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Kensington 1896

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

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TABLE 1. Showing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths, in 1896, and in the preceding ten years : gross numbers.

The Year.Estimated Population.1No. of Inhabited Houses.†Marriages.Registered Births.Deaths.
Total, all Ages ‡Under One Year.Under Five Years.In Public Institutions.
1896170,00022,576** 1,706**3,717* * 2,8916561,111817
1895169,30022,4831,4553,6212,748624951762
1894168,60022,3901,5373,6652,6236361,022749
1893167,90022,2971,5403,6612,916625965740
1892167,20022,2041,5843,7182,882587972687
1891166,50022,0841,5693,8473,066633968773
1890166,08021,800** 1,511** 3,864** 2,9516511,095612
1889165,76021,7001,4913,6982,412489789570
1888165,45021,6001,4973,7762,8256041,077590
1887165,14021,5661,5613,9412,8726801,129608
1886164,82021,5001,6054,1492,7566361,029604
Average 10 years 1886-95.166,6751,5353,7942,8056161,000670

Census Population 1861, 70,108 ; 1871, 120.299 ; 1881, 163.151 ; 1891, 166,308 ;
1896, 170,465.
Average Number of Persons to each house at Census : in 1861, 7.4 ; in 1871,
7.6 : in 1881, 8.1; in 1891, 7.53.
Area of Parish, 2,190 acres. Number of persons to an acre (1896). 77.6.
* For statistical purposes, the population is estimated to the middle of the year
on the basis of the rate of increase in the preceding inter-censal period, checked
by the number of inhabited houses, and by the average number of persons
per house. as ascertained at the last Census.
† The data are somewhat unreliable. The Census number, which includes
house. occupied only by caretakers, is given for 1891. The number in the years
1892-96 has been calculated upon the assumption of an average number of 7.53
persons to each house as ascertained at the census in 1891.
* Inclusive of the deaths of parishioners at public institutions without the
Parish, but exclusive of the deaths of non-parishioners at public institutions
within the Parish.
$ Viz.: At the Parish Infirmary. Ac., and outlying public institutions, including
the Asylums Board Hospitals,
* In 53 weeks.