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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.
1
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 Winthrop (No. 16 Cottage Pk Rd. St. : Ward)
Winthrop (City or town.) [If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number.]
Sylvanus Rich
2 FULL NAME
[If married or divorced woman or widow
give maiden name, also name of husband.]
@RESIDENCE
16 Cottage PR. Rd.
Registered No.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 SEX
mals
4 COLOR OR RACE
white
5 SINGLE,
MARRIED,
WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED
(Write the word)
Single
6 DATE OF BIRTH
(Month)
(Day)
1
(Year)
7 AGE about
67
.yrs. mos. .ds.
or ....... min. ?
& OCCUPATION
(a) Trade, profession, or
particular kind of work
clerk
(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
Hannah Rich Brown
13 BIRTHPLACE
OF MOTHER
(State or country)
) Wellfleet, mass.
14 THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
(Informant)
Hanna M. Rich
(Address)
16 Collo de Park Pal
Filed
191
over
REGISTRAR
16 DATE OF DEATH
Dec.
(Month)
(Day)
28, 19/2
(Year)
17 I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased from Dec. 11 1912 , to. Dec. 28. 1912 that I last saw humalive on Dec. 28 1912 and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at. 4 P.m. The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows : Typhoid Fever
(Duration)
x
.yrs.
X
mos.
24 ds.
Contributory
(SECONDARY)
(Duration)
.. yrs.
mos.
ds.
(Signed)
Q.E.
Johnson
, M.D.
Dec. 30
1912 (Address).
Winthrop
* 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).
At place
of death.
... yrs.
mos.
ds.
State.
... yrs.
In the
mos.
ds.
Where was disease contracted, If not at place of death ?.
Former or usual residence.
19 PLACE OF BURIAL OR REMOVAL Winthrop Toml
DATE OF BURIAL
12/31 1912
20 UNDERTAKER
C. R.B.
rison
ADDRESS
Winthrop
X
10 NAME OF
FATHER
Sylvanus Rich
11 BIRTHPLACE
OF FATHER
(State or country) Wellfleet Mass
If LESS than
1 day ......... hrs.
.. . .
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 taborer, 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, perir nueum, etc., Carcinoma, Sur- coma, etc., of .. ... (name origin: "Cancer" is less definite ; avoid use of "Tumor" for malignant neoplasins) ; 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 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.
(Winthrop- 21913 Then personaly affeared Hammam Rich, sister of the diseased.
0 made o ath that the within statementparé luce before one Preston 13, Churcheld Gown Clerk
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
1 PLACE OF DEATH
(No.
allage PK Rd
St. :
........ Ward)
[If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number.]
2 FULL NAME
[If married or divorced woman or widow
give maiden name, also name of husband.]
@RESIDENCE
16 Collage Part RX
Registered No.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 SEX
4 COLOR OR RACE
White
5 SINGLE,
MARRIED,
WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED
(Write the word)
certona
6 DATE OF BIRTH
(Month)
(Day) (Year)
If LESS than
1 day,
„hrs.
8 OCCUPATION
(a) Trade, profession, or
particular kind of work
black
(b) General natura of industry,
business, or establishment in
which employad (or employar)
9 BIRTHPLACE
(State or country)
10 NAME OF
FATHER
sylvanes thick
PARENTS
11 BIRTHPLACE
OF FATHER
(State or country)
Wellfleet Man,
12 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Hannale Rich Brown
18 BIRTHPLACE
OF MOTHER
(State or country)
Wellfleet man
14 THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
(Informant)
(Address)
..... REGISTRAR
17
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased from Dec 11 , 191.2., to De 28 . 1912 that I last saw h walive on De 28 1912 and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 40 m. The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows :
y i bland there
(Duration)
yrs.
X
.... mos.
24 ds.
Contributory.
(SECONDARY)
X
(Duration)
yrs.
mos. .ds.
M.D.
(Signad)
Sur 30, 1912 (Address).
* 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).
At place
of daath.
. yrs. ....
mos. .......
ds.
Stata
.......
.. yrs.
In the
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
12/31
1
191
.....
· UNDERTAKER
ADDRESS
Filed _. , 191
16 DATE OF DEATH
December
28 92
(Year)
(Month)
(Day)
7 AGE 67
yrs. mos.
......
ds.
or ........ min. ?
(City or town.)
N B. - Every item of infor Mation 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.
-
›
Dec. 28
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH.
