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Kensington 1896

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

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The subjoined figures exhibit the development of the parish, in population and rateable value, during the present century.

The Year.Population.Rateable value of Property.The Year,
18018,556£75,9161823
182114,42893,3971833
184126,834142,7721843
185144,053257,1031853
186170,108444,0301863
1871120,299975,0461873
1881163,1511,711,4951883
1891166,3082,037,2211893
1896170,000£2,095,111 (April)1897

The following table, brought up to date, exhibits the growth of the parish since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation, in 1856:—

18561896Increase in 40 years
Number of Inhabited Houses7,60022,57614,976
Population57,000170,000113,000
Rateable Value of Property£308,000£2,095,111£1,787,111

The increase in all respects within the last twenty-five years, the period over which my official experience extends, is not inconsiderable, as the subjoined figures show:—

18711896Increase in 25 years
Number of Inhabited Houses15,73522,5766,841
Population121,000170,00049,000
Rateable Value£935,720£2,095,111£1,159,391

From the foregoing figures we learn that in 1896 the
population was nearly 20 times as large as in the first year
of the century; and that the rateable value of property was
rnore than 27 times as great as in 1823, the first year in respect