Late registration of birth

[rosijayne]

Thank you everybody for these replies.
I do feel like I have a greater understanding now of how a registration would have happened.
This particular birth was registered, as a first registration, within six months, but only just!!
Thank you for clearing up the fact that there was no fine at this time.
Gill

[coombs]

I would say before 1875, the percentage of unregistered births is about 3 to 4%. The 10% seems a bit too high a percentage.

I have about 20 or so direct ancestors born 1837-1874 and 2 of them not registered and I have tried every first and surname variant under the sun.

[rosijayne]

I wonder what the incentive was to get them registered early on anyway?
people must have been suspicious of this 'new' system.
Gill