OCR Text |
Show Birth Certificates Cerhflcates Important ImportantOf Of the births occurring occurnng In InUtah inUtah inUtah Utah 96 6 per cent were regls regis registered reglstered registered tered according accordmg to a natIonwIde nationwidetest nationwidetest test made in 1940 From the re resuIts results resuits suIts sults of this test it may be estimated estI estIJnated estimated Jnated mated that that ahnnt about 405 babIes habie : born in 1940 m In Utah do not have havebIrth havebirth havbirth bIrth certificates on file The re resuits resuits resuits suits of the registration test b by byrace birace race show that 97 1 per cent ofthe of ofthe oithe the white births and 59 6 per percent pelcent ! cent of the births among non nonwhItes nonwhites nonwhites whItes were Vvere registered Th per percent percentage percentage centage cent age completeness of birthregistration bIrth bIrthregIstratIon birthregistration regIstratIon for the country as a awhol awhole iwhole whole whol { ' in 1940 was 92 5Many 5 5Many , Many people are beginning begmnmg to to'real1ze torealize tcrealize 'real1ze real1ze ' realize how important it is to tohave tohave tchave , have a birth certificate cerhflcate In order orderto orderto ordeito , to receive pensions benefIts benefItsland benefitsand inheritances mhentances it I is ! > frequentl frequently frequentlynecessary frequentlynecessary land necessary to be able to prov prove provewho provewho provwho < who you are how old you are areand areand areand and who y i ) our parents are Realization Real ReallzatIon Realization lzatIon ization of the importance of the thebIrth thebirth th thbirth < , birth cert certificate lcate is Just ] ust begm begin beginning begmnmg beginmng nmg ning to be known generally In Inmany Inmany Irmany many instances people lIvmg living lIvmgm livingin livmin { , m in sparsely eettled rural area areas areasare areasare ; : are not yet aware of its Impor Importance importance importance importanceAccording , I tance tanceAccordmg tanceAccording According Accordmg to the mvestigations mvestIga mvestIgahons mvestigations hons tions made by the depal department departmentof depaitrneiof tme'1t tme1t tme'1tof ' of commerce Grand \ was \ as one ofeight of ofeIght o : eight counties in Utah sho\\ sho shomg showing shovimf100 \ \ mg ' , 100 per cent registration of ofbIrths ofbirths o : births in Utah in 1940 |