Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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, |
---|---|---|---|
1801 | 8,556 | £75,916 | 1823 |
1821 | 14,428 | 93,397 | 1833 |
1841 | 26,834 | 142,772 | 1843 |
1851 | 44,053 | 257,103 | 1853 |
1861 | 70,108 | 444,030 | 1863 |
1871 | 120,299 | 975,046 | 1873 |
1881 | 163,151 | 1,711,495 | 1883 |
1891 | 166,308 | 2,037,221 | 1893 |
1896 | 170,000 | £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:—
1856 | 1896 | Increase in 40 years | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of Inhabited Houses | 7,600 | 22,576 | 14,976 |
Population | 57,000 | 170,000 | 113,000 |
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:—
1871 | 1896 | Increase in 25 years | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of Inhabited Houses | 15,735 | 22,576 | 6,841 |
Population | 121,000 | 170,000 | 49,000 |
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