Evening journal., 1920-05-08
HEALTH BOARDS
new REGISTRARS
Entire State Now Organized
: For Recording Births,
Deaths, Marriages
WILMINGTON FORMS
DISTRICT BY ITSELF

Announcement has been made by
The State Board OF Health Of the new
districts for registration Of births,
deaths and marriages throughout the
-State and Of the registrars.
The new regulations provide that
all certificates shall be filed with the
registrar nearest to the place where
the event occurred. Heretofore ccrtin-
Gates have been made TO an official
: many miles away and there was no
check as to whether or not the rec
OrdS were ever received. Furthermore,
owing TO the difficulty Of obtaining
. burial permits. some undertakers have
Eiade IL a practice te bury dead bodies
flrst and obtain death certificates
afterwards. As a result OF this un-
satisfactory method many deaths have
never been reported. and the failure
10 obtain a medical certificate Of
, death may assist In cOncealing a crime
i OF the first degree.
II Is the duty OF every registrar TO
refuse TO accept any certificate that is
not completely made out aud 10 re-
! port 10 the State Board Of Health
the name Of any physician, clergy
| man, undertaken or midwife who fails
. TO file certificate as provided by law:
In the case Of deaths. before burial
In the case Of births within 10 DAYS
lland In the case OF marriages before
The tenth day Of the following month.
7 Local sub-registrars forward certin-
\ Gates weekly TO the local registrar OF
their district and he In turn sends the
certificate for his entire district 10
4 the State Board of Health at Dover be-
fore the tenth day OF each month.
The original records are kept perma-
nenuy on flle at the Slate House so
that authentic information about any
birth, death or marriage anywhere in
the State can be obtained at any time
upon the payment OF nifty cents 10
cover the cost OF making a search and
/ transcript.
The city OF Wilmington Is created
a district by itself, known as the third
4 district Of New Castle county. The
secretary of the Board Of Health is
registrar The other districts through
out the State are as follows.
First District-WilmingtO for re-
iurns outside the city limits only. G.
A. Richie, NJ D.; Claymont Arthur
Y p Hudson; HOckessin. Fred Gebhart (;
Marshallt0n. Irwin IT, Eastburn; New
/. ark, Herbert j. Watson; New Castle.
n Arnold II. Padberg; Delaware City,
Frank X. Irons; Kirkwood. r. T. King.
Kent County.
II fIrsL Dl,lricl-cIlNInd, j. w.
Il Clifton. NJ. D.; clayton, J. s.
Cobb, NJ. D.: Kenton. w. s. Arthurs.
Second District-Camden, l.. s. Con-
WELL NJ D.; Lelpsic. Mrs. n. T. ler-
mao: Dover, Herman G. Taylor; Little
Creek, J. Thomas Lowe; Marydel, j.
r r. Smith. NJ. d.
Third District-HTrington, Gordon
Riley; FELTON,, james II. Jones; Fred
Il erica. a. w. Carrow: Milford. J. G.
Dawson. NJ. D.: Hickman, William
Croll; Hollandsville, Annie Lister.
Sussex County.
Pirst Georgetown, r. G.
Paynter, NJ. D. Milton, Walter
Crouch; Milford. ]. G. Dawson. NJ. d.
NJ Nanticoke. Jas. n. Russell; s. Nan
tlcoke. Everett Lambden.
Second District-SeafOrd w. +
Haines, NJ. D.: Bridgeville. o. T.
II Wiley; Laurel, II. o. Riggin; Delmar
II. NJ. Waller.
Third District-Lewes. VIM. p. Orr
NJ. D.: Millsboro, VIM. B. Jones, NJ. ID.
: Millyille, X. Jas. Hooker, NJ. d.: Selby-
vile. w. B. Derrickson; Gumboro. D
V. James, NJ. d.