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Kensington 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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WARDS.
Kensington is for some local purposes divided into Wards.
INCREASE IN RATEABLE VALUE AND POPULATION.
Wards . The subjoined Table shews the acreage of the Wards, their population as enumerated, and the number of inhabited houses in each, in 1881 and 1891:—
| Name of Ward. | Area in Statute acres. | Inhabited 1881. | Houses 1891. | Increase in 10 years. | Population. | Increase in Decrease. 10 years. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881. | 1891. | |||||||
| St. Mary Abbotts | 846 | 6,573 | 7.535 | 962 | 48,831 | 50,823 | 1,992 | |
| Holy Trinity, Brompton | 439 | 3,936 | 4,440 | 504 | 26,746 | 28,379 | 1.633 | |
| St. John, Nottinghill, & St. James, Norland | 905 | 9,594 | 10,109 | 515 | 87.574 | 87,106 | - | 468 |
| 2,190 | 20,103 | 22,084 | 1981 | 163,15' | 166,308 | 3,625 | 468 | |
These totals show an increase in rateable value, between
1851 and 1861, of 77 percent.; between 1861 and 1871, of 130
percent.; between 1871 and 1881, of 69 percent.; and
between 1881 and 1891, of 26 per cent.
†These figures represent the value of the hereditaments belonging to the public
companies in the Parish, which are not included in the figures given for the respective
Wards.
The Rateable Value of Property in the several Wards, at ten-year intervals, between 1851 and 1891, was as follows :—
| Ward. | 185i. | 186l. | 1871 | 1881. | 1891. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary Abbotts | £ 619,512 | £ 834,875 | |||
| Holy Trinity, Brompton | 61,000 | 119,302 | 246,716 | 459,000 | 536,492 |
| St. John, Notting-hill, & St. James, Norland | 99,500 | 155,428 | 365,012 | 501,704 | 510,082 +131,394 |
| £228,500 | 404,688 | 935,720 | 1,580,216 | 2,012,843 | |