Still births/miscarriages

[carmay]

I was just wondering if there is any place where still births and/or miscarriages were recorded for Salford.

Thanks,
Carole

[aghadowey]

Any particular date? It's only fairly recently that stillbirths were registers (miscarriages are not recorded) and the registers are not available to the public.

[carmay]

I'd be looking at somewhere around 1923-26.

Carole

[aghadowey]

Registration began in 1927. See this thread for more details-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,302107.0.html

[carmay]

Thanks. I'm still researching what "acute mania" meant in the late 1920's. People have told me it could have been post partum depression, but when my grandmother was admitted to Hope Hospital, my Mom was 6 and her brother was 3. So I'm wondering if there was a still birth and that led to my grandmother's hospitalization. I know I can't access her hospital records for 100 years and I probably won't be around by then. I would just really like to know what happened to her.

Carole

[Katharine75]

I got my grandmother medical records for the 1940s regarding her stillborn twins directly from the hospital she was in. They have their own archives department. I just had to have a letter signed by my grandmother giving me permission to access her record. This is in NSW, Australia.

I don't know much about the medical records and privacy acts for UK, but could it be worth getting in contact with the said hospital to see if you can do a similar thing. You might be able to do this with a letter signed by your mum or a sibling.

Just a thought.

[carmay]

Thanks, but my Mum passed away in 1996 and I am the only one left in our family. I think I will try writing to Hope Hospital though as there are so many unanswered questions about my grandmother.

Carole

[Katharine75]

Perhaps a letter from you would be enough (as next of kin) if they do hold any of the records onsite. Good luck.

[gh03]

I am currently searching for my stillborn sister with no luck.  HOwever someone I work with found her stillborn brother who was born at Hope Hospital.  Apparently they have a stillborn list there with details of burial. The baby who was found was from the 1960's so not sure how far back it goes but might be worth contacting the hospital first.

You can apply for a stillbirth cert from the General Register Office but I am not sure whether you would get one from that far back.  They will only send it to a parent though or a sibiling if the parents have died.