1921 Census: Revealed
Dan Snow's History Hit
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What's the Difference Between the Census and the Census?
For the first time, a question was dropped from the previous census. The fertility question asked every married woman how long she'd ben married and how many children were born to that marriage. In 19 11, people who were in public service,. whether it was local or national, were asked for their place of work, their employer. So now you can reconstruct everybody who worked in a particular place - only my house was built in 19 nineteena my house, i'm next door. And the two houses were built for the supervisors who worked in the tannia boot works which used to be just on the other side of next door.
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