Inventory of Birth reports from Tooele County (Utah). County Clerk, 1898-1905.

Series 3537

Tooele County (Utah). County Clerk Birth reports

Dates: 1898-1905.

0.20 cubic foot

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Historical Note

An agency history is available.

Scope and Content

This series contains report forms submitted to the county clerk in accordance with a law passed in 1898, requiring that "all physicians and professional midwives must keep a register of each birth at which times they assist professionally" and that a certified copy of their registers must be filed quarterly with the county clerk (1898 Utah Revised Statutes, Title 57). The county clerk used the submitted forms to compile a listing of all births in Tooele County in the official "Register of Births" (Series 84240). The forms include such information as the location of births, child's sex, color, race, date and place of birth, parents' names and residence, name of informant, date of report, signature and address of informant, and date filed with the clerk. These forms were no longer used after 1905, when the system of reporting births was revised to place responsibility for registering births with the State Health Department.

Images Available

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Access Restrictions

This series is designated as Public.

Reproduction and Use

These records are available for reproduction and use.

Related Records

Register of Births from Tooele County (Utah). County Clerk, Series 84240, was created using information from this series.

Indexing Terms

Vital statistics

Registers of births, etc.--Tooele County (Utah).

BOXFOLDERDATEDESCRIPTION
111898Reports of Births
121899Reports of Births
131900Reports of Births
141901Reports of Births
151902Reports of Births
161903Reports of Births
171904Reports of Births
181905 Feb 01Reports of Birth, F.M. Davis, M.D.
191905 Feb 09Reports of Birth, John T. Flinders
1101905 Mar 15Reports of Birth, J. A. Phipps, M.D.
1111905 May 16Reports of Birth, F. M. Davis, M.D.