1921 Date for release

[ReadyDale]

What a shame if the 1931 Census was completely discarded:-(
I’m sure that more recent techniques might have been able to salvage some of it...?

Romilly.

Agreed. But I think they probably had other things on their mind at the time, rather than sifting through all those pages to see what may or may not be usable in the future 

[Romilly]

True, - but it’s still a shame.

I’ve got a Baptism Record from a Church in Southwark that was destroyed by fire, but the records were salvaged. It’s impressively charred round the edges, but still readable.

Romilly.

[Muffin41]

The link:- http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/  worked for me just now

[KGarrad]

It's also worth remembering that the original purpose of censuses was for Government Statistical reasons.

Not for future Family Historians!

[Guy Etchells]

What a shame if the 1931 Census was completely discarded:-(
I’m sure that more recent techniques might have been able to salvage some of it...?

Romilly.

Agreed. But I think they probably had other things on their mind at the time, rather than sifting through all those pages to see what may or may not be usable in the future 

They had already made various reports (before the fire in 1942) containing the statistics required for the different regions.
Cheers
Guy