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2nd.—Tlmt the Births of Children stillborn should bo
registered*.
8rd.—That no Death should bo registered except a written
Medical Certificate of Cause of Death, from a legally
qualified practitioner bo produced, or the record of
the verdict of a Jury signed by the Coroner.
4th.—That no sudden death should bo registered until the
decision of the Coroner bo made known to the
Registrar whether ho will hold an inquest or not.
I cannot say that I entirely concur in the opinion that you
expressed that all these changes in the law should bo made;
but I will not fail to bring them under the consideration of Her
Majesty's Government, in order that a decision may bo arrived
at, whether it is desirable for the sake of these proposed changes
that in the next Session of Parliament another Bill should bo
introduced amending the present Law of Civil Registration of
Births and Deaths in England and Wales.
I havo the honour to bo, Sir,
Your faithful Servant,
GEORGE GRAHAM,
Registrar-General.
Dr. Lankester, M.D.
8, Saville Row.
* This was the suggestion in which the Registrar General was least
disposed to concur with the opinions of the Deputation. For the present,
therefore, it has appeared to the Association advisable not to press this
suggestion in their Memorial to Government. But this particular point
might, of course, be urged in any district where the Medical Officer of
Health has very copious and unequivocal proofs of facilities being afforded
to crime by the absence of provision for registering the stillborn.
[G.B., J.N.V.]