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General Register Office: Population Estimates
Catalogue reference: RG 60
What's it about?
RG 60
Volume containing a detailed analysis of population estimates for England and Wales for the years 1891 to 1929. The totals are broken down by county, towns, metropolitan boroughs and municipal counties, with intercensal increases, quarterly...
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RG 60
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Title (The name of the record)
- General Register Office: Population Estimates
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Date (When the record was created)
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1891-1929
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Description (What the record is about)
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Volume containing a detailed analysis of population estimates for England and Wales for the years 1891 to 1929. The totals are broken down by county, towns, metropolitan boroughs and municipal counties, with intercensal increases, quarterly increases or decreases and the factors for intercensal populations. Information is also included on age (1-65, 65 and over) and male/female populations.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- General Register Office, 1836-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 volume(s)
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- Topics
- Population
- Census
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Population and medical statistics were analysed in the Registrar General's Quarterly Return, the Annual Statistical Review of England and Wales and Decennial Supplements and Annual Estimates of the Population of England and Wales and Local Authority Areas.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13385/
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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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