The census helped the government estimate how many men were available to go to war and to assess the health of the nation.
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|Street||Name||Role||Status||Age||Job||Place of birth|
|3 1/2 George Street||William Towers||head||Married||42||Bricklayer||Chelsea Middx|
|Mary Towers||wife||Married||39||Richmond Surrey|
|William R. Towers||son||unm||20||Bricklayer||Richmond Surrey|
|Jim H Towers||son||unm||11||Scholar||Richmond|
Compare the ages of all the children shown here to the other census returns. Is there anything you find unusual? How could you explain that? Notice that the younger children are at school - but at what age do the children appear to start working full-time?