| Description | Registers recording notification of births relating to infants residing in Derby and therefore visited by the Derby Borough health visitors.
These registers record births at various maternity facilities in Derby, including: the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derbyshire Hospital for Women, Derbyshire Children's Hospital, Nightingale Nursing Home and Queen Mary Maternity Home, as well as several for Babington Hospital in Belper.
The exact format and content of the registers varies over time, the earlier registers are arranged purely chronological, the later registers arranged chronological by the first letter of the surname. Other information typically includes the mother's surname and address (generally updated when the family move up to two-three years after the birth), institution at which the birth took place, the date of the baby's birth. Still births are often listed separately at the back of a volume. Births of children outside Derby are also recorded separately when the family move into the borough area. |
| Custodial History | The records were deposited by South Derbyshire National Health Service Trust in November 1999. |
| Archivist Note | This catalogue was significantly amended in February 2020 as further research was undertaken by the Archivists to determine their provenance and purpose. Previously the catalogue read:
TITLE: Derby City Maternity Facilities
DESCRIPTION: Birth Registers
These birth registers record births at various maternity facilities in Derby, including: the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derbyshire Hospital for Women, Derbyshire Children's Hospital, Nightingale Nursing Home and Queen Mary Maternity Home.
BS, February 2020.
Titles for individual records amended from 'Derby City Maternity Facilities Birth Register', 05/06/2024, BS. |