The Portland daily press., 1890-06-03
TAKING the CENSUS.
The Questions That Must 6e An
sWered the Enumerators.

The census enumerators began their work
In this city yesterday morning. Ambrose V.
Ackley, John Cousins and Charles Dunn.
Jr., are delegated to ward one; Thomas II.
E. Forestal and George II. Curtis In ward
two; Samuel B. Graves and William II.
Ohler in ward three; John ID. Printable,
Frank b. Haskell and Mark S. Sullivan In
ward four; Herbert A. Roberts and Charles
FL. Hutchinson In ward five; George W
Lovejoy and Edward A. Gray in ward six,
ana Howard A. Mcdonald, Henry P. White
and Henry G. Fabyan In ward seven. Each
enumerator Is furnished with a commission
which Is his badge of authority.
The enumerators will visit every house
and ask questions concerning every perst
and every family In the city. The questions
that will be asked call for the name of every
person residing in the city on the first day of
June, with their sex and age, and whether
white, black, mulatto, quadroon, octoroon or
Chinese, Japanese or Indian. Inquiry will
be made also Of every person as to whether
they are single, married, widowed or di-
vorced. and, if married, whether married
during the census year. The place of birth
OF each person, and the place Of birth OF
the father and mother Of each person, will
also be called for, as we'll as a statement as
to the profession. trade, or occupation fol-
lowed and the number Of months unemployed
during the census year. For all persons ten
years of age or over a return must be made
by the enum.rators as to the number able to
read and write, and also the number who
can speak English. For those who cannot
speak English the particular language OF
dialect spoken by them will be ascertained.
For children of school age, also, the number
of months they attended school will be re-
corded by the census enumerators. In the
case of mothers an inquiry will be made as
to the number Of children they have had.
and the number of these children living at
the present time. This inquiry is to be made
Of all women who are or have been married,
including all who are widows or have been
divorced. FOreign-borh males Of adult age,
that is, 81 years of age or over, will be asked
as to the number Of years they have been in
the United States, and whether they are
naturalized or have taken out naturalization
papers. OF the head Of each family visited
the question will be asked as to the number
OF persons in the family, and whether his
home is owned or hired; also, II owned,
whether the home is free from mortgage in
cumbrsnce. In addition to these inquiries,
all of which are made on the population
schedule, the law under which the census is
taken makes provision for special inquiries
concerning such Of the population as may be
mentally or physically defective in any re-
spect, that is, insane, feeble-minded, deaf,
blind or crippled. or who may be temporari-
ly disabled by sickness, disease or accident
at the time Of the enumerator's visit. Ger
tain special inquiries will also be made con-
eerning inmates Of prisons and reforma-
tories. These questions are as follows:
22-Whether suffering from acute or chronic
disease. with name OF disease and the length Of
time afflicted.
23-Whether defective in mind, sight, hearing
or speech, or whether crippled, MANNED or de-
formed name of defect
24-Whether a prisoner, convict, homeless
child, pauper
20 and 26-Is the home you live In hired, or Is
It owned by the head or by a member Of the fam
lily?
27-If owned by head or member Of family, is
the house free from mortgage or encumbrance?
g Besides this, statement will be
called for concerning all persons who have
died during the census year. giving their
name, age, sex, occupation. and cause Of
death.