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The 1881 census was the first UK census to be indexed in its entirety. In the 1980s, in a project that has been characterised as "the largest collection of historical source material to be made available in computerised form", [5] and "the first major 'crowd-sourced' exercise in the world", [6] the Genealogical Society of Utah began collaborating with the Federation of Family History Societies ...
This is a list of the largest cities and towns of England ordered by population at various points during history. ... 1881 Rank Town Pop'n 1: London: 3,814,600 2 ...
31 March – Edward Rudolf founds the 'Church of England Central Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays' (later The Children's Society). [7] 3 April – census in the United Kingdom. Two-thirds of the population are urbanised; one-seventh live in London.
The census in the United Kingdom is decennial, that is, held every ten years, although there is provision in the Census Act 1920 for a census to take place at intervals of five years or more. There are actually three separate censuses in the United Kingdom – in England and Wales , Scotland , and Northern Ireland – although they are often co ...
The first simultaneous census of the British Empire, covering the United Kingdom, India and the Crown Settlements, took place in 1881. [8] The Census Act 1920 provides the legal framework for conducting all censuses in Great Britain (Scotland, [9] England, and Wales). The primary legislation for Northern Ireland was introduced in 1969.
The following is the population of the historic county of Middlesex (including the City of London) as given at each ten-yearly census from 1801 to 1881: [1] Year
The 1881 census counted over 1 million inhabitants in the East End, a third of whom lived in poverty. [67] The Cheap Trains Act 1883 , while it enabled many working class Londoners to move away from the inner city, also accentuated [ clarification needed ] the poverty in areas like the East End, where the most destitute were left behind. [ 51 ]
There was no catastrophic epidemic or famine in England or Scotland in the nineteenth century—it was the first century in which a major epidemic did not occur throughout the whole country, and deaths per 1000 of population per year in England and Wales fell from 21.9 from 1848 to 1854 to 17 in 1901 (cf, for instance, 5.4 in 1971). [6]