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metropolitan great towns of England, with an aggregate population
of 5½ millions, was 22.3 per 1,000, ranging from 18.7
in Derby, to 27.6 in Preston. In 50 other considerable urban
districts with a population of 2,640,000, the rate for the aggregate
was 20.4, ranging from 15.3 in Burton-on-Trent (population
42,000), to 25.5 in St. Helens (population 58,000). Only
two of these towns (Dover and Burton) had a rate lower than
that of Kensington. The death rate in the rest of the country,
mainly rural, population 14¼ millions, was 18.0 per 1,000.
Having premised so much by way of introduction it will be
desirable, before proceeding further, to say a few words with
respect to the
Registration District and Sub-Districts,
in which we are locally interested.

Registration Sub-Districts. For registration purposes
Kensington parish is unequally divided into two "sub-districts,"
viz., "Kensington Town"—hereinafter for brevity designated
"Town"—and "Brompton." The Town sub-district, according
to the Registrar-General, has an area of 1,497 acres, and
Brompton, 693 acres,—total, whole parish, 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 1882 was
about 122,423, and of Brompton. 43,027—total, whole parish,
165,450. The Town sub-district still includes some open spaces,
e.g., Holland Park, Kensal Green Cemetery, and fields at
* 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,