Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-01
THE DISTRICT CENSUS.
Instructions Given the Police, Who Com
mence the Work Today.

| Instructions Given the Police, Who Com
mence the Work Today.
| Maj. Moore's blue-coated census enumerator
started out on their work this morning witt
book and pencil to make the numerous in
quiries of the citizens, although they are not 81
| numerous as were the questions piled by Super
intendent Porter's men few months ago. A
stated in yesterdays STAR, the officers detailed
on the work met at police headquarters yester
day afternoon and received their instruction
and books preparatory to entering upon theil
labors this morning.
THxiR INSTRUCTIONS.
"To obtain accurately the number Of inhabit
ants Of the District Of Columbia for the frs
day Of June, 1892 classified as proposed-ther,
must be uniformity among the officers in tht
manner of taking the census" say the printed
instructions. =
To insure that end the following instruc.
tons are given:
II. The lieutenants will divide their precinct,
into enumeration districts containing reason
able number of squares each.
80 The officer assigned to q district will tally
each birth since June 80, 1891, in the column
| arranged for that purpose, and not duplicate
such tally in the column under six and eighteen
years. and eighteen years and over
"3. All Cinnamon, Indians, prisoners, dea,
and dumb, blind, insane and inmates of institu
tions should be enumerated as others, and al
the same time statement to that effect be
given under remarks in the rear of the book
~. BY under six years is meant five year,
inclusive; under eighteen years is meant sew
enteen years inclusive; mot attending school,
only children six years old and over and
eighteen years and under should be enumerated
in the columns set apart for that purpose. This
information is separate from the census proper
Children at work, receiving wages or pay
should be enumerated as not attending school
also as earning wages If too poor to attend
school note such cases in the back Of the book
giving page and number.
"5. Those persons who habitually sleep in the
District, those whose regular business is in the
District, though they may sleep outside or be
absent temporarily, those whose abodes are in
the District. though without business and alb
sent temporarily and those who reside here
but who spend the summer elsewhere, are to be
considered permanent residents and will be
entered In the proper line and column Of this
book.
"6. Those whose regular business is else
where, and who are only sojourners in the
District, should be enumerated under re-
marks and referred to by number of page in
the page column.
~. The officer should never lose sight of the
fact that he is taking the census of only one To-
cality OF the District. A party doing business
in one officers locality may reside elsewhere in
the District where another officer is taking the
census. He must, therefore, be careful not to
enumerate or enter in his columns any business
man sleeping in a locality where another officer
may be taking the census. Where the bed il
there should the party occupying it be enumer-
ated.
so. The officer should be careful to visit every
dwelling, hotel, lodging house, business place,
shop, warehouse, factory, stable, cabin, hut
tent, river boat, canal boat, barge and all other
places, public or private, of business or abode
Of families or persons.
"9. The information sought about persons
should be obtained from the persons themselves
Qf reliable), or In their absence from the most
reliable parties accessible. In case Of families
from the head of family or member thereof
deemed most reliable
The instructions further instruct the officers
that in interrogating parties to obtain the in
formation desired great courtesy and considera.
ton must be shown by the officers, and an
officer should never hesitate to ask Instructions
from his lieutenant where he is in doubt.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THEIR ATTENDANCE.
A postscript is appended, as follows: ut il
the desire of the department that the number
of private schools in the District Of Columbia
and the number of pupils attending them, be
ascertained. This additional information the
enumeration will obtain by inquiring from the
principal Of the same, and record the square,
name of school, or institution, number of
teachers and number of pupils in the back of
the book under remarks. private schools are
those institutions where tuition is paid)."