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4 DATE OF BIRTH
Dec.25.1916
(Month)
1
(Year)
TAGE
Il LESS than
1 day, ____ hrs.
.27 fears
2
months
6
.. days
or ------ min?
OCCUPATION
(a) Trade, profession, or
particular kind of work.
Marine Service
(b) General nature of industry, business, or establishment in which employed (or employer)
· BIRTHPLACE
(State or country)
Lass .
10 NAME OF
FATHER
Jhon Doherty
PARENTS
TI MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Un'znown
13 BIRTHPLACE
OF MOTHER
(State or country)
Unino n
18ª LENGTH OF RESIDENCE
At Place of Death
2
--- years.
months -days
(Primary registration district)
In California 2
_years.
-- months.
_days
14 THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
Capt. Schysble'
(Informant)
(Address)
arine Barracks, Expo.
Filed .... 4/2 Got Boul
Registrar
LOCAL REGISTRAR'S PERMIT FOR REMOVAL
N. B .- This Permit can be signed only by the Local Registrar (Deputy or Subregistrar) of the Primary Registration District (Freeholders' Charter City, or other City or Incorporated Town, or Rural Portion of a County) in which the death occurred after the FILING and acceptance of a COMPLETE AND CORRECT CERTIFICATE OF DEATH LEGIBLY WRITTEN IN DURABLE BLACK INK. A CERTIFICATE OF DEATH having been presented to me containing the above stated particulars, and after examination the same appear. ing to be COMPLETE, CORRECT AND SATISFACTORY AS REQUIRED BY LAW (Statutes of California, 1915, Chapter 378, page 575 and Chapter 71, page 80) I have filed it with the above stated LOCAL REGISTERED NUMBER*, and on the basis thereof I HEREBY GRANT A PERMIT to the above named undertaker for the REMOVAL of the body of said deceased person as stated above. , In the case of death from a dangerous or communicable, disease, the burial or removal must be conducted according to the rules of the State and local boards of health.
Dated 4/2
191 4
By
Clerk.
This permit is sufficient for the removal of a body to destination as above indicated (subject to local cemetery or other regulations). [* Local registered number may be omitted from Permit for certificate filed only with Subregistrar at place distant from county seat, but Permit must then show name of Local Registrar by whom Subregistrar was appointed and to whom certificate must be forthwith forwarded.] ENDORSEMENT OF SEXTON OR PERSON IN CHARGE OF PREMISES ON WHICH INTERMENTS OR CREMATIONS ARE MADE.
Date of interment or cremation
191
(Strike out word not used)
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
IN DATE OF DEATH
April
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from
Mar'26
191_6, to_
April
191_6_
that I last saw h
im alive on.
April 1
191_6_
and that death occurred on the date stated above at _: 11Am The CAUSE OF DEATH * was as follows :
Cerebral Spinal Meningitis
(Duration)
years months _days
Contributory
(Duration)
_years. _months. _days
State whether attributed to dangerous or insanitary conditions. of employment.
(Signed)
Dr. H. Coston
M. D.
April 1,-1916
(Address) Sen Diero
*State the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH, or, lu deaths from VIOLENT CAUSES, state (1) MEANS OF INJURY; and (2) whether (probably) ACCIDENTAL, SUI- CIDAL. . or HOMICIDAL.
16b SPECIAL INFORMATION.for Hospitals, Institutions, Transients or Recent Residents Where was disease contracted, if not at place of death?
Former or usual residence
19 PLACE OF REMOVAL
DATE OF REMOVAL
Tinthorp, Ins's'
1001I 2. 2016
191 ....
20 UNDERTAKER
Bradley . Foolman
ADDRESS San Diego
(Signature of person in charge of Cemetery, Crematorium, etc.)
(Name of Cemetery, Crematorium, etc.)
Persons in charge must return this Permit to Local Registrar of his district within ten (10) days from above date. If no person is in charge he undertaker must sign the above statement, writing across the face of the Permit the words "no person in charge""' and FILE PERMIT WITH- TEN (104 ) S with Local Registrar in the district in which the cemetery is located.
WRITE PLAINLY WITH UNFADING INK-THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD
T
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Local Registered No.
28
2 FULL NAME
Frank __ Joseph. Doherty
191
11 BIRTHPLACE
OF FATHER
(State or country)
Uniform
(Day)
TRANSPORTATION RULES
Adopted by the California State Board of Embalmers pursuant to Statutes of California, 1915, Chapter 71, page 80.
RULE 1. The transportation of bodies dead of smallpox, bubonic plague, Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, diphtheria (membranous croup), scarlet fever (scarletina, scarlet rash), crysipelas, glanders, anthrax or lep- rosy, shall not be accepted for transportation unless prepared for shipment by being thoroughly disinfected by (a) arterial and cavity injection with an approved disinfecting fluid containing not less than fourteen (14%) per- cent of 40% formaldehyde solution, and that the amount of fluid injected must not be less than one-thirteenth (1/13) of the body weight; (b) dis- infection and stopping all orifices with absorbent cotton, and, (c) washing the body with the disinfectant. After being disinfected as above, such body shall be completely wrapped in a sheet securely fastened, and en- cased in an airtight zinc, tin, copper or lead lined coffin or casket, all joints hermetically sealed, or in a coffin or casket enclosed in a tin or zinc lined box, all joints and seams hermetically sealcd.
