Show I I j j i I HEALTH BOARD WILL fO GO AFTER PHYSICIANS Failure to Report Births Within With With-j in Legal Time Will Wi Cause Trouble Failure of r physicians to r report births within the tho le legal 31 time has at last stirred the the- the city bourd board of health fn and it i Is probable that some action acton ill Ill 1 be tal taken en in the matter mater within a few days Many of tho the physicians either refuse or are arc negligent in 1 reporting re- re porting births to the time board of health for fOl weeks and sometimes months monh thought though ten days Is stipulated by br law lawas lawas as the time limit and no action aGUon has been eon taken up tip to the present tinto to enforce en- en force this important matter matel In gath- gath vital statistics The Time most recent lecent example Is that of of Dr Dl William P. P Cannon who sent In Ina Iu Ia a u batch bateh of 2 21 I i births last Jagt Frda Friday Iii In- In I eluded In the n number are births from front fronta a as ns far back as July Jul 13 lj and continue from frol then until October 30 30 several being being- beinG later In July Juh others othel In August I and on 01 through the list Several of the physicians havo this habit of oC holding birth certificates for or months months- be before foro sending them In In during which tho the city board lIoard of ot health lies bus absolutely no record of them Dr Di- DiE E G. G Gowans sent In nearly the same some number several seventh weeks weeks- ago but has ha 3 assured the time health office that tha in the tile future futuro he lie will send them tIem in fn within the tho limit named on the tile back bac of the certificates te Most of the time physicians know knowing i inS inS' the tile necessity I for prompt Ie returns urns to keep statistics up to date have begun at attending nt- nt tending to the matter mater more inure closely and antl others who hold back hack In the time fu future future fu- fu ture ina may be prosecuted by the board accord according II to au an nn edict issued within the last few lays days cUs |