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Kensington, the rate was much below the average for the parish
as a whole (16.7 per 1,000); the rate in the remaining three
districts (North, North-east, and North-west) comprised in
the division of North Kensington, being above the average—
very slightly in the North-east District (16.9), somewhat considerably
in the North District (20.0), and excessively in the
North-west District (30.9). The last-named district, containing
a population of about 21,040, includes that portion of the
parish described as the "Notting Dale" special area. The
mortal statistics of the entire district are unsatisfactory: the
death-rate in 1896 was more than double the rate in the remainder
of the parish (14.7 per 1,000); the zymotic death-rate
(5.9 per 1,000) was excessive, being more than two-and-a-half
times as large as that of the rest of the parish (2.3 per 1,000);
the waste of infant life was also excessive, the deaths under one
year (189) being equivalent to 281 per 1,000 births registered,
the infantile deaths in the remainder of the parish being in
the proportion of 153 per 1,000 births. These figures show to
what a large extent the statistics of this district, which contains
less than an eighth of the population, spoil those of the parish
generally. But if matters were bad in the district, as a whole,
they were still worse in the area described as "Notting Dale,"
the streets included under this description being Crescentstreet,
Bangor-street, St. Katharine's-road, William-street, and
a part of St. Clement's-road comprising 42 houses numbered
1 to 33, and 2 to 50 inclusively. The death-rate in this
area (of which the population was ascertained in 1896 at
3,740) as shown in the last column of the table at page 22 was
50 per 1,000, as against 16.7 in the parish and 26.8 in the
North-west District less the area. The zymotic death-rate
was equal to 8.0 per 1,000 of the population. The deaths of
children under one year were in the proportion of 432 per
1,000 births, the deaths at all ages were 69 in excess of the
births.