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Registration District and Sub-Districts.
Before proceeding any further it may be desirable to say a few
words with respect to the "Registration District" and "SubDistricts"
in which we are locally interested.
"Kensington" is the title of a "registration district" (No. 1
on the Registrar-General's list), which comprises not only the
parish of Kensington, but also the parishes of Paddington, Fulham,
and Hammersmith. The subjoined table shows the relative areas
of the component parishes, and other particulars relating to the
Census years, 1871 and 1881.
Area in Statute Acres. Inhabited houses. Increase 10 years. Population. Increase in 10 years.
1871 1881 1871 1881
Kensington 2,190 15,735 20,103* 4,368 120,299 162,924 42,625
Paddington 1,251 11,847 13,613 1,766 96,813 107,098 10,285
Fulham 1,716 3,469 5,812 23,350 42,895
Hammersmith 2,287 6,719 10,543}6,167 42,691 71,916}48,470
Registration Sub-Districts.—For registration purposes Kensington
is unequally divided into two "sub-districts," viz., "Kensington
Town," (hereinafter for brevity designated "Town,") and
"Brompton." The area of the Town sub-district according to the
Registrar-General, is 1,497 acres, of Brompton, 693 acres,—total
2,190 acres. In your Vestry's Annual Report, the total acreage
is given as 2,245. The population of the Town sub-district at the
middle of 1880, was about 117,860, of Brompton, 41,840. The
Town sub-district includes some important open spaces, e.g., Kensal
Green Cemetery, Holland Park, and fields at Notting Barn Farm,
which are rapidly being covered with houses. The Brompton subdistrict,
in which the builder has been active of late years, many
of the new houses being of a palatial character, includes within
its boundaries the West London or Brompton Cemetery.
The sub-districts present considerable differences which should
always be borne in mind in any comparison of their vital statistics.
Speaking generally the rich and well-to-do form a large proportion of
the population of Brompton, whilst in the Town sub-district there is
*The number 20,103 is taken from the Census return. The rate books show 20,705
occupied and rated premises, many of which presumably do not afford living or
sleeping accommodation and therefore would not be enumerated at the Census.