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8. Please, supply such other information of epidemiological interest concerning the Territory as may be available, with special reference to the incidence of such serious diseases as sleeping-sickness, &c, where this information does not come within the scope of question 2 above. See 1 and 5 above. REGULATIONS PROVIDING FOR THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS OF SAMOANS. The.Administrator, acting on the advice of the Board of Health, and in pursuance of the powers and provisions of the Samoa Health Order, 1921, doth hereby make the following regulations providing for the registration of births and deaths of Samoans, and doth declare such regulations come into force on the day of , 1922. 1. These regulations may be cited as the Board of Health Regulation No. .'!. 2. (1.) The Administrator may from time to time appoint such persons as he thinks fit to act as Registrars of the Births and Deaths of Samoans. (2.) Until such time as the Administrator may determine, the Pulenu'u in each village, and the Fa'amasino in each district, will act as Registrars of the Births and Deaths of Samoans. Registration of Births or Samoans. 3. (1.) Within seven days after the birth of any Samoan child born on or after the Ist day of April, 1922, the following particulars shall be furnished to the Pulenu'u of the village, and to the Fa'amasino of the district, in which flic child was born :—r (a.) Date of birth. (b.) Place of birth, (c.) Christian or first name. (d.) Sox of the child. (c.) Condition of child (whother alive or dead when born). (/.) Name of the father. (g.) Residence of father (village and district in which fathor resides). (h.) Name of mother. («'.) Residence of mother (village and district in which mother resides). (j.) Signature of informant. (k.) Residence of informant. (I.) Date of registration. (m.) Signature of official registering the birth. (2.) The father and the mother of the child shall be responsible for duly furnishing to the Pulenu'u and to the Fa'amasino the particulars hereinbefore referred to in respect of the birth of any Samoan child. 4. (1.) On receipt of the particulars of the birth of any Samoan child as aforesaid the Pulenu'u and the Fa'amasino shall enter the same in the Register of Births, and on a duplicate sheet to be supplied for the purpose by the Native Allah's Department. (2.) On receipt of any particulars of the birth of any Samoan child, notwithstanding that the full particulars required by these regulations have not been furnished, the Pulenu'u and the Fa'amasino shall enter the particulars Famished in the Register of Births and on the duplicate sheet as aforesaid. (X) The said register shall be in tin; form No. 1 in the First Schedule hereto, or to the effect thereof. (4.) Upon completing the entries in the register and on the duplicate sheet aforesaid the Pulenu'u and tho Fa'amasino shall request the informant to sign the same. Registration of Deaths of Samoans. 5. (1.) Within seven days from the date of the death of any Samoan occurring on or after tho Ist day of April, 1922, the following particulars shall be furnished to the Pulenu'u of tho village and to the Fa'amasino of the district in which the death occurred :— (a.) Date of death. (A.) Place of death. (ft) Name of dec-cased. (d.) Residence of deceased (village and district in which deceasod resided). (c.) Ago of the docoased (if known). (/.) Sex of the decoased. (g.) The name of the father of the deceased. (h.) Rosidence of tho father of tho deceasod. (i.) The inline of the mother of the deceased. (j. ) Residence of the mother of tho doeeased. (k.) If deceasod married, name of husband or wifo. (l.) Number ami sex of children living (if any). (in.) Cause of death. (n.) Signature of informant. (o.) Rosidence of informant. (p.) Such other particulars as the Administrator may from timo to time determine. (2.) Every person present at the death is responsible for tho notification of such death, and they shall choose one of thoir number to furnish to the Pulenu'u of the village and to the Fa'amasino of the district the particulars hereinbefore referred to. (I. (1.) On receipt of the particulars of the death of any Samoan as aforesaid, the Pulenu'u and the Fa'amasino shall enter tho same in the Register of Deaths and on a duplicate sheet to bo supplied for the purpose by the Nativo Affairs Department. (2.) On receipt of any particulars as to the death of any Samoan, notwithstanding that the full particulars as required by these regulations have not been furnished, the Pulonu'u and the Fa'amasino shall enter the particulars furnished in the Register of Deaths and on the duplicate sheet aforesaid. (.'!.) The said register shall be in the form No. 2 in the First Schedule hereto, or to the effect thereof. (4.) Upon completing the entries in tho registor and on the duplicate sheet aforesaid tho Pulenu'u and the Fa'amasino shall request the informant to sign the samo. 7. (1.) On the death of any Samoan who has been attended in his last illness by a registered medical practitioner, that practitioner shall sign and deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Secretary for Native Affairs a certificate on a form to be provided lor the purpose by the Secretary for Native Affairs, stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the causes "f death (both primary and secondary), the duration of the last illness of the deceased, and such other particulars as may be required by the Secretary for Native Affairs. (2.) 'flic immediately preceding subclause of this regulation does not absolve any persons mentioned in subclause (2), clause ;">, of these, regulations from the duty of reporting such death to the Pulenu'u of the village and the Fa'amasino of tin; district in which the death occurred.