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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 11,604 in 1801 to 66,385 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.03 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 7.97 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 199.56 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 152.22 in 1901.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

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. 643.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1901	was reduced to enlarge	KENSINGTON RegD/PLU/PLPar	Chelsea Kensal Town abolished - parts to Kensington Town and new SD of North West Paddington. Parts of Kensington Town also went to from North West Paddington. See also note for Paddington	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
CHELSEA KENSAL TOWN	Registration sub-District	01 Oct 1890	01 Apr 1901	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
CHELSEA NORTH	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'.
CHELSEA NORTH EAST	Registration sub-District		01 Oct 1890	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
CHELSEA SOUTH	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'.
CHELSEA Vest/CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 318.