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XV111.
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND
MARRIAGES.
Superintendent Registrar for the District, Mr. Thomas Worlock.
Register Oflice, St. George's Vestry Hall, Mount street, W.
Office Hours 10 to 4 ; Saturdays 10 to 1; except for Marriages,
which must take place between 8 a.m. and 3 p m.
At the Register Office Marriage Notices are taken and Licenses
granted ; Marriages solemnised and certified copies supplied of any
Birth, Death, or Marriage, which has been registered within the
District since July, 1837, one set of Register Books of Marriages
filled at the various churches in St. George, Hanover Square, and
St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster, as well as those filled by
the Registrars being in the custody of the Superintendent Registrar.
Registrars of Marriages.
Mr. Henry Tull, 87, Hugh street, Pimlico, S.W.
Mr. Frederick Hearne, 128, Victoria street, S.W.
Registrars of Births and Deaths.
For the Sub-District of St. John, Mr. C. 0. Elkerton, l'J, Bessborough-street
(corner of Bessborough-place). Office Hours,
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, and
Saturdays; from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
For the Sub-District of St. Margaret (including the Hamlet of
Knightsbridge), Mr. Frederick Hearne, 128, Victoria street,
S.W. Office Hours 9 to 10 a.m., and from 2 to 3 p.m. daily.
All Births and Deaths must be registered by the Registrar of the
Sub-District in which they occur.
The parent of any child, or occupier of house in which birth took
place who fails to give information of its birth within 42 days is
liable to a penalty of Forty Shillings.
In the case of a living new-born child found exposed information
must be given within seven days.
Births are registered in the presence of either parent within three
months from birth without a fee ; if accidentally delayed, over three
months, and not exceeding twelve months, fee 5s. After twelve
months a birth cannot be registered without the authority of the
Registrar-General. The occupier of the house, or the person present
at the birth is qualified to register.
Deaths should be registered within five days and the medical
certificate of the cause of death delivered to the Registrar. The
informant should be the nearest relation, a person present at the
death, or in attendance during the last illness of the deceased.
DISTRICT SURVEYORS.
To whom due notice must be given of all new buildings, additions,
and other works requiring supervision, under the Metropolitan
Buildings Acts.