A manual for health officers / by J. Scott MacNutt ... with a foreword by William T. Sedgwick.

  • MacNutt, J. Scott (Joseph Scott), 1885-
Date:
1915
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Credit: A manual for health officers / by J. Scott MacNutt ... with a foreword by William T. Sedgwick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    45. It is desirable that the corresponding rates be given, but the primary figures should be presented whether it is possible to present rates or not. 46. Notes should be given in all instances where discrepant figures have been officially printed relative to returns for any year, and the correct figures should be definitely stated. 47. Notes should be given on changes in methods of compiling still- births, and a correct statement of stillbirths should be established for each year, on the basis of the definitions approved. If necessary, re- examination of the original return should be made for the purpose of obtaining comparable figures. ADOPTION OF UNIFORM AGE PERIODS IN MORTALITY STATISTICS 48. Unknown ages should never be accepted in returns. The approx- imate age, according to the best judgment of the reporter, should be given if the exact age is unknown. When accepted by the central registration office, however, they should be given a place in the state- ment of ages, in order to show the imperfect quality of registration. RULES ADOPTED IN 1909 Revised United States Standard Certificate of Death [The five rules adopted in 1909 (with Rule no. 2 of 1910) provide for a uniform mode of statement of causes of death upon certificates of death, the need of efforts to obtain more definite and satisfactory state- ment of causes of death, and prescribing the adoption of the Revised United States Standard Certificate of Death (or at least of the standard form of statement of cause of death and occupation) with the minimum instructions printed on the reverse thereof.1 It is also advised that instructions in regard to reporting of occupations be uniform in popula- tion, industrial and mortality schedules (certificates of death).] RULES ADOPTED IN 1910 1. [APHA] Rule no. 13 of 1908, paragraph (&), shall be amended to read as follows: (b) A monthly bulletin should include all deaths that occur during the calendar month and no others, provided, however, that in order to secure earlier publication, a monthly bulletin may include ' deaths reported ' during the calendar month, but should definitely state that fact. 1 Copies of the certificate may be obtained on application to the Division of Vital Statistics, Bureau of the Census.