district in counties not under township organization (excepting that portion of the road district constituting a separate registration district) shall constitute a registration district.

Whenever, in the opinion of the State Board of Health, it is advisable to subdivide a registration district located in territory outside of cities, villages or incorporated towns of less than 100,000 population, or to combine into one district two or more registration districts located in such territory, such consolidation or subdivision may be effected by such board, and whenever two or more registration districts are consolidated or a registration district is subdivided, the said board shall appoint a local registrar for each such newly created district.

§ 4. That the local registrars for each registration district shall be as follows:

In cities, villages and incorporated towns, the clerk of the city, village or incorporated town shall be the local registrar for the purposes of this Act: Provided, that in cities, villages and incorporated towns in which registration of births, stillbirths or deaths is conducted under local ordinance, the officer of the city, village or incorporated town who is local registrar under such ordinance shall be the local registrar under this Act, and such local registrars shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health and to all the provisions of this Act.

In each township in counties under township organization, excepting those portions of the township constituting a separate registration district, the clerk of the township shall be the local registrar for the purposes of this Act.

In each road district in counties not under township organization, excepting those portions of the road district constituting a separate registration district, the road district clerk shall be the local registrar for the purposes of this Act.

Each local registrar, immediately upon taking office, shall, in conformity with the law, appoint a deputy whose duty it shall be to act in his stead in case of absence, illness or disability, and such deputy shall be subject to all rules and regulations governing local registrars. And when it may appear necessary for the convenience of the people in any registration district, the local registrar, when so directed by the State Board of health, shall appoint, in conformity with the law, one or more suitable persons to act as sub-registrars, who shall act for the registrar in and for such portion of the registration district as may be designated by said State Board of Health; and each sub-registrar shall note over his signature the date on which each certificate was filed with him and shall forward all such certificates to the local registrar of the district within ten days and in all cases before the third day of the following month. All sub-registrars shall be subject to the supervision and control of the State Board of Health and shall be liable to the same penalties as local registrars, as provided in section 21 of this Act.

§ 5. That the body of any person whose death has occurred in the State or which shall have been found therein, shall not be interred or disinterred, deposited in a vault or tomb, cremated or otherwise disposed of, or removed from or into or from place to place in any registration district, nor shall it be temporarily held pending further

disposition more than seventy-two hours after death, unless a permit for burial, removal or other disposition thereof shall have been properly issued by the local registrar, deputy or sub-registrar of the registration district in which the death occurred or the body was found. No burial or removal permit shall be issued by any such registrar until, whenever practicable, a complete and satisfactory certificate of death has been filed with him as hereinafter provided: Provided, that when a dead body is transported by common carrier into any registration district for burial therein, then the transit or removal permit issued in accordance with the law and health regulations of the place where the death occurred, shall be accepted by the local registrar of the district into which the body has been transported for burial or other disposition, as a basis upon which he may issue a local burial permit: And, provided, further, that where it is necessary to obtain a burial or removal permit before completion of an inquest, the coroner may make out a temporary certificate pending inquest, which certificate shall, whenever practicable, give all the personal and statistical particulars required by this Act and the rules of the State Board of Health. Such certificate shall be marked at the top: "For temporary use only," and shall state under the item cause of death, "Inquest pending." Such temporary certificate shall not be considered a substitute for the permanent certificate provided for in section 8 of this Act.

No local registrar shall require from undertakers or persons acting as undertakers any fee for the issuance of burial or removal permits under this Act.

6. That a stillborn child shall be registered as a stillbirth and a certificate of stillbirth shall be filed with the local registrar in the same manner as required for a certificate of death. Provided, that a certificate of stillbirth shall not be required for a child that has not advanced to the fifth month of uterogestation. The medical certificate of the cause of death shall be signed by the attending physician or midwife, if either was in attendance, and shall state the cause of death as "stillborn", with the cause of the stillbirth, if known, whether a premature birth, and if prematurely born, the period of uterogestation in months, if known; and a burial or removal permit of the form prescribed by the State Board of Health shall be required. Stillbirths occurring without attendance of either physician or midwife, shall be treated as deaths without medical attendance, as provided for in section 8 of this Act. If twin, triplet or other plural birth, a separate certificate shall be required for each child in the order of birth.

