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Pesth, 30.0 in Venice, 31.0 in Munich, and 39.6 in Moscow.
The rate in Paris was 23.5, in Berlin 23.0, and in Vienna 24.4;
the mortality in Paris and Berlin shewing an increase upon
1888, while the death-rate in Vienna declined.
Haying premised so much, by way of general introduction,
it will be well, before proceeding to deal in detail with the
statistics of our own Parish, to say a few words with respect to
the
REGISTRATION DISTRICT AND SUB-DISTRICTS,
in which we are locally interested.
"Kensington," prior to 1st January, 1885, was the title
of a Registration District, No. 1 on the Registrar-General's
list, comprising the parishes of Kensington and Paddington.
Since that date the Parish of Kensington has been constituted a
separate Registration District, and is numbered 1b. It contains
2190 acres according to the Registrar-General; but in your
Vestry's Annual Report the area is given as 2245 acres. In
1871 the enumerated houses were 15,735; in 1881, 20,103;
increase, 4368. In 1871 the population was 120,299 ; in 1881,
163,151; increase, 42,852. At the middle of 1889 the inhabited
houses were some 21,700, and the estimated population 178,000.
Registration Sub-Districts.—For registration purposes
the Parish is unequally divided into two sub-districts, "Kensington
Town," hereinafter for brevity designated "Town,"
and "Brompton." The Town sub-district comprises an area of
1497 acres, the area of Brompton being 693 acres. The population
of the Town sub-district at the middle of 1889 was about
130,000, and that of Brompton 48,000. The Town sub-distriet
still includes some open spaces, as Holland Park and NottingBarn
Farm. The Brompton sub-district, in which the builder
has been busy of late years, many of the new houses being of a
palatial character, is now nearly covered. The West London or