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General report, Northern Ireland, 1926

Table of Contents

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(Pages i-viii) Title page, preface & contents
(8 pages)Contract subtree Part I. Introduction
(Page ix) 1. Historical survey
(Pages ix-x)Contract subtree 2. Preparations for the census
(Page ix) (A) Census committee
(Page ix) (B) Legislation
(Page x) (C) Definition of population
(Page x) (D) Preparations for enumeration
(Page x) 3. Enumeration
(Page x) 4. Publicity
(Page xi) 5. Preliminary reports
(Pages xi-xiii)Contract subtree 6. Tabulation of census results
(Page xi) (A) Methods adopted
(Page xi) (B) Coding particulars on schedules
(Page xii) (C) Machine card
(Page xii) (D) Programme of machine operations
(Page xiii) (E) Card punching
(Page xiii) (F) Sorting and counting
(Page xiii) 7. Publication
(Page xiv) 8. Staff employed
(Page xiv) 9. Cost of the census
(Page xiv) 10. Scope and frequency of census enumerations
(Page xv) 11. Form of reports
(Page xvi) 12. Conclusion
(7 pages)Contract subtree Part II. Explanatory notes and definitions of terms used in this volume
(Page xvii) Area
(Page xvii) Population
(Pages xvii-xviii) Administrative divisions
(Page xix) Parliamentary constituencies
(Page xix) Houses
(Pages xix-xx) Rooms
(Page xx) Families
(Page xx) Rateable valuation
(Page xx) Education
(Pages xxi-xxii) Occupations and industries
(Page xxii) Birthplace and nationality
(Page xxii) Religious professions
(Page xxii) Orphanhood
(Page xxii) Dependency
(Page xxiii) Fertility
(Page xxiii) Infirmities
(Page xxiii) Convention as to dots (.) and dashes (-)
(Page xxiii) Correction of census data
(38 pages)Contract subtree Part III. Statistical notes
(Page xxiv) Area
(Pages xxiv-xxx)Contract subtree Population
(Page xxv) Migration
(Page xxvi) Intercensal estimates of population
(Page xxvii) Density of population
(Pages xxvii-xxviii) Population of counties and aggregates of urban and rural areas
(Pages xxviii-xxix) Population of county boroughs, urban districts and rural districts
(Page xxix) Population in poor law unions
(Pages xxix-xxx) Population of voting age in parliamentary constituencies
(Pages xxx-xxxiv)Contract subtree Buildings, rooms, and families
(Pages xxx-xxxi) Houses
(Page xxxi) Private houses
(Pages xxxi-xxxiii) Accommodation of families and persons
(Page xxxiii) Comparison of units of occupation with inhabited private houses
(Page xxxiii) Tenements of one room
(Pages xxxiii-xxxiv) Inhabited buildings etc., other than private houses
(Page xxxiv) Institution inmates
(10 pages)Contract subtree Sexes, ages, and marital conditions
(Page xxxiv, Pages 1-2)Contract subtree Sex proportions
(Page 1) A. Total population of Northern Ireland by individual years of age, 1926
(Page 2) B. Population in Northern Ireland in quinquennial age groups, 1926
(Pages xxxv-xxxvi, Page 1, Page xxxvii)Contract subtree Ages
(Page 1) C. Urban and rural populations in quinquennial groups of age as a percentage of the respective total populations, 1926
(Pages xxxvii-xxxviii)Contract subtree Comparison of survivors and enumerated by ages
(Page xxxviii) D. "Enumerated" and "survivors" as ratios per 1, 000 corresponding births, 1926
(Pages xxxix-xl) Marital condition
(Pages xl-xli) Education
(Pages xli-xlviii)Contract subtree Occupations
(Pages xli-xlii) Proportions occupied
(Pages xlii-xliii) Numerically important occupations
(Pages xliii-xliv) Agricultural occupations
(Pages xliv-xlv) Occupational status
(Pages xlv-xlvi) Out-of-work
(Pages xlvi-xlvii) National Health Insurance
(Pages xlvii-xlviii) Sex, age, and marital condition distribution in occupations
(Page xlviii) Retired
(Pages xlviii-xlix)Contract subtree Industries
(Pages xlviii-xlix) Industrial distribution of the occupied population
(Page xlix) Occupational distribution in industries
(Page xlix) Sex, age, and marital condition distribution in industries
(Pages xlix-l)Contract subtree Birthplace and nationality
(Pages xlix-l) Summary of birthplaces
(Page l) Persons born in foreign countries or at sea
(Page l) Persons of alien or unstated nationality
(Page l) Occupations of aliens
(Page li) Religious professions
(Page li) Orphanhood
(Pages li-liv)Contract subtree Dependency
(Pages lii-liii) Quality of data
(Pages liii-liv) Size of dependent families
(Page liv) Occupations of parents
(Page liv) Census ages of husbands and wives
(Pages lv-lvi)Contract subtree Fertility
(Page lvi) Birth rates
(Pages lvi-lvii)Contract subtree Infirmities
(Page lvii) Deaf and dumb, and dumb only
(Page lvii) Blind
(Page lvii) Crippled
(Page lvii) Mentally afflicted
(70 pages)Contract subtree Part IV. Tables
(Page 1) 1. Area, houses, and population, 1926 (co.)
