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Ordnance Maps, from which. Trinity high water mark is ascertained
by subtracting 12-5 feet—the difference between the Ordnance datum
at Liverpool and high water mark at the centre-arch of Waterloo
Bridge.
The Elevation of our Parish varies much; the highest point being
115-5 at the south side of Not ting-hill Square.
Starting from this point, we find the land declines northwards as far
as the Lancaster-road, where the elevation is 29.8 feet; thence an
ascent takes place to the Kensal-green Cemetery, where the level
is 94.8 feet.
From Notting-hill Square it declines to the west,—the elevation, at
the extremity of the parish, at Shepherd's-bush, being 9 feet.
Southwards there is a fall towards the Thames, the elevation at
Kensington Church being 38.7 feet. The town has likewise an
inclination from east to west; at the Turnpike, the level is 34.3
feet, and at the Holland-road 9.5 feet.
The Brompton district, also, has its inclination westwards; at the
eastern extremity, at Knightsbridge-green, it is 21 feet; at Brompton
Church 14.8; at Sydney-place 11.5; and at Sandford Bridge the elevation
is only 7 feet.
It may be said of the district generally, that the elevation of Nottinghill
is about 55 feet, Kensington-town 28 feet, and Brompton 14 feet.
"With such natural advantages, you will not be surprised that
Kensington, in a sanitary point of view, admits of a favourable
comparison with the most healthy metropolitan parishes : that, indeed,
it is not the most healthy, proceeds not from any defects in its natural
position, but from the presence of certain spots where local influences
increase the general mortality.
METEOROLOGY.
I will next proceed to the Meteorological peculiarities of our
district; and, through the kindness of Mr. D. O. Edwards, of West
Brompton, I am enabled to furnish you with the following most
valuable tables containing the results of 100,000 observations extending
over a space of twenty years.
The mean annual temperature of our parish is 49,68°; while the
mean extreme range out of doors reaches to 61°. The mean extreme
range for each month varies from 30°, in January, to 37°, in June.