RG 781911General Register Office: 1911 Census Enumerator's Summary Books
This series contains 1911 Census Enumerator's Summary Books (ESBs) which contain instructions for each enumerator, particulars of each enumeration district including boundaries of districts and in urban areas the names of streets and partial streets. All houses and buildings habited or non-inhabited on the Census day were detailed in the summary books giving details of the types of buildings and what they were used for. They are signed by the enumerator and each registrar.
There are no Enumeration Summary Books for Royal Naval Vessels and Military Establishments overseas.
Enumerator's Summary Books serve as a crosschecking system to assist with the investigation of possible missing schedules (returns) in RG 14.
Although this has not yet been investigated, they may show evidence of those who refused to complete their census forms (this was a particular issue in the 1911 census due to a campaign by the Suffragette movement).
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