Orphanages and childrens homes on the census?

[Jill Eaton]

Just a general query. Would children who were living in an orphanage or children's home be entered on the various census returns?

I can't imagine they wouldn't be but am uncertain whether there were restrictions on naming them anywhere other than on the entry/registration documents for the orphan on the orphanages own (possibly private) documentation?

Were orphan children ever given different/alternative names when they admitted?

Thanks in advance
Jill

[stanmapstone]

Every one in the country was entered in the censuses.
The purpose of the censuses was to enumerate everyone in the country alive at mid-night on the day of the census, wherever they were, and institutions such as prisons, hospitals and asylums were included and if they were large enough had their own schedules.
Special 'Institutional Enumerators' Books' were sent to the various institutions. The heads of the Institutions enumerated the inmates and passed the books to the Census Office in London.
It was only in the 1861 Census that the initials of inmates, patients, prisoners, paupers in institutions needed to be returned, although some were shown by initials in later censuses.
Stan

[BumbleB]

Unfortunately it may depend on the enumerator.

I have a patient in the South Yorkshire Asylum in the 1891 census - every inmate is identified only by their initials, although age, marital status etc. is noted.

[stanmapstone]

People in Asylums are usually only shown by initials.

Stan

[BumbleB]

As I said, it may depend on the enumerator - they're all fully named in 1881 

She was admitted in 1878 and died in 1894.