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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 8,278 in 1801 to 162,442 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 3.8 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 4.6 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 168.66 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 146.81 in 1891.
• 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
POPLAR	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
POPLAR BOROUGH	Alternate	English			Local Government Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament from 1871 onwards (HMSO)

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

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BOW	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'.
BROMLEY	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'.
POPLAR	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'.
BOW CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 316.
BROMLEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 317.
POPLAR CP/ExP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		1907	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 338.
POPLAR BOROUGH CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 307.