Notification of Births Register Includes: Registration Number (or sometimes from where they were sent); the Ward (usually just the initials); Mother's Surname (but not necessarily the forename); the family's address; the initials of the institution at which the birth occurred; whether the delivery was by midwife or maternity nurse; who notified the details; the sex of the child; the date of birth (but not the exact time); whether the birth involved a 'stranger', a death, or if the child was illegitimate; and the date of immunisation of vaccination. 1953