Objective To assess the quality of perinatal autopsy.Design Review of all reports of post mortem examinations camed out following perinatal deaths from Population Former Northern Region of England.Methods Assessment of post mortem reports concerning their content and interpretation, the assessment camed out by panel comprising a pathologist, obstetrician and paediatrician.Results Reports were available for all 104 cases where post mortem examinations had been undertaken, of which 53 (5 1 %) met the minimum standards for such autopsies proposed by the Royal College of Pathologists. Interpretative comments were judged to be adequate in 5 1 (49%). ConclusionsThe quality of perinatal autopsies is frequently poor. Improvement requires increased awareness of the potential value of the autopsy, and more consultation between pathologists, obstetricians and paediatricians.

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BY SIR IIECTOR C. CAMERON, PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL SURGERY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. * Since these lectures were delivered they have been revised by Lord Lister, and he has, with much kindness, rewritten some passages in the second lecture. These emendations I have accepted very gratefully, since they give to the views set forth the value of his authority and approval.

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