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• Total Population 1801 to 1891: Population fell from 2,952 in 1801 to 2,221 in 1891.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1881: In 1851, only 5.95 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1881 7.14 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1891: The highest rate recorded was 87.5 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 34.48 in 1881.
• 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
BRAINTREE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Jul 1880	01 Oct 1898	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WITHAM PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Jul 1880	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Boundary changes

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Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
GREAT BRAXTED CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
INWORTH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
KELVEDON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
LITTLE BRAXTED CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
MESSING CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
RIVENHALL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.