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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 14,031 in 1801 to 178,617 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, 4. per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 only 3.83 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 207.89 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 134.58 in 1881.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

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Unit associations

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Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
COUNTY DURHAM	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 664.
COUNTY DURHAM	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

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
JARROW	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 SHIELDS	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'.
BOLDON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 94.
BOLDON COLLIERY CP	Parish-level Unit	1895	1936	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 94.
HARTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 103.
HEBBURN CP	Parish-level Unit	1894		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 104.
HEDWORTH MONKTON AND JARROW CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 104.
JARROW AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1894		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 106.
MONKTON CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1936	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 109.
SOUTH SHIELDS CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1963	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 114.
WESTOE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 118.
WHITBURN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1936	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 118.