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TheUnited Kingdom Census 1901 was the 11th nationwidecensus conducted in theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and was done on 31 March 1901 "relating to the persons returned as living at midnight on Sunday, March 31st".[1]
The total population of theEngland andWales,Scotland, and Ireland (including what is now theRepublic of Ireland) was 41,458,721 of which 21,356,313 were female and 20,102,406 were male.[citation needed] The foreign-born population was recorded at 1.4%[2]
It was divided into three parts:England andWales,Scotland, andIreland. The census in England, Wales and Scotland was legislated for by theCensus (Great Britain) Act 1900. The England and Wales part of the census contains records for 32 million people and 6 million houses. Certain parts of the records have suffered damage and therefore some information is missing, but it is largely complete with the exception of parts ofDeal in Kent.[3]
The census of England and Wales does not include the census ofScotland. TheIsle of Man is included in the England and Wales returns.[4] The data for the census of Scotland is held by theNational Records of Scotland,[5] whereas the census for England and Wales is held by theNational Archives.[6]
Prior to the secession of theIrish Free State, the whole of Ireland engaged in the census on the same night, however none of the census returns from Ireland for the 19th century still exist, except for partial returns. The 1901 census is the first complete surviving census,[7] and is available online. The census in Ireland was legislated for by theCensus (Ireland) Act 1900.
The entries for households on the census returns for 1901 fall under the following headings:
The term "idiot" on the 1891 census was replaced by the term "feeble-minded".[8]
The census data for England and Wales was first published online on 2 January 2002 on a site run byThe National Archive. However, by early afternoon that first day, the site had crashed due to huge demand and remained offline for 11 months[9] "Prisoners nailed for loose screws in online census". This went on to spark huge interest in family history and many television series were made based on this and related information. Since then the data has also been available on other sites on a subscription basis. The data is mainly used bygenealogists, family historians, name researchers and anyone wanting to know more about their Welsh and English ancestors in 1901. It can also be used to research hamlets, villages and parishes to build a historical perspective.
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