The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-16
WARRANTS FOR
TWO PHYSICIANS
They Failed TO Register
Births at Which They
Attended.
DR.. Eidenmuller and DR.. Lowry
Find Themselves Within the
Clutches of the Law.
The Unfavor able Showing of Births
Against Deaths the Cause OF
the New Crusade.

| The opening gun of the Board Of
Health's crusade against the physicians
who fail to register births, as required by
law, was fired yesterday when warrants
for two we'll known physicians were sworn
out against violators of the law.
The present board has felt great deal
OF annoyance over the fact that the num-
Der of births reported at the Health Office
was Away less than the number OF deaths,
although it was well known that the
actual number of deaths occurring during
any given period was less than the births.
There is section of the Political Code
that reads as follows:
Sec. 1924. Physicians and midwives must, on
or before the fourth. day of each month, make
return to the Health Officer OF all births,
deaths and the number OF stlllborn children
occurring in their practice during the pre-
ceding month. In the absence OF such attend
ants, the parent must make such report within
thirty days after the birth of the child. Such
returns must be made in accordance with
rules adopted and upon blanks furnished by
the Board of Health.
The Board of Supervisors has also taken
hold of the matter and passed a more
stringent order. which is as fellows:.
Order 2341.
Sec. i Physicians and midwiyes must, on or
-
return to the Health officer of all births occur
ring in their practice during the preceding
month. In the absence OF such attendants,
the parent must make such report within
thirty days after the birth OF the child. Such
returns must be made in accordance with the
rules adopted and upon blanks furnished by
the Board of Health
Sec 2. ANY person violating any of the pro-
visions of this order shall be deemed guilty OF
misdemeanor and be punished by q fine not
exceeding 500 or imprisonment not exceed
an nil day nv m
prisonment
The board attempted to enforce these
measures some time ago. and caused the
arrest of a physician who had failed to
register birth at which he offieiated. He
was regularly tried before a Police Judge
and convicted.
Since then, and up to yesterday, though
violations of the law were frequent, no
arrests were made.
| The semi-annual report of the board
/ wes recently issued. and the showing OF
births against deaths was so bad that the
members decided to make an example OF
O few physicians, and gave orders that
| the first cases where good evidence could
be obtained should be taken into the
courts.
Within the past few days c. A. Blank
and ]. G. Barker have. reported that
| though children were born to their wives
at comparatively recen: dates they were
unable to find any records to that effect.
The physician who attended Mrs. Blank
was DR.. w. G. Eidenmuller of IA Grant
avenue, and the attendant of Mrs. Barker
was DIR. Z. N. Lowry of 213 Geary street.
On the statements obtained from the
| fathers warrants were sworn out before
| Judge Joachimsen for the two doctors,
and they will BE- vigorously prosecuted.
In future arrests will be made IN ali
authenticated cases.