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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: gig on Monday 20 May 19 12:06 BST (UK)
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Hi all
Ive just obtained the death certificate for my greatgrandfathers 1st wife
She died on the 16th october 1916 aged 28
The cause of death is given as
1 labour at term 2nd october placenta previa
2 secondary malmia pulmonary embolism syncope
I understand the medical side of her death,what i dont understand is 1 says labour at term so that would indicate she gave birth 2 weeks before her death but theres no register of birth, so what happened to baby
Thanks glynn
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Still birth perhaps? :-\ Hence not registered?
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Still birth seems the most likely.
(edit - Ruskie beat me to it!)
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Placenta previa would have been extremely dangerous for both mother and baby. Given that there is no birth registration I agree stillbirth looks likely.
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Thank you for your replys i always thought still borns were registered
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This post from AntonyMMM indicates that the stillbirth register started around 1927
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=785413.
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Thank you for your replys i always thought still borns were registered
https://www.familytreeforum.com/content.php/374-Stillbirth
Snap Rosie :)
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If you can find the burial for this lady you might find the potential stillborn child in the same burial register.
Jay
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Thank you to everyone for your advice and help
Glynn