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Kensington 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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well-built and obviously intended for occupation by the lower
middle class : miles of streets of such houses are now inhabited
by persons of a class who in some of the older parts of the Metropolis
live in dwellings that by comparison might be termed
squalid.
Kensington is for some local purposes divided into Wards : the subjoined table shows the acreage of the wards, their population, and the number of inhabited houses, etc., in 1871 and 1881.
| Name of Ward. | Area in Statue Acres. | Inhabited 1871. | houses. 1881. | Increase in 10 years. | Population. | Increase in 10 years. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871. | 1881. | ||||||
| St. Mary Abbotts | 846 | 4,781 | 6,573 | 1,792 | 35,696 | 48,831 | 13,135 |
| Holy Trinity, Brompton. | 439 | 3,224 | 3,936 | 712 | 22,128 | 26,746 | 4,618 |
| St.John,Notting Hill,& St. James, Norland. | 905 | 7,730 | 9,594 | 1,864 | 62,475 | 87,574 | 25,099 |
The rateable annual value of property in the several wards,
in 1871, was as follows:—St. Mary Abbotts, £323,992 ; Holy
Trinity, £246,716; St. John, and St. James, Norland, £365,012.
Total, whole parish, £935,720. In 1881 the returns for the first
and second wards, which cannot now be given separately, show a
rateable value of £1,078,512 (increase, £507,804); the
rateable value of St. John and St. James being £501,704
(increase, £136,692). Total, whole parish, £1,580,216
(increase, £644,496).
The subjoined figures illustrate the development of the parish, in population and wealth, since the beginning of the century.
| The Year. | Population. | Rateable value of Property. | The Year: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | 8,556 | £75,916 | 1823 |
| 1821 | 14,428 | 93,397 | 1833 |
| 1841 | 26,834 | 142,772 | 1843 |
| 1851 | 44,053 | 257,103 | 1853 |
| 1861 | 70,108 | 444,030 | 1863 |
| 1871 | 120,299 | 975,046 | 1873 |
| 1881 | 163,151 | 1,711,495 | 1883 |
| 1888 (July) | 177,000 | 1,902,163 (November) | 1888 |