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Series
General Register Office: 1911 Census Enumerator's Summary Books
Catalogue reference: RG 78
What's it about?
RG 78
This series contains 1911 Census Enumerator's Summary Books (ESBs) which contain instructions for each enumerator, particulars of each enumeration district including boundaries of districts and in urban areas the names of streets and partial...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RG 78
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Title (The name of the record)
- General Register Office: 1911 Census Enumerator's Summary Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1911
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains 1911 Census Enumerator's Summary Books (ESBs) which contain instructions for each enumerator, particulars of each enumeration district including boundaries of districts and in urban areas the names of streets and partial streets. All houses and buildings habited or non-inhabited on the Census day were detailed in the summary books giving details of the types of buildings and what they were used for. They are signed by the enumerator and each registrar.
There are no Enumeration Summary Books for Royal Naval Vessels and Military Establishments overseas.
Enumerator's Summary Books serve as a crosschecking system to assist with the investigation of possible missing schedules (returns) in RG 14.
Although this has not yet been investigated, they may show evidence of those who refused to complete their census forms (this was a particular issue in the 1911 census due to a campaign by the Suffragette movement).
Electronic images of 1911 Census Enumerators' Summary Books are available through our partner website.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The 1911 Census records are arranged in two different series: Enumerators' Summary Books (RG 78) and bound volumes of Census Schedules (RG 14). Each Enumerator Summary Book has a corresponding set of Schedules.
The link between the two sets of documents is through a unique three-part reference number which reflects the arrangement of the records:
- Registration District Number (RD).
- Registration Sub-District Number (RS).
- Enumeration District Number (ED).
These numbers are written on the front of the Enumerator's Summary Book and on the spine of the corresponding bound volume of Schedules. Each unique reference number corresponds to a distinct Piece Number in the Series. For example, RD 444 RS 4 ED 7. The Enumeration District information is arranged into three sections:
- Local sub-divisions (Civil Parish, Ecclesiastical Parish, Borough or Urban District, Ward of Borough or Urban District, Rural District and Parliamentary Borough or Division)
- Boundary.
- Contents (for example, a list of the streets).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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1911 Census schedules (returns) are in RG 14
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- 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)
- 2015 volume(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- In December 2006 the Information Commissioner's Office ruled that access should be given to the 1911 census, but that personally sensitive information should remain closed for a full 100 years. Sensitive information was digitally obscured or 'redacted' for a 2009 partial release. These records were made available in full in January 2012.
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed until 2012
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Before 1911 the information contained in the Enumerators' Books was bound together with the actual Schedules (returns).
From 1911, when machine methods of processing returns were introduced, the Enumerators' Summary Books were compiled separately from the schedules. The Register General held the household Schedules and the Enumerators' Summary Books.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16445/
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General Register Office: 1911 Census Enumerator's Summary Books
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