S.I. No. 64/1961 - Statistics (Census of Population) Order, 1961.

1. It is the responsibility of the person in charge of each hotel, hospital or similar establishment to ensure that the required particulars of all persons who spend the night of Sunday, 9th April, 1961, in the establishment or who arrive and are received into the establishment on the morning of Monday, 10th April, 1961, not having been enumerated elsewhere, are included in the Form(s) A in respect of the establishment. The completed Form(s) A should be ready for collection by the Enumerator on the morning of Monday, 10th April, 1961.

2. Relationship to head of household. Column B.

State whether "

head

"

,

"

wife

"

,

"

Son

"

,

"

daughter

"

,

"

mother

"

,

"

daughter-in-law

"

,

"

son-in-law

"

,

or other Relative, "

visitor

"

,

"

boarder

"

,

"

employee

", etc.

Anyone who has a more unsual residence elsewhere should be described as "

visitor

"

,

whether related to the head of the household or not.

3. Place of Birth. Column H.

If

born in eland,

write the name of the

county of birth

at (

a

) and leave (

b

) blank. (If born in hospital, give county of residence of mother,

not

location of hospital).

If

born outside Ireland

, write the name of the

county of birth

at (

a

) and

state the year in which the person took up residence in Ireland

at (

b

), or, if a visitor, write "

visitor

" at (

b

).

4. Ability to speak the Irish language. Column L.

This question should be answered for persons aged three years and over. Leave blank for children under three years of age.

Write "

Irish only

" for those persons who can speak only Irish.

Write "

Irish and English

" for those who can speak Irish and English.

For persons who can read but cannot speak Irish, write "

Read but cannot speak Irish

".

Do not write anything opposite names of persons who can neither read nor speak Irish.

5. Principal Occupation. Column M.

An entry should be made in this column for every person aged 14 years or over. For each person normally working for payment or profit state in this column the precise occupation or calling at which the person usually works, even if at present umemployed. Vague or indefinite terms should not be used, and the description should be sufficiently detailed to show exactly the kind of work done, (See Instruction 6).

If the person has more than one occupation, the

principal occupation

only, that is the occupation by which the living is mainly earned, should be stated.

For a person who is

out of work

and seeking work, state the usual principal occupation in this column.

For a person who is

wholly retired from work

, state the former principal occupation in this column.

6. Notes on how various occupations should be described.

Agricultural occupations.

Such descriptions as "

Farmer

"

,

"

Farm labourer

"

,

"

Assisting in father's farm

"

,

"

Farm manager

"

,

"

Land steward

"

,

etc., should be used.

Non-agricultural occupations.

If the job is known by a special name, use that name. The type of material worked in should be stated, where applicable. A machine operator should state the type of machine worked.

Managers, supervisors, foremen.

The department or type of work managed or supervised should be stated.

Labourers

. A labour should be described fully where possible by the type of work done, e.g. "

Builder's labour

"

,

"

Foundry labourer

"

,

"

Dock labourer

"

,

"

Road labourer

". If normally engaged in labouring work at various job, write "

General labour

".

Shopkeepers, dealers, shop assistants.

If wholly or mainly engaged in selling write "

Shopkeeper

" or "

Dealer

" or "

Assistant

" or "

Salesman

", as appropriate, and state the type of commodity dealt in, e.g. "

Cattle dealer

", "

Coal merchant

", "

Cycle dealer

", "

Shopkeeper (sweet shop)

", "

Greengrocer

", "

Draper's assistant

". If however, mainly making though also selling, add "

Maker

", e.g. "

Tailor

(

maker

)".

Clerks.

A clerk should be described by the type of work done, e.g. "

Bank clerk

", "

Costing clerk

" "

Accounting clerk

", etc.

Civil servants and local government employees.

The grade should be stated.

Members of the Garda, Armed forces.

The rank should be stated.

Members of religious bodies

who are engaged in teaching or in another service or industry. State in Column M whether "

Christian Brother

,

teacher

", "

Clergyman, teacher

", "

Nun in charge of laundry

", etc.

Nurses.

The type of nursing in which employed should be indicated, e.g. "

General hospital nurse

", "

Mental nurse

", "

Maternity nurse

", "

Children's nurse

", "

Nurse

(

domestic

)", etc.

Mechanics.

The type of work done should be indicated, e.g. "

Motor Car mechanic

", "

Cycle mechanic

", "

Radio mechanic

", "

Aircraft mechanic

", "

Dental mechanic

", "

Typewriter mechanic

", etc.

Domestic servants.

