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Kensington 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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TABLE 1.
Estimated population of Kensington at the middle of the year 1878, 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878. | 153,600 | 19,719 | 4,607 | 3,120 | 1,331 |
| 1877 | 151,000 | 19,330 | 4,648 | 2,624 | 1,411 |
| 1876 | 148,000 | 18,944 | 4,499 | 2,896 | 1,417 |
| 1875 | 143,500 | 18,444 | 4,478 | 2,783 | 1,346 |
| 1874 | 138,000 | 17,667 | 4,356 | 2,696 | 1,311 |
| 1873 | 133,000 | 16,920 | 4,128 | 2,439 | 1,243 |
| 1872 | 127,403 | 16,206 | 4,041 | 2,225 | 1,132 |
| 1871 | 121,500 | 15,394 | 3,804 | 2,360 | 1,131 |
| 1870 | 116,350 | 15,279 | 3,705 | 2,473 | 892‡ |
| 1869 | 111,350 | 14,654 | 3,625 | 2,267 | 891‡ |
| 1868 | 106,350 | 14,029 | 3,522 | 2,232 | 984‡ |
| Average ot 10 years, 1868-77. | 129,645 | 16,668 | 4,086 | 2,499 | „ |
Notes.—Population at Census, 1871, 120,234.
Average number of persons per house at Census, 1871, 7.8.
Area of Parish in Statute Acres, 2,190.
* The population is estimated to the middle of the year. Between 1868 and 1871
inclusive, a yearly addition has been made to the population based on the known 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 oil 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 tha
Census, 1861, was 70,108.
† The actual number of deaths registered in the Parish was 3,097, and it includes
101 deaths of non-parishioners, which are retained as a compensatory allowance for the
deaths of parishioners that may have taken place in general hospitals, &c., out of the
Parish. The total, 3,120, is made up by the addition of 23 deaths of parishioners fr<>m
small-pox and " fever," that took place at the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board.
‡ The returns of marriages for the years 1868-70, do not include those that
took place at the Superintendent Registrar's Office, concerning which I have no
information.
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