liament prior to the passing of the Franchise and
Redistribution Bills of 1885, and are worth preserving for future local
reference:--

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| Borough, City | Area in | Population |Inhabited Houses |
| or County | Square | in | in | in | in |
| Division | Miles. | 1871 | 1881 | 1871 | 1881 |
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| Birmingham | 13 | 343,787 | 400,774 | 68,532 | 78,301 |
| Bewdley | 11-1/4 | 7,614 | 8,678 | 1,717 | 1,839 |
| Bridgnorth | 17 | 7,317 | 7,212 | 1,565 | 1,52[**]
| Coventry | 10 | 41,348 | 46,563 | 9,334 | 10,185 |
| Droitwich | 43 | 9,510 | 9,858 | 1,931 | 2,006 |
| Dudley | 12 | 82,249 | 87,527 | 15,985 | 16,889 |
| E. Staffordshire | 218 | 101,564 | 138,439 | 19,960 | 26,003 |
| E. Worcestershr. | 324 | 147,685 | 117,257 | 30,551 | 35,781 |
| Evesham | 3-1/2 | 4,888 | 5,112 | 1,001 | 1,050 |
| Kidderminster | 3-3/4 | 20,814 | 25,633 | 4,292 | 5,062 |
| Lichfield | 5 | 7,347 | 8,349 | 1,543 | 1,678 |
| Newcastle (Stff.) | 1 | 15,948 | 17,493 | 3,180 | 3,393 |
| N. Staffordshire | 396 | 120,217 | 132,684 | 24,194 | 26,403 |
| N. Warwickshire | 383 | 134,723 | 170,086 | 29,032 | 35,151 |
| S. Warwickshire | 462 | 96,905 | 99,592 | 20,803 | 21,485 |
| Stafford | 1 | 15,946 | 18,904 | 2,939 | 3,385 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 14 | 130,575 | 152,394 | 24,582 | 28,350 |
| Tamworth | 18 | 11,493 | 14,101 | 2,357 | 2,772 |
| Walsall | 11-3/4 | 49,018 | 59,402 | 9,566 | 11,140 |
| Warwick | 8-1/2 | 10,986 | 11,800 | 2,418 | 2,518 |
| Wednesbury | 17-3/4 | 116,809 | 124,437 | 22,621 | 23,443 |
| W. Staffordshire | 434 | 100,413 | 117,737 | 20,134 | 23,261 |
| W. Worcestershr | 341 | 66,419 | 67,139 | 13,895 | 13,928 |
| Wolverhampton | 29-1/2 | 156,978 | 164,332 | 30,424 | 31,475 |
| Worcester | 5 | 38,116 | 40,354 | 8,043 | 8,539 |
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