Town of Winthrop : Record of Deaths 1900-1903, Part 32

Author: Winthrop (Mass.)
Publication date: 1900
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Chief cause, Two years.


Duration Contributing cause. Six months


I certify that the above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.


Name and Residence ! AWillard Pop


* If an institution, state how long an Inmate and previous residence. 2 2 Omillain ST., 6, Boston M.D. of Physician.


2


Date of Birth, Feb 2 1843


Name and Birthplace of Father, Maiden Name and Birthplace of Mother, ) Place of Interment,


Sarah Pearson July 20 "1903


Filed July 21 "1903


[FORM NO. 37.]


No. of Permit, Date of birth - Aug. 19 " 1868


UNDERTAKER'S RETURN. Boston.


Winthrop


Date of death, July 23 1403 189 Name, .. Charlie Johnson Maiden name,* Sex, Mala


Married, single, or widow of ... wife of.


Color Age,34 years, // .... mos., 4 days.


66 mille St Maldie


Place of death ( number Boston Harbor


Ward


Place of birth,


SuEden


Occupation,


Shoemaker


Name of father,


John .


Maiden name of mother Mary Bjork man


Birthplace of father, Sweden


Birthplace of mother,


Sweden


Place of interment, t.


Forest Dale Cluny


qualden


* If a married woman or a widow.


t Give the name of the burialground.


PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE OF THE CAUSE OF DEATH.


Boston,


July 29th


Name and age of deceased: Charles Johnston


34 Jrs. 11 mos.


dys.


Date and place of death :.. file 23,


Age


Berlin Carbon


Disease or cause of death :


Accidental dinning


apple deland


Came achou all Short Beach


Duration of disease: *


I certify that the above is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief.


Name and residence


of physician.


france


affarics


M.D.


Med Scares


* It is very desirable to be informed of the duration of the disease. When more than one cause of death is mentioned state the duration of each.


The office of the Board of Health will be open for the granting of permits for burial, as follows : - Saturdays, 9 A. M. till I P.M., except during the months of June, July, August and September, when the office will be closed on Saturdays at 12 M. ; Sundays, 10 A. M. till 12 M. ; Holidays, from 10 A.M. till 12 M .; other days, from 9 A.M. till 5 P.M.


Charles Johnson July 23 " 1903 Filed July 23" 1903


FORM C.


Commonwealth of glassachusetts.


No.


RETURN OF A DEATH. To the Clerk of the City or Town in which the death occurred.


(FILL OUT WITH INK. ALL NAMES TO BE IN FULL.)


Date of Death,


190 3.


Full Name of Deceased,


Verge ger Jenkins


Maiden Name,


If a married or divorced woman or a widow give also Name of Husband,


Sex, Color,


Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced


1%Hours


Age, Years, Months, 2 Days. 'Occupation,


* Residence { If out of town, } ( also state fully. }


Washington avenue (Horthy.)


Lewis Block


Place of Death, Place of Birth,


Name and Birthplace of Father,


George ". V. Jenkins


Maiden Name and Birthplace of Mother,


Place of Burial (Give name of Cemetery), ..


Dated at Mintha10


Signature and Summer Floyd


on July 24"


190 4


place of business of Undertaker. 18. Oferman Street


PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE.


Boston,


190 3


Name and age of deceased,


0 years.


Date and place of death, July 2 3d Winthrop


Disease Chief cause,


Contributing cause,


Duration Contributing cause, ...


Chief cause 1 day


I certify that the above is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief.


Name and residence \ 108 Waren of physician, ARKlockany M D.


* If in an institution, state how long an inmate and previous residenge.


The office of the Board of Health will be open for the granting of permits for burial, as follows :- Saturdays, 9 A.M. till | P.M .. except during the months of June, July, August and September, when the office will be closed on Saturdays at 12 M. ; Sundays, 10 A.M. till 12 M . Holidays, from 10 A.M. tiff 12 M .; other days, from 9 A.M. till 5 P.M.


George few Parking Age, 2 days 1 4 hours


NO.


RETURN OF THE DEATH


OF


at


Date,


190


Filed,


190


.


