AGENCY: Washington County (Utah). County Clerk

SERIES: 23520
TITLE: Death registers
DATES: 1898-1905.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by year but not by month. Entries were recorded in order of report, not by date of death.

DESCRIPTION: These death registers record the decedent's name, age, sex, race, color, term of residence in city or county, birth place, marital status, last place of residence, cause of death, and date of death. By 1904, occupation, parents' birth places, contributory as well as chief cause of death, attending physician, place of death, burial place and date, and filing date are also included. Each physician, clergyman, justice of the peace, and undertaker was required to keep a registry of the name, age, residence, and time of death of the decedent. Each person registering deaths filed quarterly with the county clerk or the local board of health in the case of incorporated cities (Revised Statutes of Utah 1898, Title 57, p. 474-475). In 1905, the state passed a law requiring each county to file a uniform certificate with the State Bureau of Vital Statistics.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: For records beginning in 1898 through 1905. Retain in State Archives permanently after microfilming.

Microfilm master: For records beginning in 1898 through 1905. Retain in State Archives permanently.

Microfilm duplicate: For records beginning in 1898 through 1905. Retain in State Archives permanently.

APPRAISAL

Historical

These are historical records with vital statistics information. They should be kept permanently.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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