Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1917 — Physicians Have 36 Hours To Report Births. [ARTICLE]

Physicians Have 36 Hours To Report Births.

The drafting of our young men for the army has made the importance of proper birth registration shown in its true light as no other one thing could have done._ Physicians are given 36 hours in which to report births. The name of the child should always be on the original certificate. This is goveriied by the acts of 1911, page 34, and provides that aside from a fine, physicians who neglect to report births can not legally collect for their services. It is the parents’ duty to ascertain that the birth of the child has been recorded.