The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-01-17
BIRTHS And DEATHS
MUST Be REPORTED
PRESIDENT OF STATE MEDICAL
SOCIETY CALLS ATTENTION
TO NEW LAW ON SUB
JECT.

The new vital Statistics Law be-
cOone operative with the advent OF
the New Year. For the first time in
the history OF Kentucky there will be
registered under the form OF Law a
human being
For the purpose oi carrying out
the provisions OF the act there have
been appointed over the entire state
Local Registrars whose duty II will
be 10 forward the reports OF births
and deaths to the State office
The State Board of Health will learn
from the reports Of deaths what parts
ut the state are infected with con-
municable and preNentablc diseases
and he able to lower the death rate
and effectually control the spread Of
such afllicuons.
It becomes unlawful to bury the
dead without a permit which is issued
by me Local Registrar wnen a GER
tificate of death IL presented by The
undertaken from the doctor. This en-.
ablcs the Board To locate the cpl
denies and. by regulations as to huri-
ais. prevent The spread of disease.
The physician is required to report
all births within ten days to the Local
Registrar who forwards them to the
State office. ii no physician Is in ut
tendance, it becomes the duty Of the
parents OF the child to report such
events.
The following are tire names OF
the Local Registrars FOR Lincoln coun-
~ and the territory each has been
assigned.
Nj. William Carson. voting pre-
oincts Stanford Nos. /. 2. and 3. and
Rowland No. 4. address Stanford.
Miss Kate Blain. voting precinct
Iiustonvtle Nos. and ,, Huston
Vile
Miss Alice Gooch. voting precincts
Mckinney and Turnersville. McKin.
ney.
sit. Asa Il. Morgan. voting precinct
Waynesburg Nos. and >. Waynes.
burg
Nj. Gabe 4. Walters. voting pre-
cincts Highland and Kings Mountain.
Address Kings Mountain.
Mr.. John Edmiston. voting precinct
crab Orchard Nos. and .. Address
CRAB Orchard.
Nery yespt.
J. G. CARPENTER.
President of Kentucky Medical A
sociation.
New Ruling OF State Registrar.
70 relieve some of the difficulty ot
undertakers In securing burial OF re-
moval RENTS when the local registrar
lives in a rural or remote district. the
state Registrar has issued tho fol
lowing rule which will relieve 10 q
great extent the friction encountered
i'm the operation of the new law:
\ local registrar may act as sub
registrar to any local registrar OF hi
county or adjacent county aud mGy
sign the name OF the loca! registrar
OF the district in which the death oc
CURED to any burial. removal or tran
lsit permit when the undertaken. o'
} person acting as such las presented :
complete death certificate and com
luned with law and rules and reguIa
lions OF the Stae BoaT1 OF Health
Such permits shall constitute authori
~ for burial or removal.
The sub-reGistrar shall sign hi
name with the Prefix per" undo
the name oil the local registrar 20
whom he Is acting and shall forwar
at once the death certificate To tina
local registrar. who will be paid tn
[ fee az provided by law.
4 The sub-registrar may charge th
sum tho sum OF twenty i've cents TO
his services to be paid by the undel
taker.
Given under my nand this sixth da
= OF January. OF the year nineteen Eul
i bred eleven. W. l.. HEIZER. N. L
State Registrar.