
The vital and mortal statistics in this report relate
to a period of fifty-three weeks, commencing December 29th,
1895, and ending January 2nd, 1897, comprised in the registration
year, 1896. Rates have been corrected so as to make
the statistics comparable with a year of fifty-two weeks.
Registration District and Sub-Districts.—The Registration
District of Kensington ("No. 1b" in the RegistrarGeneral's
list), comprises an area of 2,190 acres unequally
divided into two sub-districts, respectively named Kensington
Town,(hereinafter for brevity designated Town) and Brompton.
The Town Sub-District comprises an area of 1,497 acres, the
area of Brompton being 693 acres. The Town Sub-District
comprises that portion of the parish north of Kensington
High-street and Kensington-road, together with a portion of
the parish south of those roads and north of a line extending,
b