Article which shows a population reeling from the effects of World War One and the Spanish Flu pandemic. It presents newly-digitised records of the 1921 Census, on orphans, widows and divorce. Some of those questions were asked of the population for the very first time.
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Census unearthed: Population, widows and orphans in 1921
From a lack of living space to an increase in the number of widows and orphans, newly digitised county and district level statistics from the 1921 Census show changes after World War I and the Spanish Flu pandemic.