Genesis of the Board of Health and Vital Statistics in Pennsylvania

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Title
Genesis of the Board of Health and Vital Statistics in Pennsylvania
Creator
James V.P. Turner, Registrar
Description
Details legislation related to registers of births, marriages, and burials, with a discussion of barriers and resistance to the recording of vital records by the government officials. Dates and outcomes of successful and unsuccessful legislative attempts to record births, marriages and deaths are covered. Also, the Board of Health which was established organized Philadelphia in 1794 to address an outbreak of yellow fever.
Language
eng
Place
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Publisher
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
Identifier
GSP-200046
Temporal Coverage
1794/1860
Access Rights
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Is Referenced By
PGM_Vol1_No4_193-197
Date Created
1898
Is Part Of
Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume 1, 1895-1896
Item
Part of Collections 2
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