Still-births in England and other countries. Return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 9 May 1892;--for, "return from the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, specifying the following information with regard to each country:-- 1. whether the registration of still births is compulsory; and, if so, what act regulates this; 2. is the registration carried out by the authorities who register ordinary births and deaths; 3. are still births registered as births or deaths, or both; 4. what is the legal definition of a still born child; 5. what are the penalties for neglecting to register a still birth; 6. is the number of still born children, interred and registered in the year 1890, known; and, if so, what was such number; 7. what are the penalties for criminally causing a child to be still born; 8. copy-of regulations and forms of certificates used in registering still births; 9. is a certificate of still birth, signed by a midwife, accepted by the registering authorities; 10. are midwives recognised by the state, and is the bulk of the midwifery practice in their hands; 11. under what regulations, if any, are midwives allowed by the state to practise; 12. is it known, and, if so, what is the rate per 1,000 of women who die in their confinements or in the four weeks immediately following."

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.

Series:

Accounts and papers.

[1893-94] ; (279)

Accounts and papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.

Great Britain.

History.

Great Britain--History--19th century--Sources.

Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (114 pages: Table).

Other Title:

Cockton index title: Return from United Kingdom, Foreign Countries, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, of Law relating to Still-births, Midwives, etc.

19th century House of Commons sessional papers

Parliamentary papers

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [eng.] : Proquest LLC, 2006.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Contents:

Vol.LXXIII.355, 114 pp.

Notes:

Title from front cover.

1 online resource (114 p.: Table). Cambridge, UK.

Copyright (c) ProQuest LLC 2010. All rights reserved.

Local Notes:

Microfilm. Cambridge : Chadwyck-Healey [19801983] Fiche no. 99.646-647.

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