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• Infant Mortality Rate 1965 to 1973: The highest rate recorded was 26.28 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1972, and the lowest was 16.77 in 1966.

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
TOWER HAMLETS	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 311.
E140405	CASWEB identifiers for 1971 Local Govt Districts	English

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	TOWER HAMLETS	District/Unitary Authority	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 311.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
GREATER LONDON	Administrative County	01 Apr 1965	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 311.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1965	was created through the abolition of	BETHNAL GREEN MetB	Area: 307 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The London Government Act, 1963
01 Apr 1965	was created through the abolition of	POPLAR MetB	Area: 950 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The London Government Act, 1963
01 Apr 1965	was created through the abolition of	STEPNEY MetB	Area: 716 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The London Government Act, 1963

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BETHNAL GREEN CP/ExP/Vest	Parish-level Unit	1965		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 304.
POPLAR BOROUGH CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 307.
STEPNEY CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 308.