Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-15
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Statistics in Relation Thereto Must
Be Furnished to the Health
Officers.
Ignorance of the Law No Excuse
ALI Persons Must Positively
Read Up.

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tention to the necessity of enlightening
the people somewhat on the require
ments of the'new "vital statistics" law.
Few people know or realize that it is the
duty of parents to give notice to the
health officer of all births and deaths
OF their children; and of every house.
holder to give notice of these occur
rences, and of relatives of deceased per.
sons to give notice of their death. The
following extracts from the law should
be posted up in every household:
-SMEGG1IiT0 T !; STAT,sr1G Tsa HOW Sse COLLECTED se5la,
of each city within the limits of such city.
and superintendent of the county board Of
health of each county in this state. in his
county outside of such city, shall obtain
inc register the following facts concern
ing the births and deaths occurring therein,
separately numbering and recording the
them, designated in separate columns, viz:
In the registery of births, the date Of birth,
the name of child (if it have ANY,. the sex
and color of child. the names and places
of birth of the parents, and the date of
the record; in the registry of deaths, the
date of death, (the name of the deceased)
the sex and color, and the condition,
whether single. widowed or married. Ithe
age and place of birth), the names and
places of birth Of the parents, the disease
or cause of death, and the date of record.
E z. NOTICE OF BIRTH Or DEATH
BY WHOM GIVEN. Parents Shall give
notice to such health officer of the births
holder shall give like notice of every birth
and death happening in his house; the
oldest person next to kin shall give such
notice of the death of his kindred: the
keeper or other proper officer, Of every
workhouse, poorhouse. reform school, Jail,
Prison PR no hospital, asylum, or 'other,public or
of any birth or death happening among the
persons under his charge.
DUTY OF ATTENDENT-BIRTn
OR DEATH Any physician having at
tended q person during his last illness
shall within five days after the decease Of
sue person, furnish for registration to
alton Of the last illness. the name of the
deceased, his age, the disease of which the
person died, and the date of his
decease: and any physician or midwife
having attended a case of confinement.
n within five days thereafter, furnish
Tor registration to said health officer. a
certificate of the date of birth, sex and
color of the child. with the names, dates
and places of births of the parents.
Section 4 provides for monthly re-
ports from city health officer to county
superintendent on blanks furnished by
the county auditor.
Section 5 provides for transmittal of
reports to the state board by the county
superintendent. The state board
furnishes the necessary blanks.
Violation of this act, or failure to
comply with its provisions, subjects the
guilty party to a fine of not less than
IS nor more than $50.
There are numerous other laws OF
which people who have never read the
laws know but little, if anything at all.
But ignorance of the law will not OK.
cuse anybody. Every person is liable
for violation of the laws, no matter
whether he is posted or not. The bet.
ter way is to keep posted. The TR1BUSE's
popular Edition" of the session laws
should be in every household. Every
farmer and merchant should have a CODY,
The price is within the reach of all.
When first issued the price wae IS cents.
but now in order to reach all classes
the prices have been reduced as follows:
1893 laws, IS cents; 1891 laws, Is cents:
1880 laws, Is cents; all three, containing
all laws passed since statehood, rs cents.
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