The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-10
CENSUS CHIEF
SUBMITS REPORT
Especial Attention Called to I'm.
pOrtance Enumeration to
Begin in January.


nua1 report to the Secretary of Com
merce, which has just been made
public, Sam L. Rogers, director of CEN
sus, calls particular attention to the
approaching fourteenth decennial CEN
sus on which the actual enumeration
work begins next January.
The report covers the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1919, and marks the
close of the sevenyear intercensal pc
riod as well as the beginning of the
three-year census period within which
population, agriculture. manufacture
mines and quarries, oil and gas wells,
and forestry and forest products of the
United States must be taken, compiled
and published.
The report sets forth the extensive
activities of the Census Bureau during
it's last fiscal year, including work for
various departments and bureaus of
the government to meet statistical
well as the numerous statutory inqui-
reau.
| Special Work.
One of the most important special
| investigations conducted by the Bureau
was that of the influenza epidemic, in
which the Bureau was assisted by the
United States Public Health Service.
/ Special tables and diagrams showing
/ the deaths from influenza and pneu-
monia in Indiana, Kansas and the city
of Philadelphia from September 1 to
December 81, 1918, will shortly be is
sued in the form of a special bulle-
/ tin. Work was completed on a stand
ard nomenclature Of diseases, patho-
logical conditions and injuries for the
United States, which will be published
| in the near future. This work was
turned over to the bureau by the Coun-
ell of National Defense.
1 The Census Bureau carried out the
work begun by the food administration
I in ascertaining the production. con-
sumption and stocks of fats and oils
during the calendar year 1919. The
| com piIation of the statistics gathered
| is now under way.
| The supplying of data relating to the
/ United States for the international
Year Book and the substantial COM
pIetion of statistical directory for
state institutions for the dependent
defective and delinquent classes was
likewise a part of the bureaus work
during the last fiscal year.
Regular Investigations of the Bureau
Two interesting publications of the
Bureau issued during the 1919 were
those relating to financial statistics O
states and cities, while the statistic.
gathered on tobacco and cotton con
tinued to be in demand.
The inquiry conducted every year:
in regard to electrical industries wa.
completed in the early part of 1919
land press summaries giving the re
suits for the completed in the early o
1919, and press summaries giving th'
results for the various states We're is
sued from time to time. The repor
embraces central electric light ant
power station, electric railways, tele
phones and telegraphs, and municipa
electric fire-alarm and police-patro
j signalling systems. The part of th'
4 report relating to telegraphs was pub
lished during the year and the pub
IIication of the remainder will soon fol
low.
The report concerning the census o
transportation by water. which wa.
taken during 1917 and which was hele
up in order to avoid the disclosure o.
important information to the enemy
has been completed. 1t is now in tht
hands of the public printer and will b'
ready for distribution in the near III
ture. This report will contain stats
tics regarding American vessels of fiv'
tons register or over classified by geo
!. graphic divisions. namely the Atlanti,
Coast and Gulf of Mexico; the Pacific
Coast, including Alaska: the Grea
Lakes and the st. Lawrence River; ths
Mississippi River and its tributaries
and canals and other inland waters.
Statistics for the shipbuilding indus.
try, which were collected in connection
with the quinquennia1 census of man
ufactures of 1914 were the subject oi
IA further canvass made in conjunction
with the census of transportation BY
water in 1917. The bulletin covering
(No. 1-Continued on Page Two.)