[EXTRACTS FROM CHAPTER 29, REVISED LAWS. ]


SECTION 6. Every householder in whose house a death occurs and the oldest next of kin of a deceased person in the city or town in which the death occurs, shall, within five days thereafter, canse notice thereof to be given to the board of health or to the town clerk.


SECTION 7. The commanding officer of a vessel shall give notice of the death of any person under his charge to the board of health or to the clerk of the city or town within the Commonwealth at which his vessel first arrives after such death.


SECTION 8. Penalty for negleet to comply with the requirements of seetions 6 and 7, five dollars.


SECTION 10. A physician shall forthwith after the death of a person whom he has attended during his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, furnish for registration a certificate setting forth the required faets. If of a child born dead, both the birth and death shall be reported as " stillborn ". Penalty for negleet fifty dollars.


SECTION 11. If the deceased was a soldier or sailor who served in the war of the rebellion, give both the primary and the secondary or immediate cause of death as nearly as he can state the same. Penalty for refusal or negleet, ten dollars.


SECTION 12. Every undertaker or other person who has charge of a funeral, shall forthwith obtain the physician's cer- tificate required by section 10, enter thereon the facts required by section 1, and return it to the board of health or to the clerk of the city or town in which the death occurred. The person making such return shall receive from the city or town a fee of twenty-five cents.


[EXTRACTS FROM CHAPTER 78, REVISED LAWS. ]


SECTION 38. No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body in a city or town, or remove therefrom a human body which has not been buried, until a permit from the board of health or its agent has been received. No such permit shull be issued, until there shall have been delivered to such board a written statement, containing the facts required by law, with a physician's certificate of the cause of death. The Board of Health or agent, upon receipt of such statement and certificate, shall forth- with countersign and transmit it to the clerk of the city or town for registration. Penalty for violation not exceeding fifty dollars


-


[11-'02.37-LM.]


Permit No.


RETURN OF DEATH. BOSTON, MASS.


Name in full, Albert


A. Robertjuly 24-190


(If a married or divorced woman give maiden name, also name of husband.)


Se.v. male Color, white ( White, Black, Mixed, Chinese, Indian, etc.)


Condition, married (Single, Married, Widowed or Divoreed.)


Age, 50 Years, 10 Months, 13 Days. Occupation, Real Estate


Residence, Winthrop


Ward,


Place of Death, Winthrop July 24-1903 (State year, month and day.) Place of Birth, Baston Date of Birth, Left 11-1852


Name und Birthplace ! of Father, j Maiden Name and 1 Birthplace of Mother, 1 Place of Interment,


Charles Roberts


Mercy . Wilson Newb. See


Chedireckt Tering Undertakey.


PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE OF THE CAUSE OF DEATH.


Boston. ... .


1903.


Name and Age of Deceased,


Age, 3 0 years.


Date and Only. 24 th 1903


Place of Death,*


Chief cause, .. Brights Dicare


Disease < Contributing cause, Cardiac


Chief cause, One year


Duration Contributing cause, Six months


I certify that the above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.


Name and Residence ) FHValları M.D. of Physician,


* If an institution, state how long an inmate and previous residence.


8H1 Bon Paliw St. Batore


aller a novella July 24, 1963 Filed July 24" 1 903


Permit No. ......


[11-'02.37-LM.]


RETURN OF DEATH. Winthrop . BOHYOM, MASS.


Date of Death,


July 28th 1903.


Vame in full, William B. French


(If a married or divorced woman give maiden name, also name of husband.)


Se., Male.


Color,. white ( White, Black, Mixed, Chinese, Indian, etc.) Retired


Condition. manacd's


·Single, Married, Widowen or Divorced.) Age, 61 Years, 1 Months, - Days. Occupation,


Residence, Waverley House Charlestown Ward,


Place of Death, Hotel Loving. Hinthusk mass.


Place of Birth, Justonboro n. I.t.


tate year, month and day.


Date of Birth, Sem 28-1842.


Name and Birthplace Sames French. Per market n. H. of Father, Maiden Name and Birthplace of Mother, )


Place of Interment,. Fouch Fiells John Bryantis Done


% Undertaker.


PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE OF THE CAUSE OF DEATH.


Hinthak July 28th 190-3


Name and Age William B. French Ige, 61 years.


of Deceased,


Date and - Fratel Loving Manchmal mack.


Place of Death,*


Chief cause,. Chronic Valvula Heart Disease


Disease Contributing cause, Chief cause, about 12 years


I certify that the above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.


Name and Residence ? of Physician, U. EJohnson 1


M.D.


* It an institution, state how long an inmate and previous residence.


Duration Contributing cause,


William J. French July 28,1903 Filed July 29" 1903


RETURN OF DEATH.


CHELSEA.


Winthrop


Date of Death Year, 1903


Month, July Day, .280


Finally


Day, 1 Brownell


Residence, 26 Boudin


Sex Fomale.


Conjugal condition


Single, Married. Widowed. Divorced. Widow of ...


Color


White. Black (Negro or mixed). Indian, Chinese. Japanese.


Wife of.


Place of death Street, 26 Bowdown


Place of birth,


Number, Nova Scotia


Occupation, Contractor


Name of Father Timothy I


Maiden Name of Mother, Ondanown


Birthplace of Father, Nova Jevtia Birthplace of Mother, Nova Jevna,


Place of interment,


4 cm Lastest


Undertaker.


PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE OF THE CAUSE OF DEATH.


Chelsea, 29th. 190 3.


Name and age of deceased, Inizothy TOBrownell Age, 40 years.


Date and place of death,* July 28, 1903 26 Boudin


Disease: { Chief cause, Typhoid Fever


Contributing cause,


Chief cause, 3 weeks


Duration, Contributing cause,


I certify that the above is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief.


Name and residence ? of physician,


31 metcalf M. D.


*If in an institution, state how long an inmate and previous residence.


#If a Soldier or Sailor in the War of the Rebellion, give both Chief and Contributing Cause.


The office of the Board of Health will be open for the granting of permits for burial, as follows :- Saturdays, 8 A.M. till 1 P.M .; Sun- days and Holidays, from 10 to 11 A.M .; other days, from 8 A.M. till 4 P.M.


Days,


Name in full, Maiden Name, Male.


Year, 1863


Years, 40


Birth Month,. May Age, Months, 2


Comothy, Whomell July 28"1903 Filed July 29, 1963


FORM C.


Commonwealth of Classachusetts.


No. ................


RETURN OF A DEATH. To the Clerk of the City or Town in which the death occurred.


(FILL OUT WITH INK. ALL NAMES TO BE IN FULL.)


05 % 1903. Date of Death, august Based, Roy Norton Sawyer Full Name of Deceased,


Maiden Name,


If a married or divorced woman or a widow give also


Name of Husband,


Sex, Color,


Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced,


Age, Years, Months, 13 Days. Occupation,


* Residence { If out of town, }


¿ also state fully. f ..


68 Pauline Street


Winthrop


Place of Death, 11 "1


Place of Birth, "1


", 11


Name and Birthplace of Father, Georges J. Sawyer= Wales Me


Maiden Name and Birthplace of Mother, maler Varney Litchfield me,


Place of Burial (Give name of Cemetery),


Winthrop bemeley


Dated at. august 5 190 3


Signature and place of business of Undertaker.


18 0termin Bleel


PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE.


Name and Age of Deceased, f Roy Norton Sawyer Age, ~~ MAJD.


Place and Date of Death,


died Vat


68 Pauline Street-aug 3 1903


Primary,


Benature


Duration,


15


Disease or Cause


of Death, ¿


Immediate,


marasmus


Duration,


15


I certify that the above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.


Signature and Residence S


of


I.E. Samson M. D.


Certifying Physician. 3


Date of Certificate,


1905


· Give also street and number, if any. t Give sex of infant not named. If still-born, so state. { If a Soldier or Sailor in the War of the Rebellion, give both Primary and Immediate Cause.


Countersign and transmit to the clerk of the city or town.


