Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-06-08
Work fer the Dcct7-s.
DEPARTMENT OF THk i:;1EHIO2
 C~SCr-c OFFICE {

CTESFS tilICE
 WASHINGTON, ?. C., May l, 1889.
 To THE EIIToRs: TEc publication in your valuable payer ol the accom- pany3ng letter to the hcllva. pro fessIon will aid tl.e Census Office in one oi it's most GIiiiceiit investigations. Ii you shoulI think the matter of futhcient importance to notice editor ally it will be appreciated, 2s t Is necessary to obta;n the cooperation oi medical men in all parts of the country to insure a successful result. , his is all volunteer work on the part ol the physician, and any assistance you may feel inclined to give will ma terially help q mossimportant branch oi sta istical inquiry.
 It l. equally important to the coun- try that the returns in relation to farm products and life stock should be full and correct. The enumerator ln the house to house visit he will make during the month of June, 1850, is constantly met wi;h the fact that farmers keep no books and hence re- turns are not inlrequently guess work. The census year begins June lst next and ends May 31st, 1890. If farmers throughout the country would note this fact and keep account of the pro ducts of their farms during the cen sus year it would be of material aid in securing reliable returns for the Eleventh census. 1
 RoREhT F PORTER. ssss.. Superint teBdent Of Census. s
 To THE MEDICAL PROT oFEsS1oss The I various medical associations and the medical procession will be glad to learn that Dr. John $. Billing, surgeon U. S army, has consented to take charge of the Report on Mortality and Vital Statistics of the United States as re. turned by the Eleventh Census.
 As the United States has no system of regis ration of vital statistics, such as is relied upon by other civilized nations for the purpose of ascertainine the actual movement of population our census affords the only oppor tunity of obtaining near an approxl mate estimate Of ;he birth and deatf rates of much the larger part of th' country, which is entirely unprovideC with any satisfactory system of Stat' and municipal registration.
 In view of this, the Census office during the month of May this year will issue to the medical profession throughout the country Physician Registers" for the purpose of obtain ing more accurate returns of death than It is possible for the enumerator to make. It is earnestly hoped tha physicians in every part of the coun try will co operate with the Censu Office in this important work. Tn record should be kept from June 1889 to May 31, 1890. Nearly 26 900 of these registration books wer
 filled up and returned o office in 1oSC
 and nearly all of them used fo statistical purposes. It is hoped tha : double this number will be obtaine for the Eleventh Census.
 Physicians not receying Register : can obtain them by sending the , names and addresses to the Censu Office, and, with the Register, a official envelope which requires Il } stamp will be provided for their T. | turn to Washington.
 Ii all medical and surgical pract
 tioners throughout the country wi : lend their aid, the mortality and wit : statistics of the Eleventh Census VI 7 be more comprehensive and comple = han they have ever been. Ever 9 physician should take person l pride in having this report as full al e accurate as it is possible to make it. e II IS hereby promised that all i d formation obtained through tn r source shall be held strictly con l dential.
 C ROBERT T. PORTER,