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Series
General Register Office: Census Reports and Population Abstracts
Catalogue reference: RG 30
What's it about?
RG 30
This series contains copies of the printed general reports of the censuses from 1861 to 1981 inclusive, of the enumeration abstract from the census of 1841 and of one per cent sample tables from the census of 1951. The general reports and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RG 30
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Title (The name of the record)
- General Register Office: Census Reports and Population Abstracts
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Date (When the record was created)
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1836-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains copies of the printed general reports of the censuses from 1861 to 1981 inclusive, of the enumeration abstract from the census of 1841 and of one per cent sample tables from the census of 1951. The general reports and abstracts contain various population data covering such aspects as age, sex, marital condition, birthplace, occupation and area. The later volumes cover a wider range and for more detailed statistics reference should be made to the reports which deal with specific subjects. Also included is a manuscript volume of notes and workings estimating pre-census population prepared by John Rickman, the results of which were published in the report on the 1841 census.
The General Report of each census provides a full description of the particular enumeration, new developments and observations of the results. A major development was the introduction of mechanisation in the 1911 census. The General Reports of the censuses of 1901 and 1911 contain a full account of the scope of the censuses taken up to those dates and of the legislation under which they were held.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
All the volumes are indexed
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A comprehensive set of Census Reports is available for inspection at the Library of Office of National Statistics, Drummond Gate, 1 Drummond Gate, London, SW1V 2QQ.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- General Register Office, 1836-1970
- Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, 1970-1996
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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24 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Marriage and divorce
- Population
- Census
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Guide to Census Reports, Great Britain 1801-1966, (HMSO, 1977)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13355/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
206,531 records
Within the department: RG
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