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- Title
Stillbirth registration and perceptions of infant death, 1900–60: the Scottish case in national context.
- Authors
DAVIS, GAYLE
- Abstract
The history of vital registration has attracted substantial attention from both social historians and historical demographers. While much of that research has touched upon issues of fertility and mortality, the contentious issue of the stillborn child—which falls somewhere between the two—has been largely neglected. Although civil birth and death registration was introduced to Scotland in 1855, stillbirth registration did not begin until 1939. Using a range of legal, medical, and statistical evidence, this article explores the history of stillbirth registration in Scotland from a social history perspective. It outlines the problems associated with lack of stillbirth registration, the processes that eventually led to registration of the stillborn child, and the wider significance of that registration.
- Subjects
SCOTLAND; STILLBIRTH; VITAL records (Births, deaths, etc.); BIRTH rate; RECORDING &; registration; SOCIAL history; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Economic History Review, 2009, Vol 62, Issue 3, p629
- ISSN
0013-0117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0289.2009.00478.x