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Green and Brompton; Holland Park, and land at Notting Hill (north
of Lancaster Road), and at Earl's Court (west of Warwick Road). It
is probable that the available building land does not now exceed 300
acres.
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages in 1879 were 1,428; of these there were
celebrated—
By the Church 1,160
At Roman Catholic places of worship 84
At Nonconformist „ „ 58
At the Superintendent Registrar's Office 126
1,428
The marriage-rate, i.e. persons married to 1,000 population, was 18'3.
Tlie average rate in Eugland and Wales in 1878 (latest year of publication)
was 15.3; a rate lower than any since 1873, and due to the
unfavourable commercial condition of the country. It will be seen,
on reference to Table I (Appendix), that notwithstanding a considerable
increase in population, the marriages in Kensington fell off
largely in 1878, and the number in 1879 was only nine above
the number in 1876. The marriage rate, nevertheless, was much
above that of the country generally in 1878, having been 17.3 per
1,000. As we shall see in the next section, however, notwithstanding
the high marriage-rate, Kensington has a low birth-rate, due, no
doubt, to that disproportion in the numbers of the sexes referred to in
the previous section.
BIRTHS AND BIRTH-RATE.
Four-thousand-seven-hundred-and-ninety births (males 2,474 and
females 2316) were registered in 1879, viz., in the Town sub-district
3857, and in Brompton 933. This total shows an increase of 185 upon
the number in 1878. The birth-rate, which is considerably below
that of the Metropolis and of the country generally, was 30-6 per 1000
population, l'O per 1000 below the decennial rate. The rate in the
Brompton sub-district was only 23 8, that of the "Town" being 326;
and that of the Metropolis, 36 p5 per 1000. There was one birth to every