Miners in census returns

[asherman]

Being unable to find a miner in West Yorkshire in the 1911 census I am wondering if returns were made for those who were down in the mine at the time the census was given.  If so does anyone know if I can access these online? 

[stanmapstone]

The instructions to the enumerator were that no person present on census night were to be omitted, and no person absent included. If individuals were working that night, or were travelling, they would be enumerated in the house to which they would normally return on the morning after they had finished their shift, or where they were to stay at the next stop on their journey. From 1851 onwards night workers were to be enumerated in their homes if they returned there the next day.
Just to add that in the 1841 Census no special arrangements appear to have been made for people working night shifts, and in theory they should not have been included in the census. However as the censuses were for statistical purposes the enumerators were asked to estimate in their tables the number of night shift workers down mines/pits.

No census schedules were issued to factories or mines.

Stan

[stanmapstone]

These are the 1911 instructions to the enumerator

Stan

[asherman]

Thanks Stan

I guess this what happens when instructions are not made clear to the householder.  The 1911 census shows his wife (as married) and children but not him.

Anne