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Census (Great Britain) Act 1900

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32: 148:. The information to be recorded was broadly the same as in previous years - the name, sex, age, occupation, marital status, birthplace, and nationality where appropriate, along with the relation to the head of the family, for every person staying in that house on the night of the census day. If any of these people were "blind or deaf and dumb, or imbecile or lunatic" this was to be recorded. Information was, as usual, also to be gathered from aboard ship, as well as in prisons, hospitals, workhouses, asylums, etc. 151:
A limited amount of information on housing was also gathered; if the occupier lived in less than five rooms, they were to state the number of rooms occupied. In Scotland, the number of rooms in each dwelling which possessed windows, inclusive of the kitchen, was to be recorded.
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each person above the age of three was to state if they spoke Welsh or English, or a mixture of both. In Scotland, the relevant authorities were the
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The public general acts passed in the sixty-third and sixty-third and sixty-fourth years of the reign of her majesty Queen Victoria
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An Act for taking the Census for Great Britain in the year one thousand nine hundred and one.
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An Act for taking the Census for Great Britain in the year one thousand nine hundred and one
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Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Great Britain
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
Citation
63 & 64 Vict.
Royal assent
Repealed by
Statute Law Revision Act 1908
63 & 64 Vict.
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Census 1901
Local Government Board
Registrar General
Great Britain
Census (Ireland) Act 1900
Wales
Monmouth
Secretary of State for Scotland
Registrar General for Scotland
Statute Law Revision Act 1908
Statute Law Revision Act 1950
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t
e
Census in the United Kingdom
Censuses
1801
1811
1821
1831

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