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<br>The 1941 UK census was not taken due to World War II. | <br>The 1941 UK census was not taken due to World War II. | ||
==== 1931 and 1941 census substitutes ==== | ==== 1931 and 1941 census substitutes ==== | ||
The National Registration Act, 1939, established a National Register “for the issue of identity cards.” This population count took place on 29 September 1939, and provided information for “all persons in the United Kingdom [United Kingdom, including England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Isle of Man] at the appointed time” and “all persons entering or born in the United Kingdom after that time.” 40 million people were registered in some 7,000 transcript books. These provide a viable census substitute for the 1941 census. | The National Registration Act, 1939, established a National Register “for the issue of identity cards.” This population count took place on 29 September 1939, and provided information for “all persons in the United Kingdom [United Kingdom, including England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Isle of Man] at the appointed time” and “all persons entering or born in the United Kingdom after that time.” 40 million people were registered in some 7,000 transcript books. These provide a viable census substitute for the 1941 census. | ||
The schedule requested the following information: | The schedule requested the following information: | ||
*Name | *Name | ||
*Sex | *Sex | ||
*Age (not year of birth) | *Age (not year of birth) | ||
*Occupation, profession, trade or employment | *Occupation, profession, trade or employment | ||
*Residence | *Residence | ||
*Condition as to marriage | *Condition as to marriage | ||
*Membership of Naval, Military or Air Force Reserves or Auxiliary Forces or of Civil Defence Services or Reserves. | *Membership of Naval, Military or Air Force Reserves or Auxiliary Forces or of Civil Defence Services or Reserves. | ||
So, there are no censuses for 1931 or 1941, but all is not lost. There is a census substitute for 1941 that we will all learn to use and rely upon. For more information see: ''[http://www.historyandpolicy.org/papers/policy-paper-33.html | So, there are no censuses for 1931 or 1941, but all is not lost. There is a census substitute for 1941 that we will all learn to use and rely upon. For more information see: ''[http://www.historyandpolicy.org/papers/policy-paper-33.html "Identity cards in Britain: past experience and policy implications"]'' by John Agar. at http://www.historyandpolicy.org/papers/policy-paper-33.html. <br> | ||