Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1917 — Births Must Be Reported Within Period of 36 Hours. [ARTICLE]

Births Must Be Reported Within Period of 36 Hours.

The Indiana state board of health is making an effort to enforce the law in regard to the reports of births. The law requires that all physicians report the births within 36 hours to the city or county health officer. Many physicians, it is stated, have been neglecting to make the birth reports promptly. The United States census bureau will begin the inspection of birth reports about the middle of July, and, according to the information received by the board of health, the report must show at least 90 per cent of all births. The district falling below that standard will be classed as deficient. The county health officer has received the following letter from the state board of health in regard to the question of reporting births: “The United States census bureau will begiri its inspection of birth reports and statistics in Indiana about the middle of July. If this inspection shows we health officers are not securing reports,of at least 90 per cent of all births, we will be classed as defficient and delinquent. “A doctor who does not willingly and gladly report the births he attends should be ashamed of himself, for he violates law, he fails in his duty to medical science. “If any physician in your district fails to report a birth he attends within 36 hours, give all the facts in the case in writing to the prosecuting attorney.”