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• Total Population 1881 to 1911: Population grew from 47,259 in 1881 to 63,770 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1881 to 1911: In 1881, only 1.41 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 3.69 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1881 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 156.83 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 110.72 in 1911.
• 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
LANCASHIRE	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		Statement of the Names of the Several Unions and Poor Law Parishes of England and Wales; and of the Population, Area, and Rateable Value thereof in 1881 (26)
LANCASHIRE	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
01 Jul 1876	was created from part of	ULVERSTON RegD/PLU	Parish of Barrow in Furness created the new RD of Barrow in Furness	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BARROW IN FURNESS	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'.
BARROW IN FURNESS CP	Parish-level Unit	01 Jul 1876		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'.