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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 8,056 in 1801 to 174,284 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 3.97 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 5.77 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 133.07 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 114.95 in 1911.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
KENT	Poor Law/Registration County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 636.
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.)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Jul 1868	was reduced to enlarge	WOOLWICH RegD/PLU	Transferred to the new RD of Woolwich; Lee lost the liberty of Kidbrooke to form part of Charlton, Plumstead went to form Plumsted East and West and Charlton	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Apr 1887	was reduced to enlarge	BROMLEY RegD/PLU	Mottingley	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ELTHAM	Registration sub-District			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'.
LEE	Registration sub-District			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'.
LEWISHAM	Registration sub-District			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'.
PLUMSTEAD	Registration sub-District		01 Jul 1868	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SYDENHAM	Registration sub-District			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'.
CHARLTON NEXT WOOLWICH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1868	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 265.
ELTHAM ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 270.
KIDBROOKE CP/AP/ParLib	Parish-level Unit	1836	1868	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 277.
LEE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
LEWISHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
MOTTINGHAM CP/Hmlt	Parish-level Unit	1836	1887	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 281.
PLUMSTEAD Vest/AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1868	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 284.