The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-08-19
VITAL STATISTICS IMPORTANT.
Reasons Why Accurate Record Of
Births and Deaths Should Be Kept.


Reasons Why Accurate Record Of
!! Births and Deaths Should Be Kept.
The Louisiana State Board of
Health points out the following rea-
sons Why births should be registered:
|. That the birth, date of birth,
parentage and other essential inform
alton for governmental and Identifies
ton purposes may be made matter
of official record.
2. That the ages of school children
may be definitely known, making, the
proper enforcement of school ws
possible.
8. That IL q laws affecting child la
Dor may be Elective and the children
of the poor thereby protected.
4. That labor may become Safer by
the elimination of children under le-
gal age from all hazardous oeeupa-
tions.
5. That the law abiding employers
of youth may be protected.
s. That prosecutions dealing with
"age of consent may be settled by
record and not by conjecture.
7. That litigation i'm matters Of in
heritance and settlement of estates
may be simplifed by the definite
knowledge Of the ages of all persons
concerned.
| s. That the Mmerican-born chill
/ dren of foreign-born parents may
| have indisputable evidence of Amer
lean birth which will protect them
from enforced military service when
visiting the mother country of the
| parents.
8. That blindness may be prevent
ed by prompt medical attention to
the infected eyes of the newborn.
10. That infection and mortality
among women may be prevented and
that young babies may be saved by
immediate attention by existing
agencies for the relief Of the poor.
IL. That the children's bureau of
the United States government may
become effective and may carry out
the duties imposed upon it by con-
gress.
IL. That the millions of dollars,
from public and private sources, ded-
icated to the protection of infants
and the welfare of the young and the
development of the race may be wise
" and intelligently employed.
Death registration without birth
registration is like an acs,rate ac-
counting of expenditures without
consideration of insousas Deaths
should be. 'sreeistsEassas ii. the reason:
!. r. i,os at hand
Acon1l IA e6rates Information
las s all human beings.
aath and causes Of
aslss end that lsreyeItable
1 at aea "a, may -be eliminated
5,sltrEsS sssIi1isssl ysiives Heightened.
2. That "a u ssss2prs health
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I that occur and tliaf may operate
intelligently.
3. That these agencies may deter
mine when and where preventabls
/ deaths occur.
/ d. That pestilential and epidemic
diseases may be detected promptly.
S. That we may apply our scientific
knowledge of disease prevention in
diligently at the time and in the
place where such application is most
needed.
6. That the success or failure Of
all measures attempted in the pre-
vention of disease may be accurately
determined.
Z. That states, cities, localities
may learn their own health condition
by comparison with the conditions OF
other communities.
8. That home-seekers and irrirrii-
grants may be guided in the selection
Of safe and hea1thfui homes by ac-
-curate information rather than by
misstatement Of interested persons.
9. That the settlement of estates
and matters of inheritance, pensions,
etc. may be definitely settled by Of
i fetal record of death instead OF on
| the memory Of interested witnesses