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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 34,909 in 1801 to 53,685 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, 3.81 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 only 3.25 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 264.6 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1911, and the lowest was 163.95 in 1871.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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
STEPNEY	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 649.
STEPNEY AND MILE END OLD TOWN	Alternate	English			Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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'.
MIDDLESEX	Poor Law/Registration County		1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 649.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Oct 1857	was reduced to create	MILE END OLD TOWN RegD/PLPar	Mile End Old Town (Upper and Lower) split from Stepney to form a new RD consisting of Mile End Old Town Western and Mile End Old Town Eastern	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
LIMEHOUSE	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'.
MILE END OLD TOWN EASTERN	Registration sub-District		01 Oct 1857	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
MILE END OLD TOWN WESTERN	Registration sub-District		01 Oct 1857	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
RATCLIFF	Registration sub-District		01 Aug 1902	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SHADWELL	Registration sub-District		01 Aug 1902	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SHADWELL AND RATCLIFF	Registration sub-District	02 Aug 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'.
LIMEHOUSE CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
MILE END OLD TOWN CP/Vest/Hmlt	Parish-level Unit	1836	1857	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 334.
RATCLIFFE CP/Hmlt	Parish-level Unit		1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 338.
SHADWELL ParLib/CP	Parish-level Unit		1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 342.
STEPNEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WAPPING Hmlt/CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 347.