The deaths registered in 1874 were 2,696, viz., 2,102 in the Town sub-district and 594 in Brompton. After re-distribution of the deaths in the Workhouse and Hospital (the deaths in the latter institution remaining as a compensation allowance for the deaths of parishioners occurring outside the parish), the numbers in the respective districts stand thus: Town, 2,147; Brompton, 548. The death rate was 19-5 per 1,000 (all London 22.5), the death rate in the Town sub-district being 20.4, and in Brompton 16.6. Thirteen hundred and forty-seven males died, and 1,349 females; the deaths of females being only two above the males, although the females exceed the males in the population by no fewer than 25,520. The death rate of males was 23.9, of females 16.5 per 1,000. The general death rate in the parish, excluding the deaths of non-parishioners at the Brompton Hospital and the deaths at St. Joseph’s House, Notting-hill, was 18.3 per 1,000. The subjoined table shows the number of deaths in each quarter and in each district, excluding the deaths of non-parishioners in the Hospital at Brompton: KENSINGTON TOWN BROMPTON Sub-District. Sub-District. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Grand Total. 1st 295 307 602 63 64 127 729 Quarter 2nd 218 227 445 55 53 108 553 3rd 238 245 483 49 56 105 588 4th 294 278 572 58 71 129 701 Total 1045 1057 2102 225 244 469 2571 The deaths under one year of age (762) bear the proportion of 17.5 per cent. on the registered births (London 15.5), and they were equal to 28.5 per cent. of the total deaths (London 24.6.) The deaths under five (1,188) were equal to 27.7 per cent. on the number of births, and to 45.4 per cent of the total deaths; the relative proportions in all London being 26.3 and 41.6. The deaths at 60 years of age and upwards (582) formed 21.7 per cent. of the total mortality in Kensington, the relative proportion in all London being 21.6. Impressed with the imperfections of mere general death rates and proportional relations as given above, I have, at considerable labour, estimated the population in groups of ages, and worked out the death rate for each group—showing the number of deaths per 1,000 persons living, as follows: