The Dickinson press., 1913-07-26
Take Notice
Office Of Stark County Board Of
Health. ]. N. Bowen. Supt,

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Owing to the ca~relessness of the gen.
eral public in regard to prompt report
ing to the proper officials all cases OF
Death, Birth and Contagious Disease,
hereby urge strict compliance with the
State Vital Statistics laws, portions
from which are copied herewith:
Sec. 5-ReRistration of Births-All
births that occur in the state shall be
Immediately registered in the districts
in which they occur.
I Sec. 13-Certificate of Birth. filed
when and by whom-It shall be the
duty of the attending physician or mid
wife to file the certificate of birth
properly and completely filled out,
giving all the particulars required by
this act. with the local registrar of
i the district in which the birth occurred,
I within three days after the date of
birth, and if there be no attending
! physician or midwife, then it shall be
/ the duty of the father of the child,
householder or owner of the premises,
manager or superintendent of public OF
private institution in which the birth
occurred, to file said certificate of birth
with the local registrar. within three
days after the birth.
Sec. 7-StillbOrn children to be
registered-Stillborn children. or those
dead at birth, shall be registered as
births and also as deaths, and a certifi-
cate of both the birth and the death
shall be filed with the local registrar
in the usual form and Manner. the
certificate of birth to contain. in place
of the name of the child. the words
''still BIRTH" The medical certificate
of the cause of death shall be signed
by the attending physician. and shall
state the cause of death as still
born. with the cause of the still
birth, If known: whether a premature
birth. and if born p~rematurely the
period of INCARCERATION in months, il
known, and q burial or removal permit
in the usual form shall be required.
SEX. 22-Penalty for failure to COM
ply with law
If any physician who was in medical
attendance upon any deceased person
at the time of death shall neglect o. re.
fuse to make u and deliver to the
undertaken. sexton or other person in
charge of the interment. removal OF
other disposition Of the body. Upon re.
quest, the medical certificate of cause
shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
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shall be fined not less than five dollars
nor more than fifty dollars, and if an,
physician shall willfully Or knowinglj
make a false ce~rtiacation of the cause
of death in any case. he shall..be deem.
ed guilty of q misdemean0r and up0I
conviction thereof, shall be fined mo-
less than fifty dollars nor more thar
two hundred dollars. and any physician
or midwife in attendance upon a cas-,
of confinement. or any other person
charged with responsibility for report
ing births. in the order named in sec
tion Is Of this act, who shall neglec
or refuse to file q proper certificate 20
birth with the local registrar withil
the time required by this act. shall b.
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor ant
upon conviction thereof shall be fine,
not less than five dollars nor more thar
fifty dollars.
S NJ DR.. j. ". BOWEN,
y Supt. Stark Co. Board of Health
81 adv. 7-19-.