Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1945-09-14
THE ACCURACY OF
BIRTH CERTIFICATES
WILL BE CHECKED BY
BOARD OF HEALTH
CONTINUED from First Psge)

to many difficulties when people
come, years later. to the Bureau oil
Vital Statistics expecting to be able
to get an accurately filled out
birth certificate.
For some Is years, parents have
been expected to verify the name
OF their child as it was written on
the birth record that the doctor is
required by law to file with the
State Board of Health for each ba-
by he delivers. 1t was hoped that
parents would verify all the other
information on the record at the
same time, but this. apparently,
was not done in many cases. 1t has
however, definitely increased the
percentage of forms coming i'll on
which the bahy's given name is
completely filled in.
Parents Must Reply
Now, when the doctors record is
filed with the State Board of
Health. the Bureau of Vital Statis-
tics will send the parents an UNI
verified miniature copy of the birth
i record printed on form letter and
filled in as the doctor filled in the
original that he filed. No longer
will the old form entitled: "NOtiti-
cation of Birth Registration" be
sent to parents. 4 new form called
ratification OF Birth Registrar
ton will take its place but this
will not be sent to parents unless
the query form which they will re-
ceivc for vcrification of the facts
has been Ok-ed and returned
promptly to the State Board OF
Health in Dover.
Dr.. Edwin Cameron. who is
State Registrar as well as being
the Executive Secretary of the
State Board of Health, points ou'
that this checking may seem {
Chore now but that when an indi
vidual comes back ~ to 20 year!
from now and wants birth certi
ficate. he can be more sure that
under the new system, accurate
and complete information will b,
ON file with the State Board.
= The new form is furnished to tn
: State Board of Health by the L.
Bureau of the Census in the inter
est of more complete and acCurat,
Z L. :. census records. The Censu
/ Bureau also furnishes franked en-
$ NclopeS SO that postage for them i
:. not an expense to the State. Til
: new procedure for checking accu
:. raCy is of value not only to the [
l. :. Bureau of the Census but viii
il he of benefit to the States Burca
|. of Vital Statistics and to the indi
d vidual as we'll
5000 Babies In II Months
! The magnitude of keeping Dirt
: records of Della wares new childre
:. can be seen from the records whic
: show 6,055 babies born in the stat
!, during 1914 and approximately 3
5 GOO for the first half of the cure
5. year.
Miss Mildred Spencer as speci;
>. agent. Bureau of the Census. heaC
q Della wares Bureau of Vital Stats
< tics under DR.. Cameron. state re,
~ lister. She is assisted by a staff
six.
>, DR.. Cameron points out that a
N accurate birth certificate is a vel
n important scrap of paper for
makes known who a person is al
= when and where he was born. ri
- presentation of a birth certitica
-, is the most satisfactory way
prove that an individual is &
proper age to go to school.
= work. to marry. to hold office,
claim social security benefits
. is the easiest way of proving ci
~ zcnship upon application for a pas
port. and the simplest method
showing family relationship VIII
as claiming servicemens dependan
VI allowances