Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-05 | Page 15 | Birth Registration

I Birth tit Registration l One of the aims of National B Better otter Baby Week will be to impress m upon pon parents the importance of birth registration registrationS i n. n S 'S r There There are arc laws and ordinances aplenty demanding g the regIstration regis- regis Tr of al all births but physicians as a general rule arc are apathetic th them m and the mother says 3 r Why should I trouble to 10 register my baby Will it make it any any healthier J The answer to the latter is It Will Will by by giving health officers officers cc cers cers an opportunity i y to check up on the childs child's he health r f And here are reasons why it is worth while for ever every y mother to 32 register her baby's birth V tb It is the childs child's proof of citizenship It will be needed perhaps when it comes time for him to enter school or when he seeks to go to work S I It may be needed later laer in regard to life insurance or or the settling p. of or estates tates or for proof in matter of inheritances Lack of such a record might prove a bar to toa a a civil chil service position or seriously hinder the settling of some Bome point of law v. There Ther are dozens of such V instances in in everyday y life if where a a. record of ones one's birth will prove prove Co of value v Without such vital statistics the work of state aria and municipal health offic officers r i is LS seriously hampered Birth registration is a badge adge of citizenship and ever every y mother i should d demand and that the f family amity register doctor immediately the birth r of of her child chil I