Agent of Board of Health.


burner Floyd


on


NO


RETURN OF THE DEATH


OF


Ray Norlin Sawyer 68 Combine Street at


Date, auquel 3


1903


Filed, Miguel of 190 3


[EXTRACTS FROM CHAPTER 29, REVISED LAWS. ]


SECTION 6. Every honseholder in whose house a death occurs and the oldest next of kin of a deceased person in the oity or town in which the death occurs, shall, within five days thereafter, cause notice thereof to be given to the board of health or to the town clerk.


SECTION 7. The commanding officer of a vessel shall give notice of the death of any person under his charge to the board of health or to the clerk of the city or town within the Commonwealth at which his vessel first arrives after such death.


. SECTION S. Penalty for neglect to comply with the requirements of sections 6 and ", five dollars.


SECTION 10. A physician shall forthwith after the death of a person whom he has attended during his last illness, at the request. of an undertaker or other anthorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, furnish for registration a certificate setting forth the required facts. If of a child born dead, both the birth and death shall be reported as " stillborn ". Penalty for neglect fifty dollars.


SECTION 11. If the deceased was a soldier or sailor who served in the war of the rebellion, give both the primary and the secondary or immediate cause of death as nearly as he can state the same. Penalty for refusal or neglect, ten dollars.


SECTION 12. Every undertaker or other person who has charge of a funeral, shall forthwith obtain the physician's cer- tificate required by section 10, enter thereon the facts required by section 1, and return it to the board of health or to the clerk of the city or town in which the death occurred. The person making such return shall receive from the city or town a fee of twenty-five cents.


[EXTRACTS FROM CHAPTER 78, REVISED LAWS.]


SECTION 38. No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body in a city or town, or remove therefrom a human body which has not been buried, until a permit from the board of health or its agent has been received. No such permit shall. be issued until there shall have been delivered to such board a written statement, containing the facts required by law. with a physician's certificate of the cause of death. The Board of Health or agent, upon receipt of such statement and certificate, shall forth- with countersign and transmit it to the clerk of the city or town for registration. Penalty for violation not exceeding fifty dollars.


FORM C.


Commonwealth of Classachusetts.


No.


RETURN OF A DEATH. To the Clerk of the City or Town in which the death occurred.


(FILL OUT WITH INK. ALL NAMES TO BE IN FULL.)


Date of Death, auquel 5 " 1903


Full Name of Deceased,


Many Paine


Maiden Name, Many Jenkshuy


{If a married or divorced woman or a widow give also Name of Husband, Benjamin S. Panie


Sex, Color, Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced,


Age, 78. Years,


Months, /9 Days. Occupation,


* Residence { If out of town, } ( also state fully. ) .. Winthrop


Wass


Place of Death, 100 Main Street Winthrope nase


Place of Birth, Chelsea nase


Name and Birthplace of Father,


Maiden Name and Birthplace of Mother,. Martha Belcher Chelsea mass


Place of Burial (Give name of Cemetery), Printtrop Cemetery


Dated at .. Printhop


Dummer Floyd


on august 6" 1903


Signature and place of business 3 of Undertaker.


18 Odermar Stal


PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE.


Name and Age of Deceased, t


Mary Powe Age, 78 4. 17 M. 19.D.


Place and Date of Death,


died at Winthrop, Man aug. 6th 1903.


Primary,


Cerebral Hemorrhage Duration, About


Disease or Cause of Death, } Immediate, Apoplety


Duration,


H mouth


I certify that the above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.


Signature and Residence S of Certifying Physician.


A. B. Norma M. D.


Date of Certificate,


1903.


· Give also street and number, if any. | Give sex of Infant not named. If still-born, so state.


{ If a Soldier or Sailor in the War of the Rebellion, give both Primary and Immediate Canse.


Countersign and transmit to the clerk of the city or town.


Agent of Board of Health.


NO.


RETURN OF THE DEATH


OF


mary. Paine


at 100 Main Street


Date, august 5


190 3


Filed, august 6 1903


[EXTRACTS FROM CHAPTER 29, REVISED LAWS. ]


SECTION 6. Every householder in whose honse a death ocenrs and the oldest next of kin of a deceased person in the city or town in which the death occurs, shall, within five days thereafter, cause notice thereof to be given to the board of health or to the town clerk.


