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1. Deaths following injury or violence, as Burns, Falls, Drowning, Gas Poisoning, Suicide, Homicide, etc.
2. Deaths supposedly caused by violence, as Criminal Abortion, Poisoning, Starvation, Suffocation, Ex- posure, etc.
3. Sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, as A death upon the street, or one supposed to be due to Alcoholism, etc.
4. Deaths under circumstances unknown, as A person found dead, etc.
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N. B .- Every Item of information should be carefully supplied. AGE should be stated EXACTLY. PHYSICIANS should state CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of OCCUPATION is very important. See instructions on back of certificate.
The Conmmwealth of Massachusetts
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
1 PLACE OF DEATH
Winthrop
(No.
gut Calf Hospital
St. : Ward)
(City or town.) [If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number.]
Registered No.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 SEX
+ COLOR OR RACE
w
5 SINGLE,
MARRIED
WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED
(Write the word)
-
0
6 DATE OF BIRTH
(Month)
(Day)
1870
(Year)
7 AGE
HOY ..
mos. -- ds.
... min. ?
8 OCCUPATION
(a) Trade, profession, or
particular kind of work ..
it home-
(b) General nature of industry,
business, or establishment
in
which employed ( or employer).
9 BIRTHPLACE
(State or country)
Boston
PARENTS
12 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
13 BIRTHPLACE
OF MOTHER
(State or country)
14 THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
(Informant)
tas. L. mooney.
(Address)
176 Baudouin St
16
Filed
191
REGISTRAR
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 DATE OF DEATH
oct.
(Month)
(Day)
12
191.2
( Year)
17
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased from
oct 200
1912, to
Oct 12
191.
that I last saw h /2
alive on
art.12
191.2,
and that death occurred, on the dato stated above, at
79 m.
The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows :
Credito Gastro Intero-Colito
(ptomain rosas Cause.
hot known possible. Salt cod Fish?
(Duration)
............... yrs.
............
.. mos.
10
ds.
Contributory
(SECONDARY)
(Duration)
............. yrs.
mos.
ds.
31 Drutcat
M.D.
(Signed)
Or/ 14.
1912 (Address)
* If death followed Injury or violence the certificate of death must be made out by the Medical Examiner.
1# LENGTH OF RESIDENCE (FOR HOSPITALS, INSTITUTIONS, TRANSIENTS, OR RECENT RESIDENTS).
At place
of death
.yrs.
mos.
5 de.
In the
Stato ............ yra.
.. mos. ...........
d ..............
Where was disease contracted,
Bourdonst Nothing
if not at place of death ?
Former or
usual residonce
1º PLACE OF BURIAL OR REMOVAL Jauthoplim
DATE OF BURIAL
10-13
2
191
D UNDERTAKER
M. C. Sprayer
ADDRESS
Hvilkeos
Julia 8.
2FULL NAME
{If married or divorced woman or widow
give maiden name, also name of husband.]
@RESIDENCE
176 HoldonIsh
Lewis, fac. L. Mooney.
If LESS than
I day ......... hrs.
10 NAME OF
FATHER
John Lewis
11 BIRTHPLACE
OF FATHER
(State or country)
try unknown
Oct. 12, 1912
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH.
Statement of occupation. - Precise statement of occupa- tion is very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits can be known. The question applies to each and every person, irrespective of age. For many occupations a single word or term on the first line will be sufficient, e. g., Farmer or Planter, Physician, Compositor, Architect, Loco- motive engineer, Civil engineer, Stationary fireman, etc. But in many cases, especially in industrial employments, it is necessary to know (a) the kind of work and also (b) the nature of the business or industry, and therefore an additional line is provided for the latter statement ; it should be used only when needed. As examples: (a) Spinner, (b) Cotton mill; (a) Sales- man, (b) Grocery; (a) Foreman, (b) Automobile factory. The material worked on may form part of the second statement. Never return " Laborer," "Foreman," "Manager," "Dealer," etc., without more precise specification, as Day laborer, Farm laborer, Laborer - Coal mine, etc. Women at home, who are engaged in the duties of the household only (not paid House- keepers who receive a definite salary), may be entered as Housewife, Housework, or At home, and children, not gain- fully employed, as At school or At home. Care should be taken to report specifically the occupations of persons engaged in domestic service for wages, as Servant, Cook, Housemaid, etc. If the occupation has been changed or given up on account of the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH, state occupation at beginning of illness. If retired from business, that fact may be indicated thus: Farmer (retired, 6 yrs.). For persons who have no occupation whatever, write None.
