Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-09-12 | Page 6 | Kentucky State with 'Big Family Bible'

KENTUCKY STATE WITH BIG fAMilY BIBlE Kentucky Kentuck Is one ono of oC the southern states which has recently adopted a modern law for fot tho ho re registration of at vital Ital statistics says ays tho Journal of or tho tie American tc 1 Medical As As- Put Pul Into force Corce a little over oer a it year ear ago lAO it has been on trial As usual lv OPposition PP Some people T c ero unable to lo see why births and deaths should be 00 recorded others did dill not like to go to the trouble to make out an orderly record of these occurrences Because Physicians and medical oll organizations led tho the WI way in securing this needed legisla tion It was of or course regarded as ns something some some- something thing for or tho benefit of physicians rather than for Cor the public good Shakespeare asked asked and and so have hn many philosophers since his lime In a name namo and the lie wisest of or these theae Inquirers have o recognized the importance of at naming a thing properly If 11 It k Is ls to stand well in tho ho public eye Evidently this fact is la recognized In Kentucky Tho The leading editorial in the May ay 1 I IS Issue lIo of tho the Kentucky l I d- d Ical Journal under the tho heading Name the tho Babies discusses some o ot of the difficulties chI ties encountered In putting tho the new law la into effect r In this connection the lie editor philosophically refers to the state bureau hureau of or vita statistics as Kentucky a aBig Big Family Bible