When this happens a doctor or midwife will give the
parents a certificate to bring to the Register Office.
Every stillbirth (still-birth) in England or Wales must be
registered as quickly as possible, in the district in which it took
place. The funeral can only take place with the permission of the
Registrar of the district in which it happened.
A stillbirth may not be registered more than three months after it
occurred. Information for the registration is given to the
registrar by the person registering the stillbirth.
Registration can sometimes be carried out at the hospital before
the mother leaves, instead of at a register office. Please
telephone 020 8430 3617 to see if this can be arranged.
The
certificate
The Registrar will give you a small
certificate showing the baby's names, date of the stillbirth and
district free, together with a form to allow the funeral to take
place. A full certificate showing parents names is £3.50. Further
certificates can only be issued to the parents.
Outside Newham
If it is inconvenient to go to
the district where the stillbirth took place, the information for
the registration may be given to a registrar in another
district.
The registrar will record the details on a form of declaration and
send it to the registrar for the district where the stillbirth
occurred. The registrar who receives the declaration will enter the
information in the stillbirth register.
Certificates of the stillbirth, which may be ordered and paid for
at the time of making the declaration, as well as the document for
the burial or cremation, will be posted by the registrar for the
district where the stillbirth took place.
If a declaration is made, it may take a day or two longer for the
document for burial or cremation to be issued. The family should
discuss the arrangements with their funeral director and the
registrar so as to avoid any delay to the funeral.
More help
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