Statement of cause of death. - Name, first, the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH (the primary affection with respect to time and causation), using always the same accepted term for the same disease. Examples: Cerebro-spinal fever (the only definite synonym is "Epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis ") ; Diphtheria (avoid use of "Croup") ; Typhoid fever (never re- port " Typhoid pneumonia ") ; Lobar pneumonia; Broncho- pneumonia (" Pneumonia," unqualified, is indefinite) ; Tuber-
culosis of lungs, meninges, peritonaeum, etc , Carcinoma, Sar- coma, etc., of .. ... (name origin: "Cancer" is less definite ; avoid use of " Tumor" for malignant neoplasms) ; Measles ; Whooping cough; Chronic valvular heart discase; Chronic interstitial nephritis, etc. The contributory (second- ary or intercurrent) affection need not be stated unless im- portant. Example: Measles (disease causing death), 29 ds .; Broncho-pneumonia (secondary), 10 ds. Never report mere symptoms or terminal conditions, such as " Asthenia," " An- aemia " (merely symptomatic), " Atrophy," "Collapse," "Coma," " Convulsions," "Debility " ("Congenital," "Senile," etc.), "Dropsy," " Exhaustion," "Heart failure," "Haemorrhage," " Inanition," " Marasmus," " Old age," "Shock," " Uraemia," " Weakness," etc., when a definite disease can be ascertained as the cause. Always qualify all diseases resulting from childbirth or miscarriage, as "PUER- PERAL septicaemia," " PUERPERAL peritonitis," etc. State cause for which surgical operation was undertaken.
Cases for the Medical Examiners. - Under the provisions of chapter 24 of the Revised Laws deaths under the following conditions must be referred to the Medical Examiners:
1. Deaths following injury or violence, as Burns, Falls, Drowning, Gas Poisoning, Suicide, Homicide, etc.
2. Deaths supposedly caused by violence, as Criminal Abortion, Poisoning, Starvation, Suffocation, Ex- posure, etc.
3. Sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, as A death upon the street, or one supposed to be due to Alcoholism, etc.
4. Deaths under circumstances unknown, as A person found dead, etc.
N. B .- Every item of Information should be carefully supplied. AGE should be stated EXACTLY. PHYSICIANS should state CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of OCCUPATION is very important. See instructions on back of certificate.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
1 PLACE OF DEATH
(No. 66, Brick Road)
Ward)
(City or town.) [If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number.]
Charles@.Badeau
2FULL NAME
[If married or divorced woman or widow give maiden name, also name of husband.] @RESIDENCE 6 Brich Rd Huilhop
Registered No.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 SEX
In
4 COLOR OR RACE
W
5 SINGLE,
marques.
WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED
(Write the word)
6 DATE OF BIRTH
//
16
(Month)
(Day)
. 1875 17
(Year)
7 AGE
If LESS than
{ day ......... hrs.
36
.... yrs.
// mos.
*.. wwwwww ......... ds.
or ......... min. ?
8 OCCUPATION
Electrical Engineer
(b) General nature of industry,
business, or establishment in
which employed (or employer).
9 BIRTHPLACE
(State or country)
Brooklyn n.y.
PARENTS
11 BIRTHPLACE
OF FATHER
(State or country)
try Brooklyn n.4.
12 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Many k. Castro
13 BIRTHPLACE
OF MOTHER
(State or country)
Brooklyn ny.
14 THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
(Informant) uns. CCBadeau
(Address)
66 Which Road.
REGISTRAR
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 DATE OF DEATH
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased from 2
At 28'
1912 to
oct16
191_2
that I last saw
alive on
oct 16
1912 .....
and that death occurred, on the dato stated above, at
330am.
