Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-12-02 | Page 10 | Say Tardy Physicians Are to be Prosecuted

SAY TARDY PHYSICIANS ARE TO BE PROSECUTED Board of Health Continues Its Crusade Against Late Birth Returns Tho The crusade of or tho the city elly board ol or of health against ph physicians who ho persist In holding birth returns until months after tho tim birth occurred has met with more moro success than was Wll expected and no prosecutions have boon been needed to carry out tho reform Several Sp of ot the physicians are arc still careless according to officials of ot the board and take tuko their own time time regardless regardless of the law In the tho matter to matter to send In returns within the theten theten ten days days' time Ono One new now case was shown Tues Tuesday a when Dr E. E D. D I Hammond of tho the Keogh- Keogh Hammond hospital sent ent In i a number of ol birth returns dating all aU the tho way from September 9 to November 28 21 ThID Thia was done dono some time ago by Dr E. E G G. Gowans Gowans Gowans Gow- Gow ans and und Dr William n o ar-o lam T T. Cannon but during tho the last IRIt few fow weeks they have been attending to this matter more closely according to the health board It was stated yesterday esterday however that In cases of ot flagrant violations of the law prosecutions would be brought to keep the birth records In better shape and malco them of some value In the matter of ot compiling statistics