7. That the certificate of death shall contain at least the items of the Standard Certificate of Death, approved and adopted by the United States Bureau of the Census. The personal particulars shall be authenticated by the signature and address of the informant who shall be the nearest of kin or other competent person acquainted with the facts. The medical certificate shall be made and signed by the legally qualified physician, if any, last in attendance, or coroner, or by the local registrar as provided for in section 8 of this Act.

Certificate of death or of still birth and record thereof required by this Act shall not in the case of an illegitimate child or person contain the name or other identifying fact relating to the father or reputed father

thereof, or to the mother thereof without the consent of the said father or reputed father to the use of his name, nor the use of the name of the mother without her consent to the use of her name.

§ 8. That in case of any death occurring without medical attendance, it shall be the duty of the undertaker or person acting as such to notify the local registrar and the coroner of such death, and in such cases, if no suspicion of death from violence, casualty or undue means exists, the local registrar may make the certificate and return from the statement of relatives or other persons having adequate knowledge of the facts: Provided, further, that if the registrar or coroner has reason to believe that the death may have been due to some cause which under the law is subject to investigation by the coroner the death shall then be referred to the coroner or other proper officer for his investigation and certification. The coroner or other proper officer whose duty it is to hold an inquest on the body of any deceased person, and to make the certificate of death required for a burial permit, shall state in his certificate the name of the disease causing death, or if from external causes, (1) the means of death; and (2) whether (probably accidental, suicidal, or homicidal; and shall, in any case, furnish such information as may be required by the State Board of Health in order to properly classify the death.

§ 9. That the undertaker or person acting as undertaker shall be responsible for obtaining and filing the certificate of death with the local or sub-registrar of the district in which the death occurred, and for securing a burial or removal permit prior to any disposition of the body. He shall obtain the personal and statistical particulars required from the nearest of kin, or person best qualified to supply them, over the signature and address of his informant. He shall then present the certificate to the attending physician, if any, or to the coroner, if so directed by the local or sub-registrar, for the medical or coroner's certificate of the cause of death and other particulars necessary to complete the record. He shall then state the facts required relative to the date and place of burial over his signature and with his address, and present the completed certificate to the local or sub-registrar within the time limit for the issuance of a burial or removal permit; provided, that when the body is the subject of an inquest or an investigation by the coroner, the personal and statistical particulars required herein shall be obtained by the coroner at the time of the inquest or investigation, and over the signature and address of the informant: Provided, further, that for deaths in hospitals and institutions, the personal and statistical particulars required herein shall be furnished by the physician or person in charge of such hospitals or institutions, who shall obtain the information from the records of said hospital or institution, as made and provided for in section 16 of this Act.

The undertaker shall deliver the burial permit to the person in charge of the place where the body is to be buried or otherwise disposed of before the interment or other disposal of the body, or, when the body is shipped by any common carrier, the transit or removal permit must accompany the corpse to its destination, in accordance with the official rules of the State Board of Health governing transportation of the dead, and said permit shall be delivered to the person to whom the body is con

signed, or to the person in charge of the cemetery or other place where interment or other disposition is to be made.

§ 10. That if the interment or other disposition of the body is to be made within the State, the wording of the burial permit may be limited to a statement by the registrar and over his signature that permission is granted to inter, remove or otherwise dispose of the deceased, stating the name, age sex, cause of death and other necessary details upon the form prescribed by the State Board of Health.

