Slough Borough Council

Registering a Death

To register a death, you must first contact the Register Office to make an appointment.

A death cannot be registered until a medical certificate of the cause of death has been issued.

This may be issued by your family doctor so you would need to contact your relative’s surgery. It may be issued by a hospital doctor in which case the Patient’s Affairs Officer will issue it.

In some cases it is necessary to have a post-mortem and in that case the coroner's officer will contact you to tell you when you may come to register.

The registrar needs to know:

• The full name of the deceased and any previous names used
• The date and place of birth
• Full name of a woman’s husband and his occupation before death or retirement
• The current address of the deceased
  

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