----------- In progress! ----------- [103] The State Board of Health has recognized the practical relations of this branch of its work, as defined by a sanitary statesman of England, who has emphasized his estimation of it by saying: “Considered physically, the main object of correct civil registration of births, deaths and marriages, is to aid in disclosing the causes of disease. Considered legally, the object is to provide the means of tracing descent and proving personal identity. And considered politically, it is to assist the government in arriving at correct conclusions in regard to to measures of internal econmony, etc.” Completeness, accuracy and the requisite attestation of such records should be fully attained under the system of vital statistics in the State of New York.