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8
POPULATION.
The Census of 1921, which was originally planned
for the 24th April, was unavoidably postponed until
the 19th of June; it is now apparent that, while the
latter date avoided the regular program of industrial
holidays, some holiday movement was, largely owing
to the abnormally fine weather, already in progress.
This is reflected in the census returns by the inclusion
in the case of the more popular holiday areas of varying
and sometimes substantial proportions of visitors.
The Registrar General has therefore found it necessary
to make an adjustment in respect of a small
proportion of the population in a borough such as
Bethnal Green who may be presumed to have been away
on holiday at the time of the Census. The effect of
this adjustment has been to increase slightly the estimated
population for the middle of the year as compared
with the population at the time of the Census.

It will be noticed that the Registrar General has
allocated 1,062 of the population found to be holiday