The exact occupation, e.g. "

Cook

", "

Housemaid

", "

Housekeeper

", etc., should be stated.

General.

Such terms as "Clerk", "Printer", "Merchant", "Labourer", or "Factory worker" are not sufficiently precise. Instead use such descriptions as "

Costing clerk

", "

Compositor

", "

Shopkeeper

(

drapery

)"

Road labour

", "

Hosiery machine operative

".

7. Employment Status. Column N.

For each person with a job state in this column whether the person, in his or her principal occupation, is an "

employee

", "

employs others

" (if he employs one or more persons for the purpose of his business), is "

working on own account

" (i.e. without paid employes), is "

assisting relative

" (i.e. not receiving a fixed wage or salary; if a fixed wage or salary is received, the person should be described as an "employee"), or is an "

apprentice

".

A person whose principal occupation is given as "

Company Director

" or "

Managing Director

", in column

M

should be classed "

employee

" in this column.

Persons whose only employees are private domestic servants should

not

be given the description "employs others".

For a person who is out of work and seeking work, write "

Out of work

" in this column.

For a person who is wholly retired from work write "

Retired

" in this column.

For other persons leave this column blank.

8. Employer and employer's business. Column O.

These particulars are required only to enable classification to be made of the branch of industry in which working.

An entry should be made in this column for

each person with a job.

If the person has more than one job, these particulars should be in respect of t

he job by which the living is mainly earned,

i.e. they should be consistent with the entry for "occupation" in Column M.

If the person is

out of work,

these particulars should relate to the

last employer.

If an

employer

or person

working on own account

, state the

nature of the business carried on

.

In the case of a person

wholly or mainly engaged in selling

, indicate whether the business is

wholesale

or

retail

or

both.

In the case of

farmers

, the

area

(

in statute acres

)

of land farmed and the rateable valuation

(

land and builings

) should be stated. In the case of f

armers' relatives assisting

and other

farm workers

the

name and address of the farmer for whom they work and the area of the farm, in statute acres

, should be stated.

Where the person's employer is engaged in two or more businesses, whether in one establishment or in two distinct establishments, state the

precise branch or the business in which the person is employed

.

For

domestic servants, cooks, waitresses, etc. employed in hotels, restaurants, boarding houses

, etc., the name and business of employer should be stated, but for a

person in private domestic service

write "

Private

" only in this column.

The nature of business should be described fully. Descriptions such as the following are insufficient by themselves:—"Factory", "manufacturer", "dealer", "merchant", "agent".

9. Instuctions regarding certain other persons aged 14 years or over.

For a

young person who has left school and is seeking work but has not yet had a job

, write "

Not yet at work

" in Column M, and leave Columns N and O blank.

If

attending a University full-time

, write "

Student

" in Column M (indicating the faculty, e.g. Medicine, Law, Arts, Experimental Science, Agricultural Science, Veterinary Science, etc.) and leave Columns N and O blank.

If

at school

or

college

, write "

At school

" in Column M, adding "

Primary

", "

Secondary

", "

Vocational

", "

Business College

", etc., as the case may be. Leave Columns N and O blank.

For

housewives

and other members of household mainly occupied in

unpaid domestic duties at home

write "

Home duties

" in Column M and leave Columns N and O blank.

For other persons 14 years of age or over, not at school or college and not at work, who are maily dependant on other persons or on their own private means write "

No occupation

" or "

Private means

" in Column M. Leave Columns N and O blank.

10. Subsidiary occupations of persons in agriculture. Agricultural Holdings. Column P.

If a person whose principal occupation, as returned inColumn M, is that of farmer, relative assisting farmer, farm labourer or other agricultural worker, had

another job inside or outside the State on which he spent a substantial part of his working time

(

one month or more

)

during the past year

, this second job, should be stated in Column P, for example "

Builder's labourer

", "

Roadworker

", "

Labourer on other farm

", "

Labourer in Sugar Company

", "

Labourer in Bord na Mona

", "

Forestry worker

", "

Fisherman

", "

Shopkeeper—groceries

", "

Postman, part-time

".

Where the principal occupation as stated in Column M is

not that of farmer

, and

the person is the rated occupier of agricultural land,

then "

Landholder

" should be entered in this column,

stating the area of the holding in statute acres and the rateable valuation

(

land and buildings

).

EXAMPLES OF COMPLETED SCHEDULES

The Taoiseach, in pursuance of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of

Section 16

of the

Statistics Act, 1926

(No. 12 of 1926), and the Statistics Acts, 1926 and 1946 (Transfer of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1949 (

S.I. No. 142 of 1949

), hereby orders as follows :—