(Page 1) 2. Population, 1821 1926 (Northern Ireland)
(Pages 2-3) 3. Area, population, houses, accommodation, and valuation (co., C. Bs, U. D. s, R. D. s, and wards of C. B. s)
(Page 4) 4. Area, population, houses, accommodation, and valuation (U. s)
(Page 5) 5. Private houses and population living therein (Northern Ireland, co, C. B. s)
(Page 5) 6. Inhabited private houses, rooms, and families (Northern Ireland, urban and rural aggregates)
(Page 6) 7. Private families: Size, rooms occupied, and density of occupation (Northern Ireland, urban and rural aggregates)
(Page 7) 8. Inhabited buildings etc., other than private houses: Type, number, total population, and (for institutions) number of inmates (Northern Ireland)
(Pages 7-8) 9. Inhabited institutions and other establishments and shipping: Number, total population, and (for institutions) number of inmates (co.)
(Page 9) 10. Inmates of poor law institutions, lunatic asylums, hospitals, and nursing homes, and prisons: Ages (quinquennial groups), sex, and marital condition (Northern Ireland)
(Pages 10-11) 11. Inmates, aged 12 years and over, of poor law institutions, lunatic asylums, and prisons: Former occupations (main groups) and sex (Northern Ireland)
(Pages 12-16) 12. Ages (individual years) and marital condition (Northern Ireland, urban and rural aggregates)
(Page 17) 13. Education: Persons attending educational establishments, by sex and age (Northern Ireland)
(Pages 18-21) 14. Occupations (full list) of persons aged 12 years and over, by sex (Northern Ireland)
(Pages 22-24) 15. Occupations (main groups) of persons aged 12 years and over, by sex, occupational status, and National Health Insurance (Northern Ireland, urban and rural aggregates)
(Pages 25-33) 16. Occupations (main groups) of persons aged 12 years and over, by sex, marital condition, and 12 age groups (Northern Ireland)
(Pages 34-35) 17. Occupations (main groups) of unemployed persons aged 14 years and over, by sex and 11 age groups (Northern Ireland)
(Pages 36-37) 18. Occupations (main groups) of persons aged 16 years and over, who are entitled to benefits under the National Health Insurance acts, by sex and 10 age groups (Northern Ireland)
(Pages 38-39) 19. Former occupations (main groups) of retired persons, by sex and 8 age groups (Northern Ireland)
(Pages 40-42) 20. Industries (full list) of persons aged 12 years and over, by sex (Northern Ireland)
(Pages 43-50) 21. Industries: Number of persons aged 12 years and over engaged in each of 51 main groups of industries, distinguishing the principal occupations by sex (Northern Ireland)
(Pages 51-52) 22. Industries: Number of persons aged 12 years and over engaged in each of 51 main groups of industries, by sex, marital condition, and 12 age groups (Northern Ireland)
(Page 53) 23. Birthplaces (Northern Ireland)
(Page 54) 24. Foreign born population, by sex, country of birth, and nationality (Northern Ireland)
(Page 55) 25. Foreign born population of alien or unstated nationality, by country of birth, sex, age, and marital condition (Northern Ireland)
(Page 56) 26. Foreign born population of alien or unstated nationality, by country of birth, sex, and occupations (main groups) (Northern Ireland)
(Page 57) 27. Religious professions (Northern Ireland)
(Page 57) 28. Orphanhood of children aged less than 16 years, by sex and age (Northern Ireland)
(Pages 58-59) 29. Families (i. e., living children and step-children under 16) of married men, married women, widowers and widows, by quinquennial group of age of parent, and size of family, and showing the total number of children at each age (Northern Ireland)
(Pages 60-61) 30. Families (i. e., living children and step-children under 16) of married men and widowers, by occupations (main groups) and size of family, and showing the total number of children at each age (Northern Ireland)
(Page 62) 31. Number of married couples, enumerated together, at quinquennial groups of ages of husband and wife (Northern Ireland)
(Page 62) 32. Fertility of married persons or probability of a child being born in a year (Northern Ireland)
(6 foldouts) Map. Density of population in district electoral divisions, 1926
(Page 63) 33. Persons suffering from infirmities, by sex, marital condition, and age groups, and numbers of such persons residing in institutions (Northern Ireland)
(Page 64) 34. Persons, aged 12 years and over, suffering from infirmities, by sex, and occupations (main groups) (Northern Ireland)
(19 pages)Contract subtree Appendices
(Pages 66-68) A. Census Act (Northern Ireland), 1925, 15 and 16, George 5, chapter 21
(2 foldouts) B. Householder's return used at the 1926 census
(Pages 69-78) C. Instructions to superintendents and enumerators
(Pages 79-81) D. Occupational and industrial classifications