Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-01-01 | Page 9 | Four Negro and 19 Jap Children Born Here in 1916

FOUR NEGRO AND 19 JAP CHILDREN BORN HERE IN 1916 But four negro children were born in the city during 1916 The board of ot health authorities are inclined to In lay it to the fact that the tho negro proverbially shiftless shiftless shiftless shift shift- less and probably neglects to see that tho the new arrivals in his hla tamB family are duly chronicled according to law requiring the filing of birth I certificates The Japanese Is punctilious punctilious pune- pune I In performing their duties in this respect The nineteen en lit littIe little lit lit- tle tIe sons and daughters of or Nippon I who saw the light of day first in Salt Lake have ha been registered with great eat care by their theil fathers Tho The Japanese will never allow a certificate to bo be filed until it is letter perfect two Forty-two more births have been recorded since the report given yesterday yesterday yes yes- bringing the tho total for 1916 up liP to 2887 with a a. preponderance of males amounting to 73 There were 1480 boys and 1407 girls borz here her herin in tho the year