Stock Photo - Apr. 14, 1971 - Britain To Have Census This North: The 1971 Census will take place on Sunday, April 25th.and will be the biggest and most extensive survey of the British people in History. Everybody and every household in the land will be involved. The registrar General, Mr. Michael Reed, to held a press conference at Somerset House to explain the census, and answer questions. Representative members of the public were also invited to attend, and if they wished, to challenge the census. School children were also present and were shown the spot in the 8- miles of Vaults beneth Somerset House where their Census Day diaries will be stored, for 100 years. Picture shows: Mr. Michael Reed, the Registrar General, pictured in the Somerset House Quadrangle today with (L to R): Wendy Gillian Ward,22, of Peckham; Anne Clements, 20, actress, of Brighton; and Sally Huckerby,22, of Melton Mowbary. (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)