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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 57,202 in 1801 to 67,740 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, 2.96 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 only 2.85 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 205.84 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 167.32 in 1891.
• 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
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
ALDGATE	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1892	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ARTILLERY	Registration sub-District		15 Feb 1875	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
GOODMANS FIELDS	Registration sub-District		01 Dec 1910	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
MILE END NEW TOWN	Registration sub-District		01 Dec 1910	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SPITALFIELDS	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'.
WHITECHAPEL	Registration sub-District	01 Dec 1910		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'.
WHITECHAPEL CHURCH	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1899	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
WHITECHAPEL NORTH	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1884	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
HOLY TRINITY MINORIES CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		1895	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 329.
MILE END NEW TOWN CP/Hmlt	Parish-level Unit		1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 334.
NORTON FOLGATE CP/ExP/ParLib	Parish-level Unit		1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 336.
OLD ARTILLERY GROUND CP/ParLib	Parish-level Unit		1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 336.
OLD TOWER WITHOUT CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 347.
SPITALFIELDS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 344.
ST BOTOLPH WITHOUT ALDGATE ParPart/CP	Parish-level Unit		1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 339.
ST KATHERINE BY THE TOWER CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		1895	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.
TOWER OF LONDON CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 347.
WHITECHAPEL CP	Parish-level Unit		1925	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 349.