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Offline Ray T

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The 1939 - Column 5? Completed thanks
« on: Tuesday 17 August 21 15:14 BST (UK) »
S'pose I should know this but I don't. Can somebody explain the meaning of O, V, S, P or I in the 5th column of the 1939 returns means, please?

I don't think the column is generally completed but I have somebody in a sanitorium and the majority are "P" - who I assume are patients  - and those who I assume are staff seem to be "N" (??!!), "S", "O", or "V". There are numumerous, so called, "Mental Defectives" in the next property, a mental home marked "I" so I assume that mens "Imbicile".

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Re: The 1939 - Column 5?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 17 August 21 15:16 BST (UK) »
I would be guessing but if staff then N could be Nurse, S could be Sister, O could be Orderly, V could be vaccinated.  I could be Inmates.

Look forward to finding out the proper meanings.
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Re: The 1939 - Column 5?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 17 August 21 15:17 BST (UK) »
O – Officer
V – Visitor
S – Servant
P – Patient
I – Inmate

Found this on a previous topic.
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Re: The 1939 - Column 5? - Completed thanks.
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 17 August 21 16:56 BST (UK) »
Thanks for that. Nurse seems logical but still open to speculation.