His special concern was with the division of vital statitics—making effort to obtain record of the births ang deaths within his district, and to ascertain the causes of the deaths, To the Westerner, accustom to the registration of both births land deaths as a matter of course, to begin public health work at this level will seem strange. And the task is by no means easy. Dr. Hou tells of early efforts to obtained record of the actual births. Failing direct reports by the parents of the child, it Is necessary to have patrols, who fro over the whole district at inter-vats, and record the birth of ehildren since their Jast visit.
Lees difficulty was experienced in erding deaths. The city regula-ions require a police permit before corpse can be taken outside the city gates, which are, of course, patrolled by police. " But attempts to get at causal facts of death are. not always rewarded by absolute scientific success. Comparatively few patients are seen by doctor, and fewer still have the services doctor trained in modern medicine, 0 that, even if all deaths were re" ported," medical officers would have make personal visits to ascertain causes,
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