Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-07
PLAN TO TAKE CENSUS
Police to Begin Enumeration
Tomorrow Morning.
ESTIMATE OF INCREASE
Total Of the Figures Given at Last
Annual Summary.
TO THE FORCE
Sufficient Number Of Men to Be EN-
ployed to Complete the
Work Promptly.

The police will begin the work of TAX
ing the census tomorrow morning. the
District Commissioners having ordered
that 1T be taken every year. 1t is
the intention of Mai Sylvester to have
the several captains put as many men as
possible on the work in order to finish IT
promptly Last years census showed a
total population of 32959l. exclusive Of
3. 1876 transients.
This years census" said Maj. Sylves-
ter this morning. will probably show an
increase of about 1900 over the figures
Of last year. and the increase would have
been even greater had 1t not been for the
fact that building operations were stop
ped last year.
A summary of the census taken last
year is given as follows:
White: males. 112.72S; females, 100, 675,
Total. :33, 4O3
Colored: males. 1880; females, 52.66s.
Total. 96. 1873.
Males: white. 112.7cs; colored. $500.
Total. 156.24S.
Females: white. 12os7s; colored, SECS.
Excess of females over males: white,
1897: colored, 9,14S. Total 1905.
Children not attending school. Z years
and over and under Is years: White
males. 81: females. So. Total 176. colored
Population Of numbered squares in city
of Washington. exclusive of alleys
white. 179.0s7: colored. 63, 193 Popula-
ton of alleys in city of Washington
white. 1.475: colored. 14,465. Population
of county of Washington. exclusive Of al
leys. white, 52.S41; colored. 10. 131. Popu-
lation of alleys in county of Washington
white. o; colored. 800. Total population,
329, sol.
Instructions Issued.
Maj. sylvester's instructions to the
police are. in part. as follows:
THE captains will divide their respec-
ton districts. which they will number
first district. second district, etc, and, to
further the desired end. small maps of
the District of Columbia will be fur
nished in order that the numbers of the
squares. names of alleyways. courts and
roads may be known. The sections of
maps showing enumeration districts must
be pasted on the inner page of front
cover of book.
I'm the city portion Of the District of
Columbia the officer assigned to district
No. in a precinct will begin work at the
lowest numbered square in such district
and continue on through the squares, al
will be followed through the several emu
meration districts in the precincts. so
that In the end the census will have been
taken of all the squares. alleyways and
courts in each district and the whole pre-
cinct in successive order.
THE suburban or county portion of
each precinct should be divided into emu
meration districts. preferably by subdi-
visions, villages or settlements, naming
the streets and roads which surround
h,, NJ no0h all I~.> 1T
the settlement and the population Of each.
ana the total population of the streets
and roads just mentioned will be the
grand total for the subdivision or set
Element.
Outside Of Subdivisions.
The populations of all roads outside
of subdivisions or villages should be
given thus: Wisconsin avenue-U street
to Joliet street; and where the avenue
juse mentioned begins on the north side
Of Tenley. the population should be
shown from Western avenue to the Dis
trict line. The portion Of Wisconsin ave-
nuc which passes through Tenley will
be included in the population of that set
Element or village.
I'm tallying the number Of children not
attending school. note in brief what is
found to be the general excuse for nom
attendance.
'All Chinese. Indians, prisoners. deaf
and dumb. blind, insane and inmates of
institutions should be enumerated just as
others are. and statement should be
given at the same time that they are
such. under remarks in the back of the
books, so that the numbers Of such per-
sons. in whatever institution they may
be. and in whatever square it may be
located, may be had when the census Is
finally completed.
BY seven years and over is meant
everybody who has attained his or her
seventh birthday or passed 1t, and .un-
not attained their fifteenth birthday. and
tho enumeration of children not attend
Ing school. will include those seven years
old and over and under fifteen.
Those persons who habitually sleep in
the District, those absent temperate.
from the District and those who reside
here, but who are temporarily absent
from the District for portion of the
year, are to be considered permanent
residents and will be entered in the proper
column.
Sojourners in District.
Those whose regular business is else
where and who are only sojourners in the
District should be enumerated, and at
tention invited to the square in which
they live and the number of such persons
under remarks"
The officer should never lose sight of the
fact that he Is taking the census of only
one locality of the District. A party do
ing business in one officers district may
reside elsewhere in the District of Column
bia 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 he'd is there should
the Darty he enumerated.
The private should De careful to visit
every dwelling hotel, lodging house, bust
ness place shop, warehouse. factory.
sta ble cabin, hut. tent, canal boat. barge.
and all other places public or private. of
business or abode of families or indi-
viduals.
The Information sought about persons
should be obtained from the persons them
selves or. in their absence, from the most
reliable persons accessible. In case of
families. from the head of the family or
the member thereof deemed the most re-
liable.
In interrogating parties to obtain the
information desired, courtesy and consid-
Grafton must be shown by the privates of
the force-~and when a private is in doubt