141:. W. A. Derrick of the General Register Office, who visited the scene of the aftermath, commented in a letter to the Central National Registration Office that "The fire was not occasioned by enemy action and how it achieved such dimensions in a store in which special hydrants had been fitted and said to have been in charge of a fire guard of 6 paid watchers, is a mystery which will need investigation". A report the following year mentioned a theory that the fire may have been started by a fire-watch employee's discarded cigarette; no action was taken. The entire census – schedules, enumeration books and plans – was destroyed, and it was recommended that in future census records be stored separately to prevent a similar complete loss. Fortunately the 1931 census for Scotland was not affected as it was stored in Edinburgh.
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