Vital statistics : an introduction to the science of demography / by George Chandler Whipple.

  • George C. Whipple
Date:
1923
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Vital statistics : an introduction to the science of demography / by George Chandler Whipple. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and regulations of the State board of health concerning the burial or other disposition of a dead body.]^ Sec. 10. That if the interment or other disposition of the body is to be made within the State, the wording of the burial or removal permit may be limited to a statement by the registrar, and over his signature, that a satisfactory certificate of death having been filed with him, as required by law, permission is granted to inter, remove, or dispose otherwise of the body, stating the name, age, sex, cause of death, and other necessary details upon the form prescribed by the State registrar. Sec. 11. That no person in charge of any premises on which inter¬ ments are made shall inter or permit the interment or other disposition of any body unless it is accompanied by a burial, removal, or transit permit, as herein provided. And such person shall indorse upon the permit the date of interment, over his signature, and shall return all permits so indorsed to the local registrar of his district within ten days from the date of interment, or within the time fixed by the local board of health. He shall keep a record of all bodies interred or otherwise disposed of on the premises under his charge, in each case stating the name of each deceased person, place of death, date of burial or disposal, and name and address of the undertaker; which record shall at all times be open to official inspection: Provided, That the undertaker, or person acting as such, when burying a body in a cemetery or burial ground having no person in charge, shall sign the burial or removal permit, giving the date of burial, and shall write across the face of the permit the words “No person in charge,” and file the burial or removal permit within ten days with the registrar of the district in which the cemetery is located. Sec. 12. That the birth of each and every child born in this State shall be registered as hereinafter provided. Sec. 13. That within ten days after the date of each birth there shall be filed with the local registrar of the district in which the birth occurred a certificate of such birth^ which certificate shall be upon the form adopted by the State board of health with a view to procuring a full and accurate report with respect to each item of information enumerated in section 14 of this act.^ In each case where a physician, midwife, or person acting as midwife was in attendance upon the birth, it shall be the duty of such physician, 1 The provisions in brackets may be useful in States in which many funerals are conducted without regular undertakers. 2 A proviso may be added that shall require the registration, or noti¬ fication, at a shorter interval than ten days, of births that occur in cities.