This series contains 44 mainly oversized bound volumes titled Mortuary Reports or Record of Births with separate index volumes. Other single volumes also included are Burial Permits – Town of Granville (1897-1907), Burial Records “Bodies Brought to the City for Burial” (1902-1907), Johnston Municipal Hospital – Register of Births (1960-1975), Mortuary Records (1885-1899), Record of Contagious Diseases (1896-1899), Registration of Death (1906) and 2 untitled volumes regarding mortality/population type statistics. One volume covers 1938-1939 and the second volume covers 1869-1939. Both include statistics by month or year of deaths, disease, age, race, marriage, etc.

The Mortuary Reports contain handwritten lists of deaths by date the event was recorded. Information included in entry: name, date of death, burial location, age, occupation, place of birth, place of death, [house] number, street, ward, disease, sex, color, marital status, attending physician and observations. Years covered are 1869-1902. There are separate index volumes covering 1869-1895. The index lists names alphabetically, notes the entry page numbers, and certificate number. Please note there are no official death certificates or vital records in any of these volumes.

The Record of Births volumes are handwritten lists of births by date they were recorded. It includes the following: name of child, color, sex, name of other issue living, father’s name, occupation, mother’s maiden name, child’s date of birth, place of birth, [house] number, street, ward, father and mother’s birth place, name of person reporting the birth. Years covered are 1894-1907. Also included are loose “certificates of live births” and various times of certificate updates/amendments dated up to the 1980s. Loose materials have been gathered into a folder in the front of each box. There are 3 index volumes that cover only the years 1893-1896. The index lists names alphabetically and then notes the page numbers and certificate number. Please note there are no official birth certificates or vital records in these volumes.