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The very first Census was taken in the UK. The population at that time was 9.3 million.
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This is the first year that the age of the population is measured.
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This was the first year that people's job types was recorded. For example manufacturing, retail, farming.
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This year some 35,000 people were employed to go from door to door with a form and pencil to ask the public to fill out the census. This proved to be quite difficult as many people could not read or write.
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This is the first year that the census asked for people's exact age, marital status, relationship to head of house, and birthplace.
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The Census meant that Government were able to see what was happening in the country and took action - from 1860, boys under 12 years of age could not work underground unless they could read and write.
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People are already categorised as being 'deaf, dumb and blind'. This is the first year that people are also categorised as being a 'lunatic' or 'imbecile'.
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Children under 10 years could no longer be employed in factories.
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This is the first year that people are asked to comment on the number of rooms that they have in their house. This was because of fear that many people were living in cramped, 1 room houses.
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From the census, it was decided that children needed education. As of this year, the Government introduced free education for all children up to the age of 11 years.
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Local Parish councils are set created to deal with running services.
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The population stands at 32.5 million.
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This is the year that the census was stepped up and brought into the modern world. They now used technology to sort the data using punched cards
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A imited number of women are now able to vote
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It is now that the census starts asking questions about where people work, and what edcualtional qualifications a person has.
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Unemployment reached a new high (after World War 1) of 2.5 million
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There is no census this year because of the War.
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The Butler Act of 1944 was introduced, meaning free education for all.
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The very first national health service was created.
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London hosts the 1948 Olympic Games.
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It was the first census to ask about household amenities (outside toilets) as Britain began to clear slums and rebuild housing after World War II. Questions about fertility and duration of marriage were reinstated.
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This is the first year that a computer is used to process the results from the census.
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The Comprehensive school system is initiated.
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Abortion and homosexuality is legalised.
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Economic recession leads to a rise in unemployment again.
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The population has risen to more than 52 million.
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A voluntary question about Religion was added to the census.
