BIRTH RETURNS.
Attention is called to the following extracts from Chapter 29 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts,
Sec. 3. Physicians and midwives shall on or before the fifth day of each month, report to the Clerk of each city or town a correct list of all children born therein during the preceding month, at whose birth they were present, stating the date and place of each birth. A physician or midwife who neglects to report such list on or before the fifteenth day of the month, shall, for each offence, forfeit not more than twenty-five dollars.
Sec. 0. Parents, within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder, within forty days after birth in his house, shall cause notice thereof to be given to the Clerk of the city or town in which such child is born.
Notice is given that the Town Clerk of Norwood is prepared to furnish to all physicians and midwives applying therefor, blanks for returns under Section.
JOHN F. KILEY,
Town Clerk
