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Kensington 1896

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

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to which I possess information. Since 1856, the rateable value
has increased nearly seven-fold; the mere increase in the last
25 years being more than treble the total in 1856; since which
date the population and the number of inhabited houses have
increased nearly three-fold.
POPULATION IN 1896.

Table: For the purposes of the present report the population of the parish at the middle of 1896, and that of the sub-districts, the parliamentary divisions, and the sanitary districts, will be taken to be as follows:—

For the purposes of the present report the population of the parish at the middle of 1896, and that of the sub-districts, the parliamentary divisions, and the sanitary districts, will be taken to be as follows:—

The Parish170,000
Kensington Town sub-district121,840
Brompton sub-district48,160
Parliamentary Divisions:—
North Kensington85,920
South Kensington84,080
Sanitary Districts:—
North32,550
North-east32,330
North-west21,040
("Notting Dale" Special Area)3,740
Central20,090
South-east32,060
South-west31,930