The registration of birth and deaths is one of the major functions of public health section. The births and deaths, which take place in the hospital are recorded and reported to the municipalities. For non-hospital events, the concerned parties can make necessary applications to the municipalities. Delay in registration of the events requires clearances from various authorities.

Once the event is registered, ULB issues the necessary certificate. In the case of nonhospital event, the certificate is issued after necessary scrutiny and inspection.At any given point of time, corrections to birth/death details can only be done by the Registrar of births & deaths. Necessary records are maintained by the health section

The main activities of birth and death process include:

• Birth & death registration
• Issue of birth and death certificates
• Corrections in the registration details
• Updation of registration details (Inclusion of child’s name).