Open AccessBIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATES AS LEGAL EVIDENCE
Author(s) -
Henry Bixby Hemenway
Publication year - 1921
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.11.1.1
Subject(s) - copying , value (mathematics) , law , property (philosophy) , citizenship , medicine , psychology , actuarial science , political science , business , statistics , mathematics , philosophy , epistemology , politics
Birth and death certificates have a legal value that statisticians do not always realize. Citizenship, marriage, distribution of property and even disproof of crime may depend on proper birth registration. Certificates should be in standard form with certain definite facts plainly stated, and all handling or copying should be done by officials.