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- County clerks became responsible for recording births beginning in 1898.[1] In 1905, the State Department of Health assumed responsibility and required the counties to forward copies of the records to them.
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It took a few years after the requirement for everyone (people, doctors, midwives, and officials) to comply, so some early birth registrations were missed. |
- ↑ Utah State Archives, Birth Records guide, accessed 28 July 2012.)