Stillbirth registration and perceptions of infant death, 1900-60
The Scottish case in national context1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4352780 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gayle Davis (University of Edinburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 629-654 |
| Publication date | 2009-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0117 • E-ISSN: 1468-0289 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2009.00478.x |
| PMID | 20098665 |
| PMCID | PMC2808697 |
| OpenAlex | W2129490260 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 34 |
The history of vital registration has attracted substantial attention from both social historians and historical demographers. While much of that research has touched upon issues of fertility and mortality, the contentious issue of the stillborn child-which falls somewhere between the two-has been largely neglected. Although civil birth and death registration was introduced to Scotland in 1855, stillbirth registration did not begin until 1939. Using a range of legal, medical, and statistical evidence, this article explores the history of stillbirth registration in Scotland from a social history perspective. It outlines the problems associated with lack of stillbirth registration, the processes that eventually led to registration of the stillborn child, and the wider significance of that registration
Context (archaeology) · Criminology · Fertility · Infant mortality · Perception · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Population · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Medicine · Psychology
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Properly Disposed of
| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |