RG 141911General Register Office: 1911 Census Schedules
Enumerators' schedules of returns made by heads of households for the 1911 census, which include the names, age, sex, occupation and parish and county of birth of individual members of the population of England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Also included in this series are returns from ships of the Royal Navy at sea and in ports abroad.
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The 1911 census was the first census where the surviving records are the schedules (forms) completed and signed by the head of the household. (For the 1901 and earlier censuses, the surviving records are the enumerators' copy books.) They contain an address and a schedule number. The schedules are divided into sixteen columns:
Name and Surname.
Relationship to Head of Family.
Age (Males).
Age (Females).
Marital condition.
Number of years married (present marriage) - Married women only.
Children born to present marriage.
Children still living.
Children who have died.
Occupation.
Industry or service with which worker is connected.
Employment status.
Whether working at home.
Birthplace.
Nationality - if born in a Foreign Country.
Infirmity.
The most notable change in the 1911 census compared to earlier censuses is the inclusion of information regarding fertility in the schedules. Married women were asked to indicate how long they had been married and how many children they had (from their current marriage) living and dead.