Census, England, Wales, and Scotland 1961
[Schedule instructions]
[Note. This document combines information from the short form (E.90, W.90, and S.90) and the long form (E.10, W.10, and S.10). Questions are common across forms unless otherwise noted. Instructions are taken from the census questionnaire.]
1. The head, or person acting as head, of a private household is required by law to make a return in this form in respect of all persons (members of the household, including visitors, employees and boarders) who are present at midnight on the night of Sunday, 23rd April, 1961, in the dwelling, and all persons who arrive at the dwelling and join the household on Monday, 24th April, 1961, before the collection of the schedule, and who have not been enumerated elsewhere.
Note: Any one or more persons separately occupying a house or part of a house, flat, apartment, etc., will be regarded as a separate household for Census purposes. Persons who usually have at least one meal a day provided by the household while in residence will be regarded as part of the household.
2. Every person is required by law to give to the person responsible for making the return such information as may be necessary to enable the return to be made. No use may, however, be made of such information by the person to whom it is given except for the purpose of making the return.
3. A person who has applied in the prescribed manner to make a separate confidential return will not be liable to give information to the head; and in such case the person responsible for making the return will only be liable to include in his return in respect of that person the particulars required in columns A and B within.
4. The schedule will be called for on Monday, 24th April, by the appointed enumerator; in order that he may not be delayed it must be ready with the answers written in the proper columns early on the morning of that day. If the answers appear to be incomplete or inaccurate, the enumerator must ask any questions necessary to enable him to correct the schedule.
5. The person responsible for making the return may, if unable to deliver the schedule to the enumerator personally, arrange for some other person to do so on his behalf. If desired, the schedule may be handed to the enumerator under cover.
6. If any person whose duty is to make a return or to give information refuses to do so, or willfully gives false information, or uses otherwise than for the purpose of making the return any information given him for that purpose, he will be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
7. The contents of the schedule are strictly confidential.
Confidentiality. - No information about any individual person, family or dwelling, will be given to anyone not employed on the Census.
1. Names and surnames (Column A)
(b) Write first the name of the head of the household (if present) or acting head and then the names of relatives, visitors, boarders, employees, etc.
(c) If a husband and wife are both present on Census night, write their names on consecutive lines.
(b) Members of H.M. Forces should give the address of their married quarters or other home address.
(c) Resident staff should regard the private house, boarding house, or other premises where they live as their usual address.
(d) For persons with no settled address, write "None".
(e) For boarders who have a settled residence with this household, write "Here".
(b) Even where the birthday is only a few days after Census day, the required age is the number of years at the last birthday and 11 months.
(c) For babies under one month old, write "Under I month".
6. End of first marriage (Column H)
7. Country of birth (Column J)
8. Citizenship or nationality (Column K)
(b) For British protected persons, give the protectorate or trust territory, e.g. Uganda, Tanganyika.
9. Ownership and renting (Panel L)
By virtue of employment. If the accommodation is provided in connection with the employment of a member of the household and ceases to be provided after the employment comes to an end (e.g. a tied cottage, caretaker's flat), write "yes" at (c) whether rent is paid or not.
10. Household arrangements (Panel M)
(b) Hot water tap: This means water piped to any form of heating appliance which will allow hot water to be drawn from a tap within the building, e.g. a boiler, tank with immersion heater, geyser, or sink heater.
(c) Fixed bath: This means a bath permanently installed with a waste pipe leading outside the building. It does not matter for this purpose whether there is water piped to it or whether the room where it is installed is used only as a bathroom or not.
(d) Watercloset: This means any watercloset emptying into a main sewer, septic tank or cesspool. It does not include a chemical closet or earth closet. It must be within the building or attached to it.
E.g., For a household which shares the use of a fixed bath and watercloset, and has the sole use of the cold water supply but has no hot water supply the entries would be:
(b) Hot water tap - none.
(c) Fixed bath - shared.
(d) Watercloset - shared.
[Instruction notes 11-25 refer to questions that are only available in the long forms E.10, W.10, or S.10.]
