The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-10
ONLY TWO ERRORS FOUND.
COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER Hoap-
 LEY COMPLETES HIS TASK.

Birth and Desth csrtiaentes of the Count,
 insPeeted-Registrar Carr's Records tn. Best In tho state-How Mistakes Arise-
 Made by Doctors.
 County Health Officer Hoadley has
 just completed his arduous task of in.
 spectins all the birth and death certin.
 cates filed in New Haven county from
 January to August l. and with the ex.
 ception Of two cases he finds all the
 returns correct in every particular. In
 the two returns in question the error
 exists in birth certificates. In both in-
 stances the first name of the child is
 Incorrectly given. but this Is the error
 Of the physicians reporting the death
 and not of Registrar Carr.
 In speaking of the work of Registrar Carr of New Haven. County Health Officer Hoadley says: The vital statfs. tics Of the town of New Haven are the pest In the county, and not only that, but they are the best In the state. Reg istrar Carr Is one of the ablest and most efncient registrars In the state. The two errors which were discovered in the returns. are not chargeable to him.. but were made by the physicians re- porting the births. The town of New Haven has the largest birth and death lists In the state and yet they contain the fewest errors.
 By way of contrast look at the re- turns from the town of Southbury. In that town there have been only ninete cen births since January 1, and yet of that number seventeen certificates have been defective. The chief cause of such err ors lies in the fact that physicians do not know in many cases the first name of the child, and so in order to properly fill out the certificate they put fin the name of John or any other Christian name that may come into, their heads. or course they intend to"make the cor rections later, but in many instan nces they forget all about 1t and the cor rection Is never made. In this way some persons go through the world and live out their allotted time with an en- tirely different Christian name from that which is to be found on their birth certificates.
 Then again. some of the registrars are careless about the matter. but this charge cannot be laid at the door of the efficient registrar of the town of New Haven. In every instance where there Is any room for doubt Registrar Carr sends personal request to the parents, asking them for the correct name of their offspring.
 The law on tho subject requires that the physicians shall file birth certifi- cates on or before the seventh day of the month following the birth of the child. In some cases the parents have not decided upon the name of the child within this time, and in conseuuence the physicians are compelled to make out the certificates in the manner they do. So, after all. you can see the mis- takes are not always the fault of the as they are compelled to do as they do in order to comply with the law. n ',' i">
 "In the future I'shall have physicians where they cannot find out accurately the name of the child, leave blank in the certificate, and the registrar, can lind 1out the name later and fill 1t in. This is done every quarter by Registrar Carr, and find 1t works in excellent shape By this means the information necessary for the proper filling out of ahe certificate can De secured in every instance"
 The county health offlcseff afist also stated hat hereafter all physicians who fail Q duly file birth and death certificates within the time prescribed by law will 'e prosecuted to the fullest extent pos- 'ible.