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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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Shewing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths in 1886, and ten preceding years.
| The Year. | Estimated Population* | No. of Inhabited Houses† | Marriages. | Registered Births. | Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total all Ages ‡ | Under One Year. | Under Five Years. | In Public Institutions § | |||||
| 1886 | 173,500 | 21,500 | 1,605 | 4149 | 2,756 | 636 | 1,029 | 604 |
| 1885 | 172,000 | 21,420 | 1,480 | 4,032 | 2,768 | 653 | 1,085 | 561 |
| 1884 | 170,000 | 21,290 | 1,498 | 4,394 | 2,638 | 678 | 1,020 | 439 |
| 1883 | 168,000 | 21,030 | 1,616 | 4,230 | 2,615 | 601 | 982 | 483 |
| 1882 | 165,450 | 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 | 148,316 | 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 |
| Average of 10 yrs. 1876-85. | 160,277 | 20,424 | 1,459 | 4,453 | 2,795 | 689 | 1,147 | 428 |
Population in 1861, 70,108 ; 1871, 120,234 ; 1881, 163,151.
Average Number of Persons to each house at Census: in 1871, 7.6 ; in 1881, 8.1.
Area of Parish, 2,190 acres. Number of Persons to an acre (1886), 792.
* For statistical purposes the population is estimated to the middle of the year, on the
basis of the rate of increase ruling between the two preceding Censal periods, checked by
the known number of inhabited houses, and by the average number of persons per house,
as ascertained at the preceding Census.
† Mean of numbers on rate books in April and October yearly.
‡ Inclusive of the deaths of parishioners at public institutions outside the parish, but
exclusive of the deaths of non-parishioners at public institutions within the parish.
§ Viz.: at the Parish Infirmary and at outlying public institutions, including the
Asylums Board hospitals.