Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-10-16 | Page 5 | Register Baby's Birth If You Want Child's Health Guarded

uu REGISTER BABY'S BIRTH IF YOU WANT CHILD'S HEALTH GUARDED Why register births, some people ask 7 Some reasons are: That the birth, date of birth, parentage and other essential es-sential information for governmental i and identificatiton purposes may be ! made a matter of official record. That the ages of school children I may be definitely known, making the I proper enforcement of school laws pos-1 sible. I That the laws affecting child labor may be effective, and the children of i the poor thereby protected. I That blindness may be prevented by prompt medical attention to the infected in-fected eyes of the new born. That Infection and mortality among women may be prevented and that ! young babies may bo saved by imme- , diate attenttlon by. existing agencies I for the relief of the poor. Why register deaths, some also ask? That there may be available complete com-plete and accurate information as to the deatlfe of all human beings, with dates of death and causes of death, to the end that preventable causes of death may be eliminated and human lives lengthened. That the various public health agencies agen-cies national, state and municipal-may municipal-may determine what part of our mortality mor-tality is preventable and when and where preventable deaths occur. That pestilential and epidemic diseases dis-eases may be detected promptly. That we may apply our present day scientific knowledge of disease pre ' vention at the time and in the place where such application is most need-) ed.