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Kensington 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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TABLE I.
Shewing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths, in 1889, and in 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.§ | |||||
| 1889 | 178,000 | 21,700 | 1,491 | 3,698 | 2,412 | 489 | 789 | 566 |
| 1888 | 177,000 | 21,600 | 1,497 | 3,776 | 2,825 | 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 | 439 |
| 1883 | 167,561 | 21,030 | 1,616 | 4,230 | 2,615 | 601 | 982 | 483 |
| 1882 | 164,880 | 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 |
| Average 10 yrs. 1879-88. | 168,227 | 21,092 | 1,510 | 4,264 | 2,776 | 657 | 1,094 | 491 |
Population in 1861, 70,108 ; 1871, 120,231; 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 (1889), 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 prece ling 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. But the data are
somewhat unreliable.
‡ Inclusive of the deaths of parishioners at public institutions outride 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.