The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows :
Pneumonia
(Duration)
.............. yrs.
...........
.. mos.
18
de.
Contributory
(SECONDARY)
(Duration)
....... yrs.
mos.
............. ds.
(3) butcall
M.D.
........
* If death followed Injury or violence the certificate of death must be made out by the Medical Examiner.
18 LENGTH OF RESIDENCE (FOR HOSPITALS, INSTITUTIONS, TRANSIENTS, OR RECENT RESIDENTS).
in the
At place
of death
yrs.
mos.
ds.
Stato ............ yrs.
mos. .....
ds .............
Where was disease contracted, If not at place of death ?.
Former or usual residence.
1º PLACE OF BURIAL OR REMOVAL
Bethlehem Pa.
DATE OF BURIAL
10-19-
1912
D UNDERTAKER
Ihre. Skaggs
ADDRESS
.
Filed 191
10 NAME OF
FATHER
Chav. J. Badeau.
(Signed)
at 18
1
., 191
...
(Address)
(Month)
16
, 1912
(Day)
(Year)
(a) Trade, profession, or
particular kind of work
Oct. 16, 1912 STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH.
Statement of occupation. - Precise statement of occupa- tion is very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits can be known. The question applies to cach and every person, irrespective of age. For many occupations a single word or term on the first line will be sufficient, e. g., Farmer or Planter, Physician, Compositor, Architect, Loco- motive engineer, Civil engineer, Stationary fireman, etc. But in many cases, especially in industrial employments, it is necessary to know (a) the kind of work and also (b) the nature of the business or industry, and therefore an additional line is provided for the latter statement ; it should he used only when needed. As examples: (a) Spinner, (b) Cotton mill; (a) Sales- man, (b) Grocery ; (a) Foreman, (b) Automobile factory. The material worked on may form part of the second statement. Never return "Laborer," " Foreman," " Manager,"" Dealer," etc., without more precise specification, as Day laborer, Farm laborer, Laborer - Coal mine, etc. Women at home, who are engaged in the duties of the household only (not paid House- keepers who receive a definite salary), may be entered as Housewife, Housework, or At home, and children, not gain- fully employed, as At school or At home. Care should be taken to report specifically the occupations of persons engaged in domestic service for wages, as Servant, Cook, Housemaid, etc. If the occupation has been changed or given up on account of the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH, state occupation at beginning of illness. If retired from business, that fact may be indicated thus: Farmer (retired, 6 yrs.). For persons who have no occupation whatever, write None.
Statement of cause of death .- Name, first, the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH (the primary affection with respect to time and causation), using always the same accepted term for the same disease. Examples: Cerebro-spinal fever (the only definite synonym is "Epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis") ; Diphtheria (avoid use of "Croup") ; Typhoid fever (never re- port " Typhoid pneumonia ") ; Lobar pneumonia; Broncho- pneumonia (" Pneumonia," unqualified, is indefinite) ; Tuber-
culosis of lungs, meninges, peritonaeum, etc , Carcinoma, Sur- coma, etc., of .... .. (name origin : "Cancer" is less definite; avoid use of "Tumor" for malignant neoplasms) ; Measles; Whooping cough; Chronic valvular heart discase; Chronic interstitial nephritis, etc. The contributory (second- ary or intercurrent) affection need not be stated unless im- portant. Example: Measles (disease causing death), 29 ds .; Broncho-pneumonia (secondary), 10 ds. Never report mere symptoms or terminal conditions, such as " Asthenia," " An- aemia " (merely symptomatic), " Atrophy," "Collapse," "Coma," " Convulsions," "Debility " ("Congenital," "Senile," etc.), "Dropsy,""Exhaustion," "Heart failure," "Haemorrhage," " Inanition," "Marasmus," "Old age," "Shock," "Uraemia," "Weakness," etc., when a definite disease can he ascertained as the cause. Always qualify all diseases resulting from childbirth or miscarriage, as "PUER- PERAL septicaemia," " PUERPERAL peritonitis," etc. State cause for which surgical operation was undertaken.
