The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-11-26
ANNUAL CENSUS
BUREAU REPORT
Gathers Farming, Manu-
facture, Marriage and
Divorce Figures.
FARMERS GIVE DATA

Washington, D. C.-During the past
year the Bureau of the Census, accord
ing to the annual report issued by Di-
rector William M. Stewart, collected
4 detailed reports concerning agricul-
ture from about 100000 farms; tabu-
lated statistics of manufacture, in
Guiding forest products, from data col
Iected at the biennial census for 1928,
covering $50 industries; collected B.
000,685 certificates of births and 1,
i 191,301 certificates of deaths, contain
ing all the detail available and re-
| quired by law; issued records giving
| detailed statistics relating to the L.
1 129,045 marriages and 1855 divorces
| recorded for the calendar year 1922
and the 1,224,373 marriages and 1861
/ 226 divorces recorded for 1928; and
secured detailed reports from 24S cit
les regarding public debt, taxes, and
costs of government and public works.
The outstanding work of the bureau
| during the year was the Genus of agri-
! culture, taken as of Jan. 1, 1925. This
! is the first mid decennial census un-
| der the act of March 8, 1919. 1t re-
! quired the appointment Cor, in few
cases, transfer from other duties) and
| instruction of 204 supervisors, 23,945
| enumerators, and 2,252 clerks for work
| in the Offices Of the supervisors and in
| Washington total temporary force
| of 26,401.
This was the first time in the his
| tory of American census takingIthat
special effort was made to secure the
services of persons identified with
! agriculture in taking farm census.
The presidents of state agricultural
| colleges recommended suitable per-,
| sons to act as supervisors. Forest
| rangers of the Department of Agri
| culture enumerated the farms in the
/ vicinity of forest reserves, employees
Of the Bureau of Reclamation cam
vassed those in irrigation projects,
and Indian agents collected the data
for farms on Indian reservations. By
| securing the cooperation of these
| various agencies and by other econo-
mics a net saving of approximately
| 100000 was made in he cost of the
enumeration as compared with that
| Of 1920.
Census of Manufacture.
Prior to 1900 the census of manu-
| facture was taken only at 1--year in
| tervals in connection with the regu-
| lar decennial censuses of population
and agriculture. The act of March
3, 1902, contained a provision for B.
year inquiry, and four quinquennial
censuses were taken Hereunder, the
| first for 1904 and the last for 1919.
The act of March 8, 1915, provided for
biennial census of manufacture, and
| under this law the censuses of 1921
and 1928 were taken and a similar
census will be taken for 1925.
can important phase of the manu-
features work." as stated by Director
Steuart, "is the preparation of cor
rect list of manufacturing establish
ments. The great turnover or NOR
tality' during the two-year period, to-
gether with consultations, re-organi-,
cations, and changes in names, neces-1
states complete revision of the card
index. Of the 10000 establishments
reporting at the census for 1928, it
is safe to assume that fewer than $780,,
600 will appear in the records of the
next census under the same names.
This turnover necessitates not enly
the revision of the card index but also
the careful explanation of the purpos-
es and methods of the census to a
large group of manufacturers who are
called upon for the first time to sup
ply the cersus data" +
One of the most important of the
many statistical inquiries conducted
by the government is the Census Blu
reau's collection of data in regard to
births and deaths. The annual NOR
tally, statistics give the number of
| deaths from each cause in each To-
| cality, and thus make it possible to
| measure the toll exacted by each
cause of death from year to year. Such
| figures serve as the foundation Of
public health work. They indicate to
promising direction for the expendi-
ture of funds appropriated for such
work, and they clearly show what de-
| grees of success have attended the
campaigns for better health in. former
years. The declines in the infant
mortality rate and in the death rates
from typhoid fever, diphtheria, tuber-
culosis and many other diseases afford
striking proof of the success of form
er campaigns, but one views with con-
Germ the continually mounting rates
from cancer and heart diseases.
| Believing that the frequent presen-
tation of statistical information re-
| garding motor vehicle fatalities will
be factor in bringing about great
| err decree of safety on the public
highways, the Bureau of the Census is
| now publishing, every four weeks,
telegraphic returns of such fatalities
4 from cities of 100000 population or
more, and is endesvoring to collect
data which will permit the publication
annually of two sets of death rates
from motor vehicle accidents-one re-
ferring to the number of deaths re-
ported from each locality, regardless
of where the accidents occurred, and
the other representing the number
of deaths due to accidents in each To-
cality, regardless of where the deaths
occurred. The collection of these inn
portant data is being made possible
by the hearty cooperation of state,
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