The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-19

Wilbur, well worth sending in order
that the country should occupy the
place to which it IL entitled i'm the
councils OF the nations which employ
this classification: but. as a matter OF
fact, very much was accomplished.
DIR. F.. p. Foster. as chairman Of the
American Medical associations COM
mittee. and DIR. Wilmer r. Bait as
chairman OF the committee Of the
American Health association. have
been engaged for over a year in CO.
operation with the bureau of census
and with committees appointed by
many national medical organizations
devoted to special branches of medi-
cine, upon the question of the proper
classification and nomenclature of dis
eases with special reference tn the
improvements to be made i'm the inter-
national classification at the recent
revision. Meetings were held by these
committees at Philadelphia. New York
and Washington. and important sug-
gestions were formulated, which were
duly transmitted tn the secretary. gen
e~a,. Or Ecrti'lion. and were laid be-
fore the commission in the special book
prepared for it's use. A very consid-
cradle proportion of these was adopted
by the international commission. Per-
hans the most important of all the
measures especially recommended by
the United States was the Improvement
In the principle Of the statistical clas-
sification of deaths from violence. DIR.
Rertil.isn DR. Liyi of Italy and DIR.
Cressv L. Wilbur were appointed
special committee Of the commission !
to adjust this portion of the classified
tinn. which they did.
DIR. Wilbur stated tndav that lie be
Iievrd the revised list will h" much .
more acceptable Ia AmeriCr1 regis. !
trars and that ii will give the infor- !
nation in regard to the industrial |
cauEes Of mortality in 1n1re saassac-
tory way than any elassifi: tinn pre- /
viously prepared. of course ell nj the
r., concentrations Of the .s,ao, lean del /
egates could not be adonesi, There f
were p countries represented in the
International commission ard con.erS- /
atism is characteristic of Euro /
rean officials and especially Of Euro I
pean siatistieians. 1t Is perfectly right, /
II. declared that this should be so be I
cause 1t creates endless confusion /
when many changes are made in an So |
tablished system of compilation. Fur I
thcflnore 1t Is hardly To he expected
that Il country like the United Stat :. !
whose registration officials had neNe"
before Joined in an International con- /
gres and whose statistics relate Ia only !
abort one half of the population of the !
United Staes should be able to prevail
against the established views Of tn,
Rfs.tf. AF r. n
complete and comprehensive vital stu
,s,ics have been published for long
series OF years. Nevertheless the full
est consideration was given to the
American propositions and the utmost
courtesy prevailed He feels that the !
American delegates owe profound i
thanks Ia the secretary general, DIR.
Bertilion. and tn the French govern /
men,. and that American registrars
should Loyalty abide by the recon-
mendations adopted and use the in- !
ternational classification without mod !
ifications or changes. except such as
are entirely permissible under its con- !
stitution. for the next 10 years.
Dr. Wilbur stated that the United
States starts at tho beginning of new
census decade with the revised elassi- /
ficatian OF causes nj death. in which .
American registration officials and
American physicians have had their /
say: Il revised standard certificate Of /
death. which will be adopted ny the .
American Public Health association NJ /
Richmond this month. and put into sf-
feet for all of the registration area be- /
ginning january /. 1910: and with new .
rules and instructions recently farmu-N
lated by the director of the census and /
promulgated to all reporting offices for !
the purpose Of obtaining more CONF !
pate and correct transcripts of the
deaths NOW registered.