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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 10,212 in 1801 to 327,403 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 3.17 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 5.37 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 156.63 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 126.29 in 1911.
• 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
ISLINGTON	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
ST MARY ISLINGTON	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
BARNSBURY	Registration sub-District	01 Jan 1900		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'.
HIGHBURY	Registration sub-District	01 Jan 1884		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'.
ISLINGTON EAST	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1884	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ISLINGTON S E	Registration sub-District	01 Jan 1884		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'.
ISLINGTON SOUTH WEST	Registration sub-District	01 Jan 1884	01 Jan 1900	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ISLINGTON WEST	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1884	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
LOWER HOLLOWAY	Registration sub-District	01 Jan 1900		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'.
TOLLINGTON	Registration sub-District	01 Aug 1901		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'.
TUFNELL	Registration sub-District	01 Aug 1901		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'.
UPPER HOLLOWAY	Registration sub-District	01 Jan 1884		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'.
ISLINGTON Vest/AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 331.