Vision of Britain | 1891 Census: Population tables 2

1891 Census of England and Wales, Area, Houses and Population: Registration Areas and Sanitary Districts, Table 2 : " Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes".

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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area in Statute Acres [1]	Houses						Population
		Inhabited				Uninhabited				Building				Persons	Males	Females
		1881 [2]	1881 [3]	1881 [4]	1891 [5]	1891 [6]	1891 [7]	1881 [8]	1891 [9]	1881 [10]	1891 [11]	1881 [12]	1891 [13]
Dunstable SubD Total	14,261	2,124	204	11	2,083	246	3	9,407	8,738	4,172	3,920	5,235	4,818
Totternhoe CP/AP	2,321	148	9	0	142	7	0	707	612	332	296	375	316
Houghton Regis AP/CP	4,654	527	52	0	518	64	2	2,406	2,187	1,109	1,025	1,297	1,162
Dunstable AP/CP	453	1,062	75	10	1,088	108	1	4,627	4,513	1,933	1,909	2,694	2,604
Whipsnade AP/CP	1,088	43	5	0	41	7	0	185	171	97	91	88	80
Studham CP/AP	3,033	103	4	0	87	16	0	488	376	238	192	250	184
Humbershoe CP/Hmlt	159	79	9	1	58	7	0	339	274	152	122	187	152
Kensworth CP/AP	2,553	162	50	0	149	37	0	655	605	311	285	344	320

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Dunstable SubD:

Rate	Date
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1891
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1891
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1891

Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

1	The Registration Districts of this Division are co-extensive with Poor Law Unions, except ...
2	Where the name of a Registration County in which a Parish is situated differs from that of the Administrative County to which it belongs, the name of the latter is added in italics. [further information on special cases in the specific division.]
3	(W) or (W.S.) denotes that a Workhouse or Workhouse School belonging to the District is situated within the limits of the Parish; (w) or (w.s.) that one of these institutions not belonging to the District is situated therein. A statement of the number of persons enumerated in Public Institutions in each District will be found in Table 8.
4	The places named in footnotes as being included in Civil Parishes are Hamlets, Villages, etc, or localities having no defined boundaries.
5	Under the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876, 1879 and 1882 numerous detached parts of Civil Parishes have been amalgamated with other Civil Parishes, and a statement of such transferences is given in Table 14.
6	Revised areas of Civil Parishes and parts of Parishes have been furnished by the Ordnance Survey Department.
7	The areas marked thus (w) either include water or relate to Parishes to which a portion of the tidal water or foreshore of contiguous rivers or creeks has been allotted. Such tidal water or foreshore is, however, not included in the areas. For details see Table 11.
8	Persons who, on the night of 5th April, 1891, were on board barges or boats employed in inland navigation, and those who were on board sea-going and coastal vessels in harbours, rivers and creeks, are included in the general population. For details see Table 9.

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