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• Total Population 1841 to 1911: Population grew from 5,380 in 1841 to 83,116 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1881: In 1851, 5.76 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1881 only 4.09 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 149. infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 110.05 in 1871.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
LEWISHAM VILLAGE	Official	English		10 Jun 1881	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
LEWISHAM	Preferred	English	10 Jun 1881		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'.

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
LEWISHAM RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. 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'.

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
LEWISHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			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'.