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1 he above figures may well be said to speak for themselves:
nevertheless, attention may be called to the fact that
in the last 36 years the rateable value of property has
increased nearly seven-fold, and that in the last 21 years the
mere increase was more than treble the total in 1856. The
population nearly trebled, and the number of inhabited
houses increased nearly threefold, in 36 years. The rateable
value of the Parish is exceeded by that of the Cities of
London, Liverpool and Manchester, and by that of only ten
of the larger counties with their towns thrown in. The population
of Kensington is to that of London about 1 to 25.6,
and the rateable value 1 to 16.4.
POPULATION, INHABITED HOUSES, &c.
It has already been stated that the population of Kensington
in 1871, when I was appointed to my present office, was
120,299; that it increased to 163,151 in the ten years to 1881,
and to 166,308 in the further ten years to 1891. The inhabited
houses numbered 15,735 in 1871, 20,103 in 1881, and 22,002
in 1891. The falling-off in the rate of increase of population
between 1881-91, as compared with the two previous decennial
periods, is remarkable. It is noteworthy, however, that there
was an increase of about 1900 in the number of inhabited
houses between 1881 and 1891, which might reasonably have
been taken as an indication of a population-increase of not
less than 15,000, whereas the enumerated increase but little
exceeded a fifth of that number. As already intimated, I feel
bound to accept the Census figures, for statistical purposes, and