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Kensington 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Parish]
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ENUMERATION DISTRICT No. 56.
| Description of District. | Population. |
|---|---|
| Crescent-street, North side of | 383 |
| William-street, North side of | 225 |
| Bangor-street | 874 |
| St. Clement's-road, West side of, Nos. 33 to 13 | 130 |
| St. Clement's-road, East side of, from William-street to Police Station at Mary-place | 254 . |
| Population of a portion of the "Notting Dale" | |
| Special Area | 1,866 |
| St. Ann's-road, East side of, from Crescent-street to No. 82 | 191 |
| Kenilworth-street, South side of, from St. Ann's-road to St. Clement's-road | 196 |
| St. Clement's-road, Nos. 45 to 35 | 48 |
| Mary-place, South side of, including Gorham-place, to Pottery-lane, and hence to north side of William-street | 218 |
| Total population of the Enumeration District | 2,519 |
(Registrar-Generals Return, 2,515.)
Inhabited Houses.— No information was obtained at
the quinquennial enumeration as to the number of inhabited
houses. Theoretically, this is to be regretted, seeing that the
population of a district is estimated, for statistical purposes, 011
the basis of the rate of increase in the previous inter-censal
period, checked by the number of inhabited houses,
and by the average number of persons to a house as ascertained
at the last census. But in practice I have not found this test
to be very reliable in estimating the population of this parish
in inter-censal years. In 1861, the enumerated population
being 70,108, the number of inhabited houses, as shown in the