1951 United Kingdom census
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The United Kingdom Census 1951 was a census of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland carried out on 8 April 1951. It was the first to ask about household amenities and the largest so far attempted in the country.[1]
There was no census taken in 1941 due to the Second World War, but the register compiled as a result of the National Registration Act 1939, which was released into the public domain on a subscription basis in 2015 with some redactions, captures many of the same details as a census.[2]
Release[]
The census was conducted under the Census Act 1920 which prohibits disclosure. It is expected, however, that it will be released in 2052.[1] Because there was no census in 1941 and the records from the 1931 census were destroyed, this will be the first census release for thirty years since the 1921 census due to be released in 2022.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b General Register Office: 1951 Census Returns. The National Archives. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ World War II: 'Wartime Domesday' book showing life in 1939 to be made publicly available online. The Independent, 1 November 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
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