Carbon County (Utah). County Clerk Birth reports, 1898-1904.

This series contains various reports of births submitted to the county clerk. An 1898 law enacted by the State Legislature required physicians and midwives to record each birth at which they assisted professionally. They reported quarterly to the county clerk or in the case of incorporated cities, to the local board of health, which would in turn report to the county clerk. In their absence, parents were required to make a report. (Revised Statutes of Utah 1898, Title 57, p. 474-475)

This series includes several reports on standardized forms, including a Parents' Notice of Birth of Child, quarterly reports from a physician in Castle Gate, and a page from a register of births for the Helper Precinct. It also includes one physician's letter written to report a birth. The Helper Precinct report includes two deaths in 1904. The births reported in this series were recorded by the county clerk in the official Register of Births. The series apparently contains just a sampling of birth reports that have survived and does not represent all birth reports received by the clerk.