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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 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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Shewing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths, in 1888, 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 § | |||||
| 1888 | 177,000 | 21,600 | 1,497 | 3,776 | 2825 | 604 | 1,077 | 590 |
| 1887 | 175,000 | 21,566 | 1,561 | 3,941 | 2,872 | 680 | 1,129 | 608 |
| 1886 | 173,500 | 21,500 | 1,605 | 4,149 | 2,756 | 636 | 1,029 | 604 |
| 1885 | 171,900 | 21,420 | 1,180 | 4,032 | 2,768 | 653 | 1,085 | 561 |
| 1884 | 169,520 | 21,290 | 1,498 | 4,394 | 2,638 | 678 | 1,020 | |
| 1883 | 167,561 | 21,030 | 1,616 | 4,230 | 2,615 | 601 | 982 | 483 |
| 1882 | 161,880 | 20,908 | 1,474 | 4,327 | 2,691 | 635 | 1,114 | 403 |
| 1881 | 163,299 | 20,666 | 1,461 | 4,400 | 2,726 | 644 | 1,067 | 437 |
| 1880 | 161,385 | 20,700 | 1,483 | 4,605 | 2,884 | 719 | 1,219 | 369 |
| 1879 | 158,231 | 20,240 | 1,428 | 4,790 | 2,992 | 722 | 1,218 | 424 |
| 1878 | 154,217 | 19,719 | 1,331 | 4,607 | 3,120 | 823 | 1,429 | 410 |
| Average of 10 yrs, 1878-87. | 165,949 | 20,903 | 1,493 | 4,347 | 2,806 | 679 | 1,129 | 473 |
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 (1888), 81.
*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 inter-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, the Brompton Hospital, and outlying public
institutions, including the Asylums Board Hospitals.