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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 10,665 in 1801 to 17,654 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 3.99 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 5.29 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 148.42 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 94.59 in 1901.
• 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
WEST RIDING	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 779.
WEST RIDING	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
DELPH	Registration sub-District		01 Mar 1904	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SADDLEWORTH	Registration sub-District	01 Mar 1904		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'.
SPRINGHEAD	Registration sub-District	01 Mar 1904		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'.
UPPER MILL	Registration sub-District		01 Mar 1904	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SADDLEWORTH Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit		1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 600.
SPRINGHEAD CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 611.
UPPER MILL CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 621.