11. Change of address, etc. (Column N)
(b) Give the whole period since the person moved to the address indicated in column C even in he or she has since been temporarily away, e.g. owing to National Service, other war service, or evacuation.
12. End of full-time education (Column O)
13. Scientific qualifications (Column Q)
(b) For all persons holding one or more of the following qualifications in a branch of science or technology, give particulars for the type of qualifications below:
Qualification: Associateship or diploma of university degree standard awarded by an educational institution other than a university. Example: Dip. Tech. (N.C.T.A.) or A. of Cambone School of Mines, or A. of Manchester College of Science and Technology, or A. of Heriot-Watt College.
Qualification: Graduate or Corporate membership of a professional institution. Example: Grad. M. of Institution of Electrical Engineers, or Corp. M. of Institution of Civil Engineers.
- Biology (all branches)
- Chemical engineering
- Chemistry (other than pharmacy) including biochemistry
- Civil and structural engineering
- Electrical engineering
- Geology
- Mathematics
- Mechanical engineering
- Metallurgy
- Physics
- General Science
Any other science, engineering or technology (please specify) except those excluded by definition in para. (a) above.
Industry and occupation (sections R, S, and T)
14. In employment means that the person had a job during the week ending Saturday, 22nd April, 1961, even if he was away from work because of holidays, sickness, strikes, etc. That is, a sick person is in employment if his job is waiting for him when he gets well.
For persons temporarily laid off by their employer throughout the week, answer the questions in section R and not in section S.
For persons who retired or became out of work during the week, complete section S and not section R.
"Employment" includes any service in the armed forces, and also jobs at which a person worked for only a few hours; e.g. for a housewife who helped in her husband's shop or did some office cleaning answer the questions in section R and not section T.
For persons who are at school or university full-time during term answer section T and not section R, even if they did paid work during the holidays.
15. "Part-time" means less than the normal hours in the employment. Employment which is normally full-time but which was interrupted by sickness, holidays, short-time working, strikes or lockouts, or which was started or stopped part way through the week, should be returned as "full-time" in section R, column (d).
Hours worked. For part-time workers whose employment was interrupted by sickness, etc., state the hours usually worked.
16. More than one employment. If the person changed his employment during the week give details of the employment in the later part of the week.
If the person normally follows more than one employment during the week give details of the main employment only.
17. For sick persons who were off work but still have their job write "full-time" or "part-time" in section R, column (d), according to whether they would have worked full or part-time if they had not been ill.
If they have been discharged by their employer answer the questions in section S and not in section R.
18. For persons who have never had full-time employment, write in section S details of the last part-time employment. If the person is looking for a first job, write "out of work" in section S, column (f), and "none" in columns (g) and (h).
19. Employer and employer's business.
The following are examples of terms insufficient by themselves: Manufacturer, merchant, agent, broker, factor, dealer, engineering, iron works, etc.
20. Employs others means having one or more employees other than his (her) relatives living in the same household.
If a job is known in the trade or industry by a special name, use that name.
22. Apprentices, trainees, etc. An entry should be made at (ii) of column (b) only if persons are undergoing training for a period fixed in advance, leading to recognition as a skilled worker or technician and/or to a recognised technical, commercial or professional qualification or managerial post. Boys undergoing probationary training who have not yet entered into formal apprenticeship or learnership should be excluded.
23. Domestic servants. If in private domestic service give the occupation (e.g. cook) in columns (b) or (h) but write only "private" in columns (a) or (g). but complete these columns as required by the questions for persons employed in hotels, restaurants, boarding houses, etc.
Dock workers registered under the National Dock Labour Scheme, who are in possession of a pay voucher book issued by the National Dock Labour Board, should give the address of the call stand or control point where they are required to prove attendance. Registered dock workers not issued with a pay voucher book by the board, and other dock workers should give the name and address of the dock or wharf at which they are usually employed.
Seamen should give the name of their ship and the port in which it is lying.
25. Absent member of the household (part III)
Do not include in Part III any one who is living in an institution such as an old people's home where he is staying permanently or for many months.