Excerpt from The Duties of Physicians Concerning the Making of Proper Certificates of Deaths and Births Throughout the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaStatistics in order to have any value, must be correct, and v1 it is understood that the greatest value to be derived from dc statistics is the knowledge gained from an analysis of the facts tained in a large number of accurate returns, and when it is fur understood that it_ is upon the statements of the medical attenictificate of the cause of death shall be signed by the at ysician, if any, and, shall state'the cause of death as With the cause'of the still birth if known, Whether a birth, and if born prematurely the period of utero-g'esta nths if known. All children dead at birth should be as still born. If any life whatever is manifested after the use of the term still born is not permissible. The 1 born shall be applied, to all children dead at birth passed the fourth month of uteq'o-gestation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.