Royal Commission on Population
- Date:
- 1935-1975
- Reference:
- SA/PIC/F/5
- Part of:
- Population Investigation Committee
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Contains correspondence, papers, and reports relating to the Royal Commission on Population, the Family Census, and the Statistics, and Biological and Medcal Committees of the RCP.
Publication/Creation
1935-1975
Physical description
3 boxes
Biographical note
The Royal Commission on Population (RCP) was formed in 1944 to examine post-war population trends in Great Britain and to consider what measures should be taken in the national interest to influence the future trend of population. Six members of the PIC were appointed to the RCP. Three committees were appointed and reported to the Commission; Statistics, Economics, and Biological and Medical. In 1946 the Family Census was conducted by the RCP to gather up-to-date statistics on fertility and family size. The Family Census followed a schedule suggested in a pre-war publication of the PIC.