SECTION 7. The commanding officer of a vessel shall give notice of the death of any person under his charge to the board of health or to the clerk of the city or town within the Commonwealth at which his vessel first arrives after such death.


SECTION S. Penalty for neglect to comply with the requirements of sections 6 and ", five dollars.


SECTION 10. A physician shall forthwith after the death of a person whom he has attended during his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other anthorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, furnish for registration a certificate setting forth the required facts. If of a child born dead, both the birth and death shall be reported as " stillborn ". Penalty for neglect fifty dollars.


SECTION 11. If the deceased was a soldier or sailor who served in the war of the rebellion, give both the primary and the secondary or immediate canse of death as nearly as he can state the same. Penalty for refusal or neglect, ten dollars.


SECTION 12. Every undertaker or other person who has charge of a funeral, shall forthwith obtain the physician's cer- tificate required by section 10, enter thereon the facts required by section 1, and return it to the board of health or to the clerk of the city or town in which the death occurred. The person making snch return shall receive from the city or town a fee of twenty-five cents.


[EXTRACTS FROM CHAPTER 78, REVISED LAWS.]


SECTION 38. No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body in a city or town, or remove therefrom a human body which has not been buried, until a permit from the board of health or its agent has been received. No such permit shull be issued until there shall have been delivered to such board a written statement, containing the facts required by law, with a physician's certificate of the cause of death. The Board of Health or agent, upon receipt of such statement and certificate, shall forth- with countersigu and transmit it to the clerk of the city or town for registration. Penalty for violation not exceeding fifty dollars.


FORM C.


Commonwealth of Classachusetts.


No.


RETURN OF A DEATH. To the Clerk of the City or Town in which the death occurred.


(FILL OUT WITH INK. ALL NAMES TO BE IN FULL.)


Date of Death, auquel 7" 190 3


Full Name of Deceased, alexander 3. Brown


Maiden Name,


married or divorced woman or a widow give also Name of Husband, .


Sex, Color, Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced,


Age, yry Years, Months, Days. Occupation, Retired


* Residence [ If out of town, }


[ also state fully. )


Place of Death, 33 Marshall Street


Place of Birth, New Bunewick (SI Martins)


Name and Birthplace of Father,


Unknow


(New Brunswick)


Maiden Name and Birthplace of Mother, Unknow (New Brunsmet)


Place of Burial (Give name of Cemetery), Winthrop Cemetery


Dated at Signature and august 8 L 1903 place of business of Undertaker.


Bummer Floyd


on


PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE.


Name and Age of Deceased, t alexander 8. Bun Age, 7 4. 2 M. 3 D.


Place and Date of Death,


died at .


33 Marshall St ang / 190 3.


Disease or Cause of Death, # Immediate,


Primary,


Duration, Chronic Brights Deseare Duration, years


I certify that the above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.


Signature and Residence S of


CE Johnson


M. D.


Date of Certificate,


Certifying Physician. Curijust 10 190 3.


* Give also street and number, if any. | Give sex of infant not named. If still-born, so state. { If a Soldier or Sailor in the War of the Rebellion, give both Primary and Immediate Cause.


Countersign and transmit to the clerk of the city or town.


Agent of Board of Health.


No.


RETURN OF THE DEATH


OF


alexander S. Drown 33 Marshall Street at


auquel y


Date,


190 3


Filed, august 8 190 3


[EXTRACTS FROM CHAPTER 29, REVISED LAWS. ]


SECTION 6. Every householder in whose house a death occurs and the oldest next of kin of a deceased person in the city or town in which the death occurs, shall, within five days thereafter, cause notice thereof to be given to the board of health or to the town clerk.


SECTION 7. The commanding officer of a vessel shall give notice of the death of any person under his charge to the board of health or to the clerk of the city or town within the Commonwealth at which his vessel first arrives after such death.


SECTION S. Penalty for neglect to comply with the requirements of sections 6 and 7, five dollars.


