The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1919-06-14
fAsCAGOUlA, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY, JUNE A.


ality, are of Importance to any people
l3)The future protection, both finan
clally and legally, of a child justifie
record of its birth. This check will
serve as check to infringements OF
the child's rights (4) A correct re
cord of the day of birth will be Of us,
In determining the correct age of al
applicant for life insurance. The tim,
is drawing near when such recort
VIII be required to take q life insur
ance Similarly in other business
transactions in which the age is a par
OF the contract the correct record o
birth will be invaluable. go In travel
ling birth certificate is necessary
Many times visitors have been sub
Jected to embarrassment because they
were not able to prove their indentity
and citizenship. In future times this
Will be Of more Importance than even
now t6l In some states, on entering
school, child is required to show a
copy OF his birth certificate as proof
OF his age, (7) 1t often happens that
record of birth is required in order
to vote, to obtain marriage license
to enter military service, etc. (8) In
courts in which the child is involved a
birth record is often necessary to give
the child full protection. 90 The re-
gistration of births is often of great
Importance in the improvement of
public health and in all problems in
which the infant is involved. 800 In
labor laws which require that 10 child
shall work under a certain age, the
only thing that can prove the child's
exact age is birth certificate issued
by he Local Registrar of Vital Statis-
tics The company in order 10 insure
Itself against the violation of this law
should require the birth certificate to
be shown.
Likewise, the question may be ask,
ed why should deaths be registered 2"
Some answers to this question are this:
0DIt is the duty of the state to pre-
serve the public health. The informa-
ton gained from the death certificate
is of great use in accomplishing this
end. (2) The death certificate show
ing date and cause of death may be of
great value in settling up his property
and life insurance. 90 Often infor-
nation concerning the dead Is needed.
This information may be found on the
death certificate. t4 The death GER
tilicate contains the cause of death
from diseases and in this way, causes
of diseases are located and other sick
ness and death is avoided t5) Death
certificates are considered legal docu-
ments and are accepted III Sonrt~and
save much trouble and expense. CO.
In working out the betterment of
health, the death rate Is necessary
This is found through the death regis
trations. GD The rate of deaths in a
locality is of commercial interest be-
cause the settlement is based upon
these facts. go Localities and states
are often envious concerning health
The record of deaths
makes it possible to deny charges
made by such. enyious communities.
90 Death rates which are determined
from death records, enables the life
insurance companies to offer lower
rates, since they know the conditions. !
Otherwise it would be necessary for
them to charge exorbitant rates.
During this war the Importance of
birth registration was made very plain.
The government required that all child
rem who were dependents OF soldiers, |
hose who should receive share of |
MS support fund, and children of faith
ers in service should a certified copy
Of his birth certificate which was sup
Dlied by the Bureau Of Vital Statistics.
IN settling insurance claims it was re-
luired that the beneficiary or depend
liant of soldier who died in service,
should show a legal proof of his identi-
" as shown in the death certificate
Therefore no citizen should fail to file
birth certificate for each birth or file
death certificate for each - n u it
nay prove a serious drawback as
hown above. In the reconstruction
ollowing this war, it is evident that
concerning vital statistics
will be much greater. 1t is most prob
BILE that every state will adopt the
method that every pupil should show
lis birth certificate before entering
chool and other similar methods maxi
ng il of great importance that birth
ertificate for every child should be
led with the Bureau of Vital Stats
les.
There is a penalty for violations OF
he rules of vital statistics which reads
8 follows: Amy person or persons
Tho shall violate any rule, regulation.
r order of the State Board of Health
elatiye to recording. reporting, or FL I
,g information for the Bureau of Vi I
Al Statistics. or who shall wilfully c
eglect or refuse to preform any duties
nposed upon them by said order, or I
tho shall furnish taise information I
Or the purpose of making incorrect c
ecords for said Bureaus, shall be 1
eemed guilty of misdemeanor. and a
non conviction thereof. shall be fined !
of less than five dollars and not more a
ian one hundred dollars. or be i'm :
Iisoned in county Jail not exceeding
ixty DAYS or suffer both fine and i'm c