Cases for the Medical Examiners. - Under the provisions of chapter 24 of the Revised Laws deaths under the following conditions must be referred to the Medical Examiners:
1. Deaths following injury or violence, as Burns, Falls. Drowning, Gas Poisoning, Suicide, Homicide, etc.
2. Deaths supposedly caused by violence, as Criminal Abortion, Poisoning, Starvation, Suffocation, Ex- posure, etc.
3. Sudden deaths of persons not disahled by recognized disease, as A death upon the street, or one supposed to be due to Alcoholism, etc.
4. Deaths under circumstances unknown, as A person found dead, etc.
CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of OCCUPATION is very important. See instructions on back of certificate.
PARENTS
12 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Eliza Berry
18 BIRTHPLACE
OF MOTHER
(State or country)
14 THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
(Informant)
miss morris
(Address)
10 Quando aos
18
Filed
191
-- REGISTRAR
1$ DATE OF DEATH
.
Car.
16
.,
191.
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
6 DATE OF BIRTH
5-
(Month)
(Day)
4
1820 17
(Year)
7 AGE
88
... yrs. 5 mos. 13 do.
Or ......... min. ?
8 OCCUPATION
(a) Trade, profession, or
particular kind of work
at home
(b) General nature of industry,
business, or establishment in
which employed (or employer).
7v
Brancher Procuronica
.(Duration)
2
.......
.......... yrs.
............ mos.
ds.
Contributory Burchati
(SECONDARY)
(Duration)
.yrs.
.........
mos.
14
ds.
(Signed)
Edward 1. Frange .
M.D.
act. 18, 1912
(Address).
Witte of
* If death followed injury or violence the certificate of death must be made out by the Medical Examiner.
1ª LENGTH OF RESIDENCE (FOR HOSPITALS, INSTITUTIONS, TRANSIENTS, OR RECENT RESIDENTS).
At place
In the
of death ...
.... yrs. ............ mos.
.ds.
State.
....... yrs.
mos. ..........
ds.
Where was disease contracted, If not at place of death ?.
Former or usual residence.
1 PLACE OF BURIAL OR REMOVAL Cremation
DATE OF BURIAL
10-21-1912
· UNDERTAKER
ADDRESS
N. B .- Every Item of information should be carefully supplied. AGE should be stated EXACTLY. PHYSICIANS should state
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
1 PLACE OF DEATH
Muchof
(No 40 Orlando aus
Ward)
[If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME Instead of street and number.]
Elsie B. Morris
2FULL NAME
[If married or divorced woman or widow give maiden name, also name of husband.] ....
@RESIDENCE
40 Orlando av. HuThe Registered No.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 SEX
4 COLOR OR RACE
W
5 SINGLE,
MARRIED,
WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED
(Write the word)
Vida
If LESS than
day
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased from Cecr. 5.
, 1912, to
Cerch, 16, 19/2.
that I last saw he - alive on
Fick 16, 1912,
and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at
........ m.
The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows :
9 BIRTHPLACE
(State or country)
maine
10 NAME OF
Das Messier.
1) BIRTHPLACE
OF FATHER
((State or country)
maine
(City or town.)
Oct. 16. 1912
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH.
Statement of occupation. - Precise statement of occupa- tion is very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits can be known. The question applies to each and every person, irrespective of age. For many occupations a single word or term on the first line will be sufficient, e. g., Farmer or Planter, Physician, Compositor, Architect, Loco- motive engineer, Civil engineer, Stationary fireman, etc. But in many cases, especially in industrial employments, it is necessary to know (a) the kind of work and also (b) the nature of the business or industry, and therefore an additional line is provided for the latter statement ; it should be used only when needed. As examples: (a) Spinner, (b) Cotton mill; (a) Sales- man, (b) Grocery ; (a) Foreman, (b) Automobile factory. The material worked on may form part of the second statement. Never return " Laborer," "Foreman," "Manager,""Dealer," etc., without more precise specification, as Day laborer, Farm laborer, Laborer - Coal mine, etc. Women at home, who are engaged in the duties of the household only (not paid House- keepers who receive a definite salary), may be entered as Housewife, Housework, or At home, and children, not gain- fully employed, as At school or At home. Care should be taken to report specifically the occupations of persons engaged in domestic service for wages, as Servant, Cook, Housemaid, etc. If the occupation has been changed or given up on account of the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH, state occupation at beginning of illness. If retired from business, that fact may be indicated thus: Farmer (retired, 6 yrs.). For persons who have no occupation whatever, write None.
