The annual report on the statistics of mortality for the registration area, 1909, has been prepared and a considerable portion of it, including all the summary and general tables, is in type. It contains rates for each of the years 1901 to 1909, revised on the basis of the population shown by the census of 1910. Publication of this report will probably have to be delayed until the appropriation for the next fiscal year shall become available. The annual bulletin on mortality statistics for the year 1910 has been published and distributed. This bulletin is intended to convey advance information for the use of sanitary officials and others requiring the latest data. The annual report for the year, which is a very important one because of the possibility of making direct comparison of registration and population returns, is now in course of preparation. The first compilation of births ever prepared by the Bureau of the Census on the basis of transcripts from the original certificates has been completed. It relates to the year 1908, but its immediate publication will probably be delayed by lack of funds. Compilations of births from a limited birth-registration area have also been made for the years 1909 and 1910, and transcripts for a portion of the year 1911 have been received. The registration of births is much less complete and accurate in this country than the registration of deaths, but there is an awakening sentiment in its favor. In January, 1911, a booklet entitled "Physicians' Pocket Reference to the International List of Causes of Death" was mailed to every physician in the United States. The publication has already accomplished much for the improvement of the statement of cause of death, a fundamental matter for correct mortality statistics. A "Manual of the International List of Causes of Death" has also been published for the use of registration officials, which is in full accordance with the similar manual since published by the registrar general of England so that all English-speaking countries are now agreed in the methods of collection and statistical treatment of causes of death. A much-needed reform in medical nomenclature is now in progress, with the cooperation of this Bureau and other Government services. The chief statistician of the Division of Vital Statistics of the Census Bureau is chairman of the committee on the nomenclature and classification of diseases constituted by the American Medical Association for this purpose. Respectfully submitted. E. DANA DURAND, Director. APPENDIXES. APPENDIX I. FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE THIRTEENTH DECENNIAL CENSUS TO DECEMBER 31, 1911. 1 These figures include $289,676.04, salaries earned in 1911, but not on cash book Dec. 31, 1911; and $62,318.03 for printing done in 1911, but not paid Dec. 31, 1911. FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE THIRTEENTH DECENNIAL CENSUS TO DECEMBER 31, 1911-Continued. 1 These figures include $289,676.04, salaries earned in 1911, but not on cash book Dec. 31, 1911; and $62,318. 03 for printing done in 1911, but not paid Dec. 31, 1911. Appropriations, receipts, etc.. Balance, December 31, 1911. SUMMARY. $15, 172, 439.71 14, 449, 078.25 723,361.46 |