The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-01-16
Notice

The New Vita Statistics Law re-
oui,es that each Birth and Death he
registered Immediately with the
Local Registrar of the District in
otlch the Birth or Death occurred.
How Births Are R Clustered
The Doctor or Midwife who at
.. Ids Birth Is r CURED to file a
e., rrificate Of sand Birth with the
Local Registrar IF the District in
.umch the kirth occurred within
tea days. In Case neither Doctor
nor Midwife is IN attendance parents
are required to file such certificate.
How Deaths Are Registered
The Undertaken, OF person acting
as such, is required to file with the
Local Registrar Death certificate,
properly signed by an informant,
and by the physician last in attend
ance on the deceased. The physi-
clan will assign the cause of death.
The law requires that this certif-
cate hp filed with the Local Registrar
of "A District, and that Burial
Permit be procured from him before
dlsposing OF a dead body
Why Births And Deaths Should
Be Registered
The chief purposes Of the registra-
ton IF vital statistics NAV he sum-
yafjzad a7 Attending % legal re-
Ger y the pr IN If the rights
Of individuals arc pecially Of the
more helpIesa CIR 8. infants and
women, and fer CO IT purposes; ~
sanitary records e. the prevalence
of disease absolGjt Iy necessary for
t effective wolk of all public
health services, city, state AM
national; 81 knowledge of the
character and movement of pOpula'
ton, essential for enlightened legis'
lation and study of the growth O.
the United States.
Why Register Births?
That the facts Of date of birth
and parentage may become a matter
of official record, useful for purposes
of identification and for the numer
Gus and increasing legal uses of suct
registration; that laws regulating
school age and age of employment
may become enforceable through
available evidence of age; that evi
derce of age in prosecutions TO
criminal offences relating to the ag'
of consent may be forthcoming
that the nature and amount of thu
nat!ral increase Of our population
NAV be known; that reliable dati
on infantile mortality NAV he afford
led. so that the causes of deaths @
infants NAV be ptudied properl
and many lives infants be saved
that timely aid be given to infant
and to mothers, and that infanticid
and mistreatment of infants b
prevented.
Why Register Deaths?
That complete and accurate il
| formation as to all deaths Of huma
beings may help to eliminate pre-
ventable causes of deaths and length
en- huma0n life; that public an
private health agencies may operat
intelligently; that epidemic disease
may be detected promptly; ths
scientific knowledge of disease pre-
vention may be applied intelligent
at the time and place where mos
, needed; that the success or failul
of all measures attempted in tn
prevention of disease may be az
curately determined; that cities an
rural districts alike may learn the
: own health conditions in con pariso
with those of other Communitit
and thus understand whether the
are receiving a fair measure of san
tary protection; that home-seekel
and immigrants may be guided i
! the selection of safe and heathfU
homes by accurate information
rather than by misstatements mad
|! by interested persons; and tha
correct legal records may b. availabl
,.fdr the settlements Of estates, &C
justment of titles, and for the man
! ,uurnOsps in which suCh Official IL