Civil Servants in the General Register Office - Registrars-General for England and Wales, Sylvanus Percival Vivian, William Farr, John Boreham (Paperback)

Chapters: Registrars-General for England and Wales, Sylvanus Percival Vivian, William Farr, John Boreham, George Paine, Bernard Mallet. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Sylvanus Percival Vivian (London, October 1, 1880 - 1958) was the 7th Registrar General of England and Wales (1921-1945), and the longest serving Registrar General after George Graham. The administration of census taking was also altered for 1921, Superintendent Registrars no longer being directly involved, although they were given the title of honorary Census Advisory Officers, and could be consulted when necessary. The 1921 census was due to have been held in April, but was postponed until June, owing to industrial unrest. The decision to postpone the census was taken only ten days before the original date of 24 April, by which time all the schedules had been printed and distributed. An amendment slip was therefore produced, showing the revised date of 19 June. To save the taxpayers money, advertising space on the back of the amendment slip was sold. Unfortunately the advertising in question was for the Sunday Illustrated, and new venture of Horatio Bottomley MP, who shortly afterwards was exposed as a swindler and a cheat, went bankrupt and spent 5 years in prison for fraud. No advertising has been allowed on census material since. The 1921 enumeration itself, fortunately, went smoothly. Its results were of particular interest, following the social and economic upheavals of the First World War. In 1931, Vivian took advantage of the latest technology and made a series of broadcasts on the BBC, explaining the value of the census, and how the form should be completed. He also made several statements in the press. Exhibitions of old census returns were mounted at the Public ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=21380371