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Kensington 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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Shewing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths for the Year 1882, and 10 years preceding.
GROSS NUMBERS.
| The Year. | Estimated Population. | No. of Inhabited Houses.f | Marriages. | Registered Births. | Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total ail Agest ‡ | Under One Year. | Under Five Years. | In PublicInstitutions§ | |||||
| 1882. | 105,450 | 20,908 | 1,474 | 4,327 | 2,691 | 635 | 1,114 | 403 |
| 1881 | 163,540 | 20,666 | 1,461 | 4,400 | 2,726 | 644 | 1,067 | 437 |
| 1880 | 161,462 | 20,700 | 1,483 | 4,605 | 2,884 | 719 | 1,219 | 369 |
| 1879 | 158,316 | 20,240 | 1,428 | 4,790 | 2,992 | 722 | 1,218 | 424 |
| 1878 | 154,305 | 19,719 | 1,331 | 4,607 | 3,120 | 823 | 1,429 | 410 |
| 1877 | 151,360 | 19,330 | 1,411 | 4,648 | 2,625 | 648 | 1,040 | 420 |
| 1876 | 148,338 | 18,944 | 1,417 | 4,499 | 2,896 | 771 | 1,305 | 338 |
| 1875 | 144,488 | 18,444 | 1,346 | 4,478 | 2,786 | 686 | 1,119 | 338 |
| 1874 | 138,616 | 17,667 | 1,311 | 4,356 | 2,696 | 762 | 1,188 | 352 |
| 1873 | 132,826 | 16,915 | 1,243 | 4,182 | 2.439 | 656 | 979 | 272 |
| 1872 | 127,606 | 16,237 | 1,132 | 4,041 | 2,256 | 626 | 959 | 295 |
| Average of 10 yrs.. 1872-1881. | 148,080 | 18,886 | 1,356 | 4,460 | 2,742 | 705 | 1,152 | 365 |
NOTES.
1. Population at Census 1861, 70,108 ; 1871,130,234; 1881, 163,151.
2. Average Number of Persons in each house at Census 1871, 7.6; 1881, 8.1.
3. Area of Parish 2190 acres (according to the Registrar General).
4. Number of Persons to an acre (1882) 75.5.
* For statistical purposes the Registrar-General estimates the population to the
middle of the year on the basis of the rate of increase ruling between the two preceding
Census periods. The estimate of population may be checked by the known number of
inhabited houses, and by the average number of persons in a house, as ascertained at
the preceding Census,
† Mean of number on rate books in April and October yearly.
‡ The actual number of deaths registered in the Parish was 2,678, and it includes
80 deaths of non-parishioners at the Brompton Consumption Hospital, which are retained
as a compensatory allowance for the deaths of parishioners that may have
taken place in general hospitals, Ac., out of the Parish. The total, 2,691 is made up by
the addition of 13 deaths of parishioners from infectious diseases at the hospitals of
the Metropolitan Asylums District.
§ Viz: at the Parish Infirmary and Workhouse (307), the Brompton Hospital (83),
and the Infectious Diseases Hospitals of the Asylum Board (13). The deaths of nonparishioners
at the Marylebone Infirmary (396) are not included in the above total.