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GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE

CENSUS 1951

ENGLAND AND WALES

PRELIMINARY
REPORT

(Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1),
Census Act, 1920)

LONDON: HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE
1951

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I.			Page
Introduction			iii

PART II
Statistical Notes			x

PART III.—TABLES.
Table	I.—	England and Wales: Population 1801-1951 Persons, males and females: increase in each intercensal period: decennial rates of increase: number of females to 1,000 males.	1
"	II.—	England and Wales: Standard Regions, Administrative Counties and County Boroughs: Population 1931 and 1951 Acreage: Persons, males and females, 1931 and 1951: amount and rate of intercensal variation 1931-1951.	2
"	III.—	Counties, County Boroughs, Municipal Boroughs, Urban Districts and Rural Districts: Population 1931 and 1951 Acreage: persons, males and females, 1931 and 1951: amount and rate of intercensal variation 1931-1951.	5
"	IV.—	Greater London and Five Major Provincial Conurbations: Constitution and Population 1921-1951 Constitutions by Districts: Population, persons, 1921, persons, males and females, 1931 and 1951: percentage variations 1921-1931 and 1931-1951.	39
"	V.—	Administrative Counties with Associated County Boroughs: Population 1921-1951 Counties arranged according to the rate of increase or decrease in period 1931-1951. Population 1921, 1931, 1939 (mid-year estimates) and 1951: percentage variations 1921-1931, 1931-1939, 1939-1951, and 1931-1951.	44
"	VI.—	Towns with Population over 50,000 in 1951 Towns arranged according to size in 1951. Population 1921, 1931, 1939 (mid-year estimates) and 1951: percentage variations 1921-1931, 1931-1939, 1939-1951, and 1931-1951.	45
"	VII.—	United Kingdom, Islands of the British Seas and the Irish Republic: Population 1841-1951 England, Wales, Scotland, Great Britain, N. Ireland, Great Britain and N. Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and adjacent Islands, Irish Republic, Total. Population, persons, males and females.	48
"	VIII.—	United Kingdom, Islands of the British Seas and the Irish Republic: Intercensal rates of variation 1841-1951 England, Wales, Scotland, Great Britain, N.Ireland, Great Britain and N.Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and adjacent Islands, Irish Republic, Total. Intercensal rates of variation 1841-1951.	49
Appendix A.—		12 New Towns: Constitution and 1951 Population	50
Appendix B.—		Constitution of Standard Regions	51
Appendix C.—		Extract from the Census Order, 1950	51

1951 Census of England and Wales, Preliminary Report (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920) (H.M.S.O., 1951),