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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 21,170 in 1801 to 47,092 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, 3.42 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 only 3.02 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 214.09 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 124.44 in 1911.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

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Unit associations

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Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
LONDON	Poor Law/Registration County	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
LONDON	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
MIDDLESEX	Poor Law/Registration County		1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1925	was abolished to create	STEPNEY PLU/PLPar		Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ST GEORGE AND ST JOHN	Registration sub-District	01 Sep 1902		1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
ST GEORGE NORTH	Registration sub-District	01 Apr 1884	01 Sep 1902	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ST JOHN	Registration sub-District		01 Sep 1902	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST MARY	Registration sub-District		01 Apr 1884	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ST PAUL	Registration sub-District		01 Apr 1884	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ST GEORGE IN THE EAST ParPart/Vest/CP	Parish-level Unit		1925	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 340.