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“Doesn’t sound like this one, does it?”

This is not the entire Standard Certificate of Live Birth that was used in 1961. There is additional information to the left of the demographic information. If you zoom in on the left side of the document where the graphic lines bend and look to the left of box 7d, you can just make out a printed “?”. This is most likely medical data about the child and the mother. This information is not released to the parents.

In 1961, they were using the 1956 version of the Standard Certificate of Live Birth. That version had three additional questions required by the Federal government and any additional questions that the State of Hawaii might require.

Here is the procedure as outlined by Dr. Charles Bennett (he signed both Nordyke sister’s BCs)in a 1955 Hawaii Medical Journal article,

1.) Nurse or clerk fills out the BC.
2.) Mother signs the BC.
3.) Doctor fills in medical information on the BC.
4.) Doctor signs the BC.
5.) BC is sent to the DOH.

http://www.wnd.com/files/CHARLESBENNETT.pdf

If the boxes to the left of the demographic information was handwritten by the doctor, the entire BC might appear to be half written and half typed.

You seem to have mischaracterized Step No. 3. Your source says the doctor fills in "certain" medical information, which would mean "not all." And what this doesn't explain is why Chiyome Fukino would characterize parts of a form that would never be given to the applicant. And why would nurses type parts of the form that are given to the applicant but not the parts that aren't??

Now, what is interesting about this source is the doctor explains exactly why someone like Granny Dunham might register the birth of her grandchild, if perhaps, that child was born outside of the United States.

The requirements of a birth certificate throughout the country to show citizenship, during World War II, gave a great impetus to the completeness of registration. This and other factors have made a birth certificate the principal document an American citizen uses to prove legal facts about himself. Almost every parent knows that a baby must be registered soon after birth, not only to meet requirements of the law, but to protect the child later in life.

Now, young Stanley Ann Dunham, who was enamored with her new Kenyan husband may not have realized how important a birth certificate was, but for Madelyn, who gave birth to her child during World War II, it would have been paramount to make sure her grandchild was "protected" later in life with the possession of U.S. citizenship ... perhaps even if it was not honestly obtained .... hmmmmmm.