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Kensington 1874

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: TABLE I.Estimated population 1874, at the middle of the year, and in 10 previous years; number of inhabited houses; Births, Deaths and Marriages (gross numbers).

TABLE I.

Estimated population 1874, at the middle of the year, and in 10 previous years; number of inhabited houses; Births, Deaths and Marriages (gross numbers).

Year.Estimated Population*Number of Houses.Registered Births.Deaths.Marriages.
1874.138,000.17,007.4,350.2,090.1,311.
1873133,00016,9204,1822,4361,243
1872127,40016,2064,0412,1711,132
1871121,50015,3943,8042,3281,131
1870116,35015,2793,7052,473892†
1869111,35014,6543,6252,249891†
1868106,35014,0293,5222,232984†
1867101,35013,4043,1581,933974†
186696,35012,7793,0801,966984†
186591,35012,1542,6191,733920†
186486,35011,5292,4941,849No Information
Average of 10years, 1864-1873109,13514,2343,4232,137,,

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Notes.—Population at Census, 1871, 120,234.
Area in Statute Acres, 2,190.
Average number of persons in each house at Census, 1871, 7 8.
* The population is estimated to the middle of the year. Between 1863 and 1871
inclusive, a yearly addition has been made to the population based on the total increase
between the Censuses of 1861 and 1871. The same principle has been adopted with
regard to the number of inhabited houses, in the absence of specific information on the
subject, such as has been forthcoming since 1871. Some of the figures in this and subsequent
Tables differ from those in former reports, as the result of a revision of the
estimated population, based upon the best attainable information. The population at
the Census 1861 was 70,108.
† The returns of marriages for the years 1865-70, inclusive, do not include those
that took place at the Superintendent Registrars Office, concerning which I have no
information.