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    II. THE INAUGURATION OF A MODERN SYSTEM, 1800-1849 ROBERT GUTMAN GOOD vital statistics system should record all the births and deaths which occur in the communities covered by the system. The records of birth should list, in addition to the name of the new born, the name and age of the child's parents, the father's occupation and age, and the birth order of the child in the family. The records of death ought to include the cause of death, the age and sex of the decedent and his occupation. Other facts might be added, but what is essential is that the registered information enable the demographer, the statistician, and the physician to understand the sources of change and variation in the trend of fertility and mortality. The records should be collected by a central agency, preferably an agency staffed by personnel trained in medical and statistical matter. Collection by a central agency allows a registration system to possess still another characteristic of a good system, namely, the analysis and presentation of fertility and mortality data in a fashion useful to the professions work­ ing in the fields of demography and public health.

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    II. THE INAUGURATION OF A MODERN SYSTEM, 1800-1849 ROBERT GUTMAN GOOD vital statistics system should record all the births and deaths which occur in the communities covered by the system. The records of birth should list, in addition to the name of the new born, the name and age of the child's parents, the father's occupation and age, and the birth order of the child in the family. The records of death ought to include the cause of death, the age and sex of the decedent and his occupation. Other facts might be added, but what is essential is that the registered information enable the demographer, the statistician, and the physician to understand the sources of change and variation in the trend of fertility and mortality. The records should be collected by a central agency, preferably an agency staffed by personnel trained in medical and statistical matter. Collection by a central agency allows a registration system to possess still another characteristic of a good system, namely, the analysis and presentation of fertility and mortality data in a fashion useful to the professions work­ ing in the fields of demography and public health.

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    II. THE INAUGURATION OF A MODERN SYSTEM, 1800-1849 ROBERT GUTMAN GOOD vital statistics system should record all the births and deaths which occur in the communities covered by the system. The records of birth should list, in addition to the name of the new born, the name and age of the child's parents, the father's occupation and age, and the birth order of the child in the family. The records of death ought to include the cause of death, the age and sex of the decedent and his occupation. Other facts might be added, but what is essential is that the registered information enable the demographer, the statistician, and the physician to understand the sources of change and variation in the trend of fertility and mortality. The records should be collected by a central agency, preferably an agency staffed by personnel trained in medical and statistical matter. Collection by a central agency allows a registration system to possess still another characteristic of a good system, namely, the analysis and presentation of fertility and mortality data in a fashion useful to the professions work­ ing in the fields of demography and public health.

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    II. THE INAUGURATION OF A MODERN SYSTEM, 1800-1849 ROBERT GUTMAN GOOD vital statistics system should record all the births and deaths which occur in the communities covered by the system. The records of birth should list, in addition to the name of the new born, the name and age of the child's parents, the father's occupation and age, and the birth order of the child in the family. The records of death ought to include the cause of death, the age and sex of the decedent and his occupation. Other facts might be added, but what is essential is that the registered information enable the demographer, the statistician, and the physician to understand the sources of change and variation in the trend of fertility and mortality. The records should be collected by a central agency, preferably an agency staffed by personnel trained in medical and statistical matter. Collection by a central agency allows a registration system to possess still another characteristic of a good system, namely, the analysis and presentation of fertility and mortality data in a fashion useful to the professions work­ ing in the fields of demography and public health.

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