Statement of cause of death. - Name, first, the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH (the primary affection with respect to time and causation), using always the same accepted term for the same disease. Examples: Cerebro-spinal fever (the only definite synonym is "Epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis ") ; Diphtheria (avoid use of " Croup") ; Typhoid fever (never re- port " Typhoid pneumonia ") ; Lobar pneumonia; Broncho- pneumonia (" Pneumonia," unqualified, is indefinite) ; Tuber-
culosis of lungs, meninges, peritonaeum, etc , Carcinoma, Sar- coma, etc., of ... .. (name origin: "Cancer" is less definite ; avoid use of "Tumor" for malignant neoplasms) ; Measles ; Whooping cough; Chronic valvular heart disease; Chronic interstitial nephritis, etc. The contributory (second- ary or intercurrent) affection need not be stated unless im- portant. Example: Measles (disease causing death), 29 ds .; Broncho-pneumonia (secondary), 10 ds. Never report mere symptoms or terminal conditions, such as " Asthenia," " An- aemia " (merely symptomatic), " Atrophy," "Collapse," "Coma," "Convulsions," "Debility" ("Congenital," "Senile," etc.), "Dropsy,""Exhaustion," "Heart failure," "Haemorrhage," "Inanition," "Marasmus," " Old age," "Shock," "Uraemia," "Weakness," etc., when a definite disease can be ascertained as the cause. Always qualify all diseases resulting from childbirth or miscarriage, as "PUER- PERAL septicaemia," "PUERPERAL peritonitis," etc. State cause for which surgical operation was undertaken.
Cases for the Medical Examiners. - Under the provisions of chapter 24 of the Revised Laws deaths under the following conditions must be roferred to the Medical Examinors:
1. Deaths following injury or violence, as Burns, Falls, Drowning, Gas Poisoning, Suicide, Homicide, etc.
2. Deaths supposedly caused by violence, as Criminal Abortion, Poisoning, Starvation, Suffocation, Ex- posure, etc.
3. Sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, as A death upon the street, or one supposed to be due to Alcoholism, etc.
4. Deaths under circumstances unknown, as A person found dead, etc.
N. B .- Every item of information should be carefully supplied. AGE should be stated EXACTLY. PHYSICIANS should state CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of OCCUPATION is very
important. See instructions on back of certificate.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
1 PLACE OF DEATH
(No.
171
Dowday
St. :
[If death occurred in hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number.]
Registered No.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 SEX
4 COLOR OR RACE
6 SINGLE,
MARRIED,
WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED
(Write the word)
Singles
6 DATE OF BIRTH
14
(Month)
(Day)
1910
(Year)
17 AGE
If LESS than 1 day, ........ hrs.
2
... yrs.
5 mos.
3.ds.
.min. ?
8 OCCUPATION
(a) Trade, profession, or particular kind of work
(b) General nature of industry, business, or establishment in which employed (or employer)
9 BIRTHPLACE
(State or country)
10 NAME OF
FATHER
PARENTS
12 MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER Kathie Heath
1ª BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (State or country) n.H.
14 THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
(Informant)
(Address)
17 Boudou St
Filed ., 191
REGISTRAR
17
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have investigated the
death of the deceased. The CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows:
Alady Hunks
accidental-playing with
maletas
.... (Duration)
yrs.
mos.
ds.
Contributory. (SECONDARY)
mos. ds.
yrs. .
M.D.
.1.7.191
Address) MEDICAL EXAMINER
* State the DISEASE CAUSING DEATII, or, In deaths from VIOLENT CAUSES, state (1) MEANS of INJURY; and (2) whether ACCIDENTAL, SUICIDAL or HOMICIDAL.
8 LENGTH OF RESIDENCE (FOR HOSPITALS, INSTITUTIONS, TRANSIENTS, OR RECENT RESIDENTS).
In the
At place
of death
yrs.
