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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 7,376 in 1801 to 8,504 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 6.92 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 8.83 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 139.18 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 69.36 in 1911.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

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
DORSET	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 594.
DORSET	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
21 May 1862	was enlarged by gaining part of	BLANDFORD RegD/PLU	The sub-district of Blanford lost the parish of Hanford to the sub-district of Sturminster in the district of Sturminster	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
STALBRIDGE	Registration sub-District		01 Oct 1902	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
STURMINSTER	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'.
BELCHALWELL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1884	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 106.
CHILDE OKEFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 115.
FIFEHEAD MAGDALEN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 111.
FIFEHEAD NEVILLE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 111.
HAMMOON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 111.
HANFORD CP/AP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	21 May 1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
HAZELBURY BRYAN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
HINTON ST MARY CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
IBBERTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
LYDLINCH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 113.
MANSTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
MARNHULL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
OKEFORD FITZPAINE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 115.
SHILLINGSTONE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 118.
STALBRIDGE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 118.
STOCK GAYLARD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1884	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 119.
STOKE WAKE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 119.
STOURTON CAUNDLE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 108.
STURMINSTER NEWTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 119.
WOOLAND AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 123.