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Kensington 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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TABLE I.
Estimated population of Kensington at the middle of the year 1879 and in 10 previous years; number of inhabited houses; Births' Deaths, and Marriages (gross numbers).
| Year. | Estimated Population.* | Number of Inhabited 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 | 2,786 | 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 | 127,400 | 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‡ |
| Average of 10 years, 1869-78. | 134,370 | 17,255 | 4,189 | 2,588 | „ |
Notes.—Population at Census, 1871, 120,234.
Average number of persons per house at Census, 1871, 7.8.
Area of Parish, 2,190 Statute Acres (according to Registrar-General).
* The population is estimated to the middle of the year. Between 1869 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 on the
subject, such has as 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 actual number of deaths registered in the Parish was 2,966, and it includes
106 deaths of non-parishioners at the Brompton Consumption Hospital, which are retained
as a compensatory allowance for the deaths of of parishioners that may have taken place
in general hospitals, &c., out of the Parish. The total, 2,992, is made up by the addition
of 26 deaths of parishioners from small-pox and "fever," that took place at the hospitals
of the Metropolitan Asylum District.
‡ The returns of marriages for the years 1869-70, do not include those that took
place at the Superintendent Registrar's Office, concerning which i have no informa tion.