SECTION 10. A physician shall forthwith after the death of a person whom he has attended during his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other anthorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, furnish for registration a certificate setting forth the required facts. If of a child born dead, both the birth and death shall be reported as "stillborn ". Penalty for neglect fifty dollars.


SECTION 11. If the deceased was a soldier or sailor who served in the war of the rebellion, give both the primary and the secondary or immediate cause of death as nearly as he can state the same. Penalty for refusal or neglect, ten dollars.


SECTION 12. Every undertaker or other person who has charge of a funeral, shall forthwith obtain the physician's cer- tificate required by section 10, enter thereon the facts required by section 1, and return it to the board of health or to the clerk of the city or town in which the death occurred. The person making such return shall receive from the city or town a fee of twenty-five cents.


[EXTRACTS FROM CHAPTER 78, REVISED LAWS.]


SECTION 38. No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body in a city or town, or remove therefrom a human body which has not been buried, until a permit from the board of health or its agent has been received. No such permit shull be issued until there shall have been delivered to such board a written statement, containing the facts required by law, with a physician's certificate of the cause of death. The Board of Health or agent, upon receipt of such statement and certificate, shall forth- with countersign and transmit it to the clerk of the city or town for registration. Penalty for violation not overdir . fifty dollars.


FORM C.


Commonwealth of Classachusetts.


No.


RETURN OF A DEATH. To the Clerk of the City or Town in which the death occurred.


(FILL OUT WITH INK. ALL NAMES TO BE IN FULL.)


Date of Death, august 8' 190


Full Name of Deceased, Francie P. Staley


Maiden Name,


¿ Is a married or divorced woman or a widow give also Name of Husband,


Sex, Color, 21 Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced, - Age, - Years, /0 Months, 18 Days. Occupation,


* Residence { If out of town, Į ( also state fully. }


Winthrop Mars


Place of Death, 9 Conra Strell


Place of Birth, Manchester Swass


Name and Birthplace of Father, ... Edward , Otaley, Swampscott


Maiden Name and Birthplace of Mother, Catherine a Coyne Below


Place of Burial (Give name of Cemetery), St Joseph's Catholic Cemelly


Dated at Winthrop


Summer Floyd


on august 8l 190 3


Signature and place of business of Undertaker. 18 Oferman Street 1


PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE.


Name and Age of Deceased, t Francis J. Otaley


Age, (\Y. /.O.M. 18D.


Place and Date of Death,


died at


9. Cosa Sweet Stinthurt aug 8190, 3


Primary,


Hasto Sulantes,


Duration, 2 wts


Disease or Cause § of Death, į Immediate, Duration,


I certify that the above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.


signature and Residence § of


M. D.


Certifying Physician.


Date of Certificate,


190-3


* Give also street and number, if any. | Give sex of infant not named. If still-born, so state. { If a Soldier or Sailor in the War of the Rebellion, give both Primary and Immediate Cause.


Countersign and transmit to the clerk of the city or town.


Agent of Board of Health.


No.


RETURN OF THE DEATH


OF


Francie , Haley


Cara Street Shintaip at


Date, auquel 8" 190. ١٤


3 ..


Filed, august 9 190 3


[EXTRACTS FROM CHAPTER 29, REVISED LAWS. ] -


SECTION 6. Every householder in whose house a death occurs and the oldest next of kin of a deceased person in the city or town in which the death occurs, shall, within five days thereafter, cause notice thereof to be given to the board of health or to the town clerk.


SECTION 7. The commanding officer of a vessel shall give notice of the death of any person under his charge to the board of health or to the clerk of the city or town within the Commonwealth at which his vessel first arrives after such death.


SECTION S. Penalty for neglect to comply with the requirements of sections 6 and ", five dollars.


SECTION 10. A physician shall forthwith after the death of a person whom he has attended during his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, furnish for registration a certificate setting forth the required facts. If of a child born dead, both the birth and death shall be reported as " stillborn ". Penalty for neglect fifty dollars.


SECTION 11. If the deceased was a soldier or sailor who served in the war of the rebellion, give both the primary and the secondary or immediate cause of death as nearly as he can state the same. Penalty for refusal or neglect, ten dollars.




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