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1921
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April, was unavoidably postponed until the 19th June, and it is now
clear that while the latter date avoided the recognised programme
of industrial holidays, some holiday movement was, largely owing
to the abnormally fine weather, already then 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 use of local population figures which
depart materially from the figures of normal resident populations
would, of course, be unsuitable in connection with statistics of births
and deaths classified according to area of residence, and it has been
deemed necessary to make an adjustment for these purposes by
measuring the extent of the non-resident population in certain areas
and by effecting its re-distribution throughout the country. Such
an adjustment has accordingly been made by means of the best
data available in the preparation of the estimated mid-yearly
population for 1921. In most areas the effect of the adjustment
has been almost negligible, but it is on account of the adjustment
that there is a difference between the Census population and the
estimated population in the middle of the year.

The increase ratio of the more populous districts in Middlesex
in the intercensal period 1911-1921 was as follows:—
Wood Green 3
Edmonton 3
Hornsey 4
Tottenham 7
Willesden 7
Acton 7
Enfield 8
Heston and Isleworth 8
Ealing 11
Finchley 19
Hendon 44
The population of the district was lower at the Census than it
was in the years 1917,1918 and 1919. The number of ration books
issued in November 1919 was 62,237, and based upon this issued