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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 31,779 in 1801 to 218,387 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 3.5 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 4.9 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 171.8 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 117.3 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
PANCRAS	Official	English		01 Jan 1902	1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
ST PANCRAS	Preferred	English	01 Jan 1902		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
PANCRAS	Alternate	English			Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST PANCRAS	Alternate	English			1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.

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

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
24 Mar 1891	was enlarged by gaining part of	ST GILES IN THE FIELDS AND ST GEORGE BLOOMSBURY RegD/PLPar	Parts of St. Giles in the Fields and St. George Bloomsbury	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
CAMDEN TOWN	Registration sub-District		01 Jul 1903	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
EAST ST PANCRAS	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'.
GRAYS INN LANE	Registration sub-District		01 Dec 1906	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
NORTH ST PANCRAS	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'.
SOUTH ST PANCRAS	Registration sub-District	01 Dec 1906		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'.
TOTTENHAM COURT	Registration sub-District		01 Dec 1906	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WEST ST PANCRAS	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'.
ST PANCRAS Vest/CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1867		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 342.