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CensusBureau Asks
Survey Returns
In the next day or two 166.00C households in Virginia’s majoi urban areas will find a letter in their mail from the Bureau of thr Census requesting them to return their questionnaires for the Home Fallout Protection Survey. The Bureau is conducting the State-wide survey in conjunction with similar surveys in the District and Maryland, for the Department of Defense, Office ol Civil Defense, with the cooperation of the Virginia Civil Defense Office.
About sixty-six percent of the questionnaires delivered to residences in the mail areas at the start of the survey in April have been returned, according to the Census Bureau.
Only a short time is left before the conclusion of the survey for the remaining households to have the fallout protection in their homes evaluated by Census Bureau computer. For homes with basements, the computer figures the degree of protection against radioactive fallout each basement provides. A confidential report is mailed directly to the householder. There is no cost to the householder for this service. The Census Bureau and the Virginia Civil Defense Office urge every family who receives this reminder letter to take a few minutes and answer the questions on the form, and then mail it promptly in the return, postpaid envelope provided. The Virginia Home Fallout Protection Survey is being conducted by mail in the twenty-nine urban areas and in other selected areas in Chesterfield, Henrico, Fairfax, uid Arlington Counties. In the 'emainder of the State, the survey oas been completed. It was taken oy Census Bureau interviewers vho called at homes.
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