Show mortality and lital stylistics OF THE office I 1 C alny 1 iak 70 ion the various in edical associations and lie medical will be glad to learn that DC john 8 billings burgeon U 8 army lias consented to take charge of the report oil mortality ami vial ot the united plates as returned by the eleventh census As the united states has no system of registration of vita statistics such al is relied uon by other civilized nations for the purpose of ascertaining the actual movement of population our census the only opportunity of near an approximate estimate of the birth and death rates of much I 1 he larger part of the coun arv fleich is falth any satisfactory is system ot state and municipal registration in view of this alia censa office durigg tha month of slay this year will assue to the ruedi caf the country physicians for be purpose w obtain me more accurate returns than it ia possible for abe enumerator a to make it is ear notly hoped that in every part 0 the country will co with the cearns office in abla important work the record cohoou be kept to may nearly 20 ot books etere fillod up and lo 10 in 1880 and nearly all of tham used for purposes it is hoped that double toils number ill be obtained tor the eleventh census ill not receiving can obtain bliem by Beni liuK narces and to the oina and with tho r an boffl bial hichi requires no will be or luicir return to washington if all awl burr ical era throughout tho country will benj their kiil the mortality ami lital nta of ali eleventh census u ill be more corn than they haio ever been avery take a personal pe n havio Rhia report as lull and accurate as it Is possible to make it it is hereby that 11 edior ria fion obtained thiu dource shall be held strictly pontes burt of census |