And don't forget that, in the effort to enforce registration, the onus was also put upon the householder of the place where the child was born.
This led to many birth registrations being done by persons who were not the parents, or indeed, related to the child at all. Thus the likelihood of names not being spelled as usual by that family is much increased. Also the details given for the parents given names and occupations may not be accurate and Rotunda Hospital, in particular, but probably not the only institution, registered many babies without first names.
Thus whereas in England, an unnamed child would probably indicate perinatal mortality, in Dublin that was not the case, and I have come across a number of members of my family, including my mother, who were registered without any given names!
