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Infant deaths and those related to childbirth have always been investigated with special care. In 1843 Chadwick expressed concern that infanticide was passing undetected, and even now the ‘stillbirth’ rate is twice as high in illegitimate pregnancies as it is in the married (OPCS, 1989).
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Births and Deaths Registration Act (1926) ssl, 3, 6.
Chadwick, E. (1843) The Practice of Interment in Towns. London: Clowes and Sons.
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (1990) c37, s37.
Infant Life (Preservation) Act (1929) ssl, 2.
Offences against the Persons Act (1861) ss58, 59.
OPCS (1989) Monitor 9th Oct 1990. Infant and Perinatal Mortality, DHAs DH3 90 /1.
Registration: A Modern Service Cm 531 (1990) HMSO, pp. 28–9.
Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Regulations (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (1985).
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Green, J., Green, M. (1991). Stillbirth and death in infancy — certification and registration. In: Dealing with Death. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7216-3_5
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