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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 7,894 in 1801 to 45,190 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 6.01 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 6.24 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 120.22 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1911, and the lowest was 82.42 in 1891.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

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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. 593.
DORSET	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
CANFORD	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'.
LYTCHETT	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'.
POOLE	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'.
BRANKSOME CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1905	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 107.
CANFORD MAGNA AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 108.
HAMWORTHY Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit		1905	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 111.
KINSON CP/Tg	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 113.
LONGFLEET CP/Hmlt/Tg	Parish-level Unit		1905	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 113.
LYTCHETT MATRAVERS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
LYTCHETT MINSTER CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
PARKSTONE CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		1905	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 116.
POOLE CP	Parish-level Unit	1905		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 116.
POOLE ST JAMES Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit		1905	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 116.