The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-18

complications. lie will also send you
free an Illustrated booklet Write him
immediately.
the examination Of the North Carolina
waterways, to be undertaken, viii
probably be the only examination the
commission viii make unit next SUM
mer. Under the circumstances the Sc
lection CT q special committee 10 visit
= Orth Caroline is q very great compli~
n1ent to Senator Simmons.
The present plan is for the commit,
tee 10 leave her" on the night Of the
21st, reaching Norfolk by boat Sat+&r-
day morning. There u government
"a will be awaiting them. The COM
nittee Will spend Saturday morning
passing through aud inspecting the
Albemarie and Chesapeake canal
which it is probable will Ne purchased
by the government, spenf IT,. the II ght
at Elizabeth City. They Viii spend the
next day passing through the sounds
from Ella beth City to New Bern. ar
irving III New Bern Saturday evening.
They will spend Sunday at Beaufort,
Morehead City IL New Bern, leaving
SO as to reach Wilmington by way of
Goldsboro Monday morning at $50.
They will tn" Cape Fear be-
! on Monday. going to
L L ~ IbtSdiS ilteI1thS diit!
from there examining during Tuesday
the upper Cape Fear.
Vital Statistics.
Vital statistics, official records Of
births and deaths Of human beings
and how t, uiI:,.n ten will engage
he of one OF the most i'm
p~Ortant sections Of the conference on
Washington on January 11th, 18th.
and 10th. under the auspices Of the
National Civic Federation.
The interests Ct tabor in this sub
ject. its bearing upon child labor laws
and school laws, its influence upon the
health showing Of the committee. will
all be emphasized to the end Of aroua
ing a more alert and vigorous public
sentiment.
A model law drafter by the Amcri-
! can Medical Association will be suo-
mitted to the conference with the
idea OF having it adopted and recon-
mended for enactment into law by
The various State legislatures. Health
authorities and others interested in
vital statistics wish not an unnecessa-
~ moment lost in passing stringent
Ia VS. requiring closer attention to this
important subject.
Reports show that the South is a
g~rievous offender liz this matter. III
difference to vital statistics is wide
spread, but while other sections are
remiss the Southern States are noto-
riousiy lax,
A number Of national health socie-
ties are lending their aid to the end
OF securing greater attention to this
subject throughout the United States.
Organized labor is taking an inter
est III the subject, its members real
izing tina the absence OF accurate
registrations of births, renders diff
cult the enforcement OF child LABOR
laws and compulsory education laws.
During the past year legislation af-
fecting the keeping of vital statistics
was enacted in North Carolina, Ten
nesSee. Arizona, Delaware and Mis-
souri,. In other States where laws al
ready on the statute book requiring
registration of all births OF infants are
being ignored, an effort will be made
to make them more effective.
Carefully coilated and tabulated
statistics are demanded by intelligent
growth Of business and government.
The haphazard. negligent. ineffect-
ual method of keeping records OF the
birth and death Of human beings Is
to be wiped cut OF national ana local
organization can accomplish it.
The societies taking an Interest in
this movement in addition to the
American Association which has
drawn the model bill, are the AIlerI-
can Public Health Association, the Ma