.. mos.
ds.
State
yrs.
mos.
ds.
Where was disease contracted, if not at place of death ?.
Former or usual residence
19 PLACE OF BURIAL OR REMOVAL
DATE OF BURIAL
11-20. 199
wy C Skaggs uithof2
2
(Month)
(Das)
191 (Year)
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
16 DATE OF DEATH
Och. 17.
2 FULL NAME [If married or divorced woman or widow give maiden name, also name of husband.] @RESIDENCE
Ralph W. Irish
(City or town.)
11 BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (State or country)
Oct. 17, 1912
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH.
Statement of occupation. - Precise statement of occupa- tion is very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits can be known. The question applies to each and every person, irrespective of age. For many occupations a single word or term on the first line will be sufficient, e. g., Farmer or Planter, Physician, Compositor, Architect, Loco- motive engineer, Civil engineer, Stationary fireman, etc. But in many cases, especially in industrial employments, it is necessary to know (a) the kind of work and also (b) the nature of the business or industry, and therefore an additional line is provided for the latter statement ; it should be used only when needed. As examples: (a) Spinner, (b) Cotton mill; (a) Sales- man, (b) Grocery ; (a) Foreman, (b) Automobile factory. The material worked on may form part of the second statement. Never return "Laborer," "Foreman,"" Manager,""Dealer," etc., without more precise specification, as Day laborer, Farm laborer, Laborer- Coal mine, etc. Women at home, who are engaged in the duties of the household only (not paid House- keepers who receive a definite salary), may be entered as Housewife, Housework, or At home, and children, not gain- fully employed, as At school or At home. Care should be taken to report specifically the occupations of persons engaged in domestic service for wages, as Servant, Cook, Housemaid, etc. If the occupation has been changed or given up on account of the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH, state occupation at beginning of illness. If retired from business, that fact may be indicated thus: Farmer (retired, 6 yrs.). For persons who have no occupation whatever, write None.
Statement of cause of death. - Name, first, the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH (the primary affection with respect to time and causation), using always the same accepted term for the same disease. Examples: Cerebro-spinal fever (the only definite synonym is "Epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis ") ; Diphtheria (avoid use of "Croup") ; Typhoid fever (never re- port " Typhoid pneumonia ") ; Lobar pneumonia ; Broncho- pneumonia ("Pneumonia," nnqualified, is indefinite) ; Tuber-
culosis of lungs, meninges, peritoneum, etc., Carcinoma, Sar. coma, etc., of ........ (name origin: "Cancer" is less definite ; avoid use of " Tumor " for malignant neoplasms) ; Measles; Whooping cough; Chronic valvular heart disease; Chronic interstitial nephritis, etc. The contributory (second- ary or intercurrent) affection need not be stated unless im- portant. Example: Measles (disease causing death), 29 ds .; Broncho-pneumonia (secondary), 10 ds. Never report mere symptoms or terminal conditions, such as " Asthenia," " An- aemia " (merely symptomatic), " Atrophy," "Collapse," "Coma," "Convulsions," "Debility " ("Congenital," " Senile," etc.), " Dropsy," "Exhaustion," "Heart failure," "Haemorrhage," " Inanition," " Marasmus," " Old age," "Shock," " Uraemia," "Weakness," etc., when a definite disease can be ascertained as the cause. Always qualify all diseases resulting from childbirth or miscarriage, as " PUER- PERAL septicaemia," " PUERPERAL peritonitis," etc. State cause for which surgical operation was undertaken. For VIOLENT DEATHS state MEANS OF INJURY and qualify as ACCIDENTAL, SUICIDAL, Or HOMICIDAL, or as probably such, if impossible to determine definitely. Examples: Accidental drowning; Struck by railway train - accident ; Revolver wound of head- homicide; Poisoned by carbolic acid - prob- ably suicide. The nature of the injury, as fracture of skull, and consequences (e. g., sepsis tetanus) may be stated under the head of "Contributory."
Cases for the Medical Examiners. - Under the provisions of chapter 24 of the Revised Laws deaths under the following conditions must be referred to the Medical Examiners:
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