Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1919 — IS YOUR CHILD’S BIRTH OF RECORD? [ARTICLE]

IS YOUR CHILD’S BIRTH OF RECORD?

It Is Important That It Should Be To prove his age and citizenship. To prove his rigfat to go to school. To prove his right to work. To prove hie right to an inherttan CO To prove his rigfat to marry. To prove fais right to hold office. To prove his right to secure passports for foreign travel. To prove Shis mother’s rigfat to a widow’s pension. The War and Birth Registration The drafting of thousands of men for military service has emphasized the need for more complete birth registration. Young men have been confronted with the

necessity of furnishing proof of age and citizenship, and have found proof lacking on account of faulty laws or imperfect enforcement of the law. Provisions Birth Registration Lawn The law requires that the baby’s birth be reported by the physician, the nurse or midwife in attendance, to the health officer, or town clerk, who reports it to the state board of health. It you are not sure that this has been done for your baby, write to the state board of health, and if they have no record they will send you a blank on which you may record the child’s birth yourself. It is not too late at any time, and may be very important flor him in the years to come. Register Your Child’s Birth Now See that the oblld la named before the 4th of the month following date of birth. A large percent of birth records have no Christian name, thus making a worthless record in future years. See to it that the records of Jasper county are complete. The health officer has tried to •make these as complete as possible, but is handicapped because parents are careless about naming the child.