The Census of Ireland, 1911

the prelimiinary report the work of the Census proper commenced, and to deal with all this material a large temporary staff had been engaged, who were called in to take up duty as the requirements of the office demanded.As on all former Censuses, the enumeration was carried out by members of the Royal Irish Constabulary all over Ireland; except in Dublin and surrounding districts, where the work was performed by the Dublin Metropolitan Police.For the extraction and tabulation of the different items of information required by the Census Act, 1910, the office work was divided into five sections:-1.Houses and house accommodation.2. Ages and education of the people.3. Religious professions.4. Occupations.5. Vital statistics.Almost all the information required for these sections was extracted direct from the Family Form (Form "A") mentioned above.Povulation.The population of Ireland on April 2, 1911, was ascertained to be 4,390,2I9, ViZ., 2,I92,048 males and 2,I98,I7I females, showing a decrease from the former Census of 68,556 persons, or I 5 per cent.This has been the smallest decrease recorded since the Census of 1841.In Table 1, the population of Ireland at each Census, commencing with 1821, is given:-TABLE, 1.-Comparative view of the popumlation of Ireland at each of the ten Censuses from 1821 to 1911.Population.Increase or decrease of population between the Census periods.Census periods.Number of persons.Rate per cent.