§ 11. That no dead human body or part thereof shall be received by any person in charge of any premises in which interments and other disposition of human bodies are made unless said body or part thereof is accompanied by a burial permit, issued by any local registrar as herein provided. Each person in charge of any burial ground or other place of disposition of dead human bodies shall keep a record in a book provided. for the purpose, of each interment or other disposition of a human body made in the cemetery or other place of disposal in his charge. Such register or record shall be in a form prescribed by the State Board of Health and shall at all times be open to the inspection of said Board, the local registrar or their duly authorized representatives. Each person in charge of any burial ground or other place of disposition of a human body shall file the burial or removal permit with the local registrar of the district in which the interment is made within three days from the date of receipt of such body, and he shall immediately report any violations or attempted violations of this Act to the local registrar of his district: Provided, that the undertaker or person acting as such, when burying a body in a cemetery or burial ground having no person in charge, shall sign the burial or removal permit, giving the date of burial, and shall write across the face of the permit the words "No person in charge," and file the burial or removal permit within three days with the registrar of the district in which the cemetery is located; and provided, further, that when the death occurs in another registration district in the State of Illinois that the local registrar of the district in which the body is buried or otherwise disposed of, shall within three days, return all such burial or removal permits to the local registrar issuing same, after having stated on the back of the permit any departure from the provisions of the permit as to place of burial or otherwise, and the local registrar of the district in which the death occurred shall note any such departure on the original death or stillbirth certificate and on the copy or copies thereof.

8 12. That all births that occur in the State shall be immediately registered in the districts in which they occur, as hereinafter provided. It shall be the duty of the attending physician or midwife to file a certificate of birth, properly and completely filled out, and in a form prescribed by the State Board of Health, with the local or sub-registrar of the district in which the birth occurred within ten days after the date of birth. If there be no attending physician or midwife, then it shall be the duty of the father, or in case of death or absence of the father, it shall be the duty of the mother, and in the event of the death or disability of the mother, then it shall be the duty of the householder where the birth occurred, to file such certificate of birth with the local registrar within ten days after such birth; or if the birth. occurred in a public or

private institution, it shall be the duty of the manager or superintendent of such institution to file with the local or sub-registrar a certificate of such birth, properly and completely filled out as required by this Act: Provided, that in order to prevent blindness and otherwise conserve the health and life of infants, the State Board of Health on request of any health officer of any registration district, shall direct and require that persons, residing in such district, charged with the duty of reporting births, shall file with the local registrar such reports within twenty-four hours, and for this purpose, a short form on postal card may be used: Provided, further, that said brief postal card report shall not take the place of the complete report provided for in this Act, and that no fees shall be paid to registrars, deputy registrars or sub-registrars for receiving, handling, or recording such postal form reports.

13. That the certificate of birth shall contain at least the items of the standard certificate of birth as approved and adopted by the United States Bureau of the Census: Provided, that the certificate of birth and record thereof required by this Act shall not, in the case of an illegitimate child, contain the name of [or] other identifying fact, relating to the father or reputed father or to the mother thereof, without the consent of said father or reputed father to the use of his name, nor the use of the name of the mother without her consent to the use of her name.

§14. That when any certificate of birth of a living child is presented without the statement of the given name, then the local or subregistrar shall make out and deliver to the parents of the child a special blank for the supplemental report of the given name of the child, which shall be filled out as directed and returned to such registrar as soon as the child shall have been named.

Where the birth of a child born prior to the taking effect of this Act has not been recorded, or in case of failure to report any birth which occurs subsequent to the taking effect of this Act within the time prescribed herein, such report may be received and filed by the local registrar, for the purposes and uses of this Act, when such report is accompanied by affidavits of the father or mother of the child, or if neither father nor mother of the child is living, of the nearest of kin or guardian.

§ 15. That every physician, midwife, undertaker and sexton shall, without delay register his or her name, address and occupation with the local registrar of the district in which he or she resides, or may hereafter establish a residence, and shall thereupon be supplied by the local registrar with a copy of this Act, together with such rules and regulations as may be prepared by the State Board of Health relative to its enforcement. Within thirty days after the close of each calendar year, each local registrar shall make a return to the State Board of Health of all physicians, midwives, undertakers and sextons who have been registered in his district during the whole or any part of the preceding calendar year: Provided, that no fee or any compensation shall be charged by local registrars to physicians, midwives, undertakers or sextons for registering their names under this section or for making returns thereof to the State Board of Health.

§ 16. That all superintendents or managers, or other persons in charge of hospitals, almshouses, lying-in or other institutions, public or private, to which persons resort for treatment of diseases, confinement,