Statement of occupation. - Precise statement of occupa- tion is very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pnrsnits 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 "Cronp") ; Typhoid fever (never re- port " Typhoid pneumonia ") ; Lobar pneumonia; Broncho- pneumonia (" Pneumonia," nnqualified, is indefinite) ; Tuber-
1912
culosis of langs, 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 nnless 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," " Marasmns," " 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
I PLACE OF DEATH
Winthrop
(No 35 Summit he
St. ......
Ward)
BOSTON (City or town.) [If death occurred In a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number.]
Hockey Marion Hennessy
'FULL NAME
[If married or divorced woman or widow give maiden name, also name of husband.] . @RESIDENCE
35 Summit Ave, Anthrop
Registered No.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 SEX
4 COLOR OR RACE
5 SINGLE,
MARRIED,
WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED
(Write the word)
Pingle
1ª DATE OF DEATH
December
28, 19/2
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
6 DATE OF BIRTH
Jan
(Month)
23
1
(Day)
(Year)
7 AGE
If LESS than
t day, ........ hrs.
31
.yrs.
11
mos.
...... ds.
„.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).
) BIRTHPLACE
(State or country)
Rokwy Mass
PARENTS
11 BIRTHPLACE
OF FATHER
(State or country)
Jueland
12 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Alice & Rose
13 BIRTHPLACE
OF MOTHER
(State or country)
Phila.
14 THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
(Informant)
TB. Hermary
(Address)
Filed 191
REGISTRAR
17 I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased from
, 1912 ... , to
Du 28
191.2,
that I last saw ha alive on
Du 27
1912
and that death occurred, on the dato stated above, at 8am.
The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows :
Concer of Breast
(Duration)
.........
. yrs. 18 mos.
.......
ds.
Contributory
(SECONDARY)
1
(Duration)
.......... yrs. ...
mos.
ds.
(Signed)
Du 28, 1912 (Address)
M.D.
* If death followed Injury or violence the certificate of death must be made out by the Medical Examiner.
IS LENGTH OF RESIDENCE (FOR HOSPITALS, INSTITUTIONS, TRANSIENTS, OR RECENT RESIDENTS).
At place
of death.
.yrs.
... mos.
ds .
State
....... yrs.
In the
........ mos. ............ ds. ........... Where was disease contracted, If not at place of death ?.
Former or usual residence
1º PLACE OF BURIAL OR REMOVAL Ubr. Benedict
DATE OF BURIAL
1912
JUNDERTAKER
·
Obary ton 1169 Chambres for
.....
10 NAME OF
FATHER
Stuck 3.
10
Dec. 2 8, 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 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.
filettá 3 SEX female 4 COLOR OR RACE White 5 SINGLE, MARRIED, WIDOWED, OR DIVORCED (Write the word) 6 DATE OF BIRTH 27 (Month) (Day) 7 AGE .. yrs. il mos mos. 3 ds. 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 Dutchess for- (State or country) york 10 NAME OF FATHER 11 BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (State or country) PARENTS 13 BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (State or country) 14 THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST, OF MY KNOWLEDGE (Informant) important. See instructions on back of certificate. (Address) 16 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 . 12 MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER I have it avia
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
1 PLACE OF DEATH Wintmah (No Park ave
Maker
Wletta &. Burrow, Joseph II. Baker
(City or town.)
[If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number.]
Registered No.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
16 DATE OF DEATH
December 30th
(Month)
(Day)
1912
(Year)
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased from
Leo. 200
., 1912, to Llee 30,
, 191 2 ,
that I last saw he
alive on.
Lec. 29
, 1912.
and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at ..
m.
The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows :
aprofilery , hemiplegia
mos.
10
ds.
Contributory
(SECONDARY)
(Signed)
.(Duration)
Branada Que Tiene M.
yrs.
mos.
.. ds.
Leee 30"
1912
(Address) ...
* If death followed injury or violence the certificate of @th must be made out by the Medical Examiner.
18 LENGTH OF RESIDENCE (FOR HOSPITALS, INSTITUTIONS, TRANSIENTS, OR RECENT RESIDENTS).
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.
12 PLACE OF BURIAL OR REMOVAL
DATE OF BURIAL
Ac, 191"
20 UNDERTAKER
ADDRESS
Filed 191
REGISTRAR
St. ;. Ward)
2 FULL NAME [If married or divorced woman or widow give maiden name, also name of husband.] @RESIDENCE Park Cine, W Quetrop il/ 9/20
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
Hiderved
, 1835 7
(Year)
If LESS than
1 day, ... ... hrs.
Or ....... min. ?
Nur- York
New York State
· (Duration)
Untralinsufficung
In the
Dec. 30, 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 minc, 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 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 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 strcet, or one supposed to be due to Alcoholism, etc.
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