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A Lee
15-12-2006, 10:24 PM
I have just received a death certificate from 1944 and the informant was the superintendent registrar of the hospital he died in, despite having family who would have been around. Was this commmonplace?

ChristineR
16-12-2006, 2:01 AM
The hospital would be responsible for registering the death - the information given would have come from the patient file, given on admission. They might seek more information from a family member for the certificate, but then they might not.

Christine

tommy166
16-12-2006, 9:44 AM
Read Barbara Dixon's excellent pages on Death Certificates to find out who could be the informant of a death:

http://home.clara.net/dixons/Certificates/deaths.htm

HTH

Tom :)

A Lee
16-12-2006, 12:15 PM
Thank you Tommy and Christine for your responses|hug|