Vital registration : a manual of the law and practice concerning the registration of births, deaths, and marriages registration acts for Scotland with relative notes on vaccination and the census, forms, and tables of fees, &c / by G.T. Bisset-Smith.

  • Bisset-Smith, G. T.
Date:
1907
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Vital registration : a manual of the law and practice concerning the registration of births, deaths, and marriages registration acts for Scotland with relative notes on vaccination and the census, forms, and tables of fees, &c / by G.T. Bisset-Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    year or more has elapsed ; but a reference must be made to the entry in the Index of the Death Register of the proper year. Thus, in a case of disappearance—supposed drown- ing (body not recovered), in June of 1900, not registered until 1901, the name of the person and number of the entry in the 1901 Register should be interpolated in the 1900 Index—where one, knowing the date of death, would naturally first look for a record of the event. Deaths in or out of a House. In the event of failure to give information within eight days, any of the qualified Informants, or any others with a knowledge of the necessary particulars, must, upon being required, attend within fourteen days and register such death (sec. 38). Over the more populous portions of Scotland this course has to be adopted only very rarely. In Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, and Aberdeen, the most of the deaths are registered before the expiry of the day following their occurrence ; and nearly all, now, are recorded within three days. Life Assurance in Friendly Societies has had an excellent effect upon the Registration of Deaths ; the provisions requiring the production of an Extract of the Death Entry before payment can be obtained of the sum assured tending very practically to secure prompt Registration. The practice of not permitting interment without a Schedule (I), unless after satisfactory explanation, aids in accelerating the registering of deaths before the funeral ; and this practice prevails at several leading Cemeteries, obviating the necessity for the use of Schedule (H), the purpose of which is to shut off the possibility of any death escaping registration (sec. 44).