Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-01-25
LAW OF INTEREST
REST
TO CLUB WOMEN
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I'D general nature OF industry, DuSl-
ness or establishment in which en-
ployed Cor employer).
(2O) Number of children born to
this mother, including present birth
CD Number of children of this
mother living.
(22) The certification of attending
physician or midwife as to attend
ance at birth, including statement
of year, month, day (as given in item
y, and hour of birth, and whether
the child was born alive or stillborn.
This certificate shall be signed by the
attending physician or midwife, with
date of signature and address; if
there is not physician or midwife in
attendance, then by the father or
mother of the child, householder,
owner of the premises, or manager
or superintendent of public or pri-
vate institution where the birth &C.
Cured, or other competent person,
whose duty it shall be to notify the
local registrar of such birth, as re-
quired by section 13 of this Act
(23) Exact date of filing in Office
of local registrar, attested by his Of
fetal signature, and registered num-
Sec. 15.-That when any certifi-
cate of birth of a living child is pre-
scented without the statement of the
given name, then the local registrar
shall make out and deliver to the
parents of the child special blank
for the supplemental report of the
given name of the child, which shall
be filled out as directed, and return
ed to the local registrar as soon as
the child shall have been named.
Sec. 16.-That every physician
midwife, and undertaken shall, with
out delay, register his or her name
address and occupation with the To-
cal registrar of the district in which
he or she resides, or may hereafter
establish a residence; and shall there
upon be supplied by the local regis
trar with a pocy of this Act, together
with such rules and regulations as
may be prepared by the state regis
trar relative to it's enforcement.
Within thirty days after the close OF
each calendar year each local reg
istrar shall make return to the
state registrar of all physicians, mid
wives, or undertakers who have been
registered in his district during the
whole or any part of the preceding
calendar year; provided, that no fee
or other compensation shall be charg-
ed by local registrars to physicians,
midwives, or undertakes for regis
tering their names under this section
or making returns thereof to the state
registrar.
Sec. 17.-That all superintendent
n nnrGnnG
charge of hospitals. almshouses, ly-
ing-in or other institutions, public or
private, to which persons resort for
treatment of diseases, confinement or
are committed by process of law,
shall make a record of all the person
al and statistical particulars relative
to the inmates in their institutions
at the date of approval of this Act,
which are required in the forms of the
certificates provided by this Act, as
directed by the state registrar; and
thereafter such record shall be. ~
them made for all future inmates at
the time of their admittance. And in
case of persons admitted or commit
ted for treatment Of disease. the ply
stefan in charge shall specify for en-
try in the record, the nature of the
IinSsase, and where in his opinion,
Il was contracted. The personal par
ticulars and information required by
this section shall be obtained from
the individual himself if it is practic-
able to do so and when they cannot be
so nobtained, they shall be obtained
in as complete manner as possible
from relatives, friends, or other per-
sons acquainted with the facts.
Sec. 1S.-That the state registrar
shall prepare, print and supply to all
registrars all blanks and forms used
in registering. recording and preserv-
ing the returns. or in otherwise car
rying out the purposes of this Act ;
and shall prepare and issue such de-
tailed instructions as may be requir-
ed to procure the uniform observ-
ance of it's provisions and the main
tenance of a perfect system of regis
tration; and no other blanks shall be
used than those supplied by the state
registrar. He shall carefully exam
inc the certificates received monthly
from the local registrars, and IL any
such are incomplete or unsatisfact-
DRY he shall require such further in
formation to be supplied as may be
necessary to make the record COM
plete and satisfactory. And all ply
sicians. midwives. informants, or un-
dertakers. and all other persons hav-
ing knowledge of the facts, are here
by required to supply, upon a form
provided by the state registrar or up
on the original certificate, such in
formation as they may possess re-
garding any birth or death upon de-
mand of the state registrar, in per-
son, by mail, or through the local
registrar; provided that no certifi-
cate of birth or death, after it's ac-
ceptance for registration by the To-
cal registrar, and no other record
made in pursuance OF this Act. shall
be altered or changed in any respect
otherwise than by amendments prop
erly dated, signed and witnessed. The
state registrar shall further arrange,
bind and permanently preserve the GER
tifcates in systematic manner, and
shall prepare and maintain a COM
prehensive and continuous card in
dex of all births and deaths regis
tered; said index to be arranged al
phabetically, in the case of deaths,
by the names of decedents. and in
tue case Ol ulTtns, ny the Hdihes VI
fathers and mothers. He shall in
form all registrars what diseases are
to be considered infectious, contag-
ious. or communicable and dangerous
to the public health. as decided by
the State Board of Health. in order
that when deaths occur from such
diseases proper precautions may be
taken to prevent their spread.
If any cemetery company or assoc
iation, or any chucch or historical
society or association. or any other
company, society or association. or
any individual, is in possession of any