BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

SAM. L. ROGERS, Director

THE FEDERAL REGISTRATION SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES: ITS DEVELOPMENT,

PROBLEMS, AND DEFECTS

PREPARED FOR THE SECOND PAN AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 27, 1915, TO JANUARY 8, 1916

BY

CRESSY L. WILBUR, M. D.

CHIEF STATISTICIAN FOR VITAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, 1906-1914
DIRECTOR OF VITAL STATISTICS, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ALBANY