RULE 2. The bodies of those dead from any cause not stated in Rule 1 may be received for transportation when encased in a sound coffin or casket and enclosed in a strong outside wooden box. The body must be prepared for shipment by arterial and cavity injection with an ap- proved disinfecting fluid containing not less than 5% of 40% formalde- hyde solution, the amount of fluid injected not to be less than onc. thirteenth (1/13) of the body weight; stopping all orifices with absorbent cotton and washing the exterior of the body with the disinfection fluid.
RULE 3. No body shall be received for transportation unless having been prepared by a licensed embalmer holding a valid license in the State of California.
RULE 4. In the shipment of bodies dead from any contagious disease named in Rule 1, the body must not be accompanied by persons or articles which have been exposed to the infection of the disease, unless certified by the Health Officer as having been properly disinfectcd; and, before selling passage tickets, agents shall carefully examine the transit permit and note the name of the person in charge, and any other persons accom- panying the body, and see t. all necessary precautions have been taken to prevent the spread of the disease. The TRANSIT PERMIT in such cases shall specifically state who is authorized by the health authorities to accompany the remains. In all cases where bodies are forwarded under Rule 1 (contagious diseases), notice must be sent by telegraph to the Health Officer at destination, advising the date and train on which the body may be expected.
RULE 5. Every disinterred body, dead from any cause, shall be treated as infectious or dangerous to the public health, and must not be accepted for transportation unless said removal has been approvedby the State or Local authorities having jurisdiction where such body is to be dis- interred, and the consent of the health authorities of the locality to which the corpse is consigned has first been obtained, and such disinterred body must be inclosed in & hermetically sealed zinç, tin or copper lined casket or box.
YELLOW PASTERS
Yellow pasters used for transportation of bodies must contain state- ment of death, Local Registrar's Removal Permit, Licensed Embalmer's Certificate, Undertaker's Certificate, and Railway or Express Transit paster. Said paster to be furnished by the State Board of Embalmers of the State of California and issued only to embalmers holding a valid license from said board. The undertaker having charge of a body to be prepared for shipment must see that all Certificates and Permits have been properly secured and filled out. The Local REGISTRAR'S STATEMENT OF DEATH, AND PERMIT FOR REMOVAL SHALL BE PLACED IN A STOUT ENVELOPE OR OTHER COVERING AND SECURELY TACKED ON THE BOX. The agent of any railway or common carrier receiving a body for transportation must fill out Railway or Express Transit Paster, signing his name for same. The TRANSIT PASTER TOGETHER WITH UNDERTAKER'S CERTIFICATE SHALL BE SECURELY PASTED OR FASTENED ON THE BOX. Licensed Embalmer's Certificate No. 2 shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the State Board of Embalmers of the State of California and the duplicate Paster retained by the Transporta- tion Company.
When bodies are taken from train to train in the same station or from one railroad station or boat to another in any registration district the Removal Permit accompanying the body from the place of shipment shall be sufficient authority for continuance to the place of destination.
All outside boxes must be fitted with six handles, two on each side and one on each end.
Under no circumstances shall a corpse be received for transportation if fluids or offensive odors are escaping from the case. Transportation agents will at once notify the local Health Officer or the Secretary of the State Board of Embalmers if such bodies are delivered for shipment. The Registrar of the local Board of Health shall make a record of such notice and immediately forward same to the Secretary of the State Board of Embalmers.
EXTRACTS FROM REGISTRATION LAW Statutes of California, 1915, Chapter 378, page 575.
SEC. 9. Duties of Undertaker, The undertaker, or person acting as undertaker, shall file the certificate of death with the local regis- trar of the district in which the death occurred and obtain a burlal or removal permit prior to any disposition of the body. . The undertaker shall dellver the burial permit to the person in charge of the place of burlal, before Interring or otherwise disposing of the body ; or shall attach the removal permit to the box contain- ing the corpse, when shipped by any transportation company; sald permit to accompany the corpse to its destination, where, If within the State of Callfornla, it shall be delivered to the person in charge of the place of burlal.
SEC. 10. Removal for Interment Within the State. If the inter- ment, or other disposition of the body Is to be made within the State, the wording of the burlal or removal permit may be limited to a statement by the registrar, and over his signature, that a satls- factory certificate of death having been filed with him, as required by law, permission Is granted to inter, remove, or dispose otherwise of the body, stating the name, age, sex, cause of death, and other necessary details upon the form prescribed by the State Registrar.
SEC. 11. Duties of Sexton. No person In charge of any premises on which interments are' made shall Inter or permit the interment or other disposition of any body unless it Is accompanled by a burlal, removal or transit permit as provided by law. And such person shall indorse upon the permit the date of interment, over hls signature, and shall return ali permits so Indorsed to the local registrar of hls district within ten days from the date of Interment. He shall keep a record of all bodies Interred or otherwise disposed of on the premises under his charge, in each case stating the name of each deceased person, place of death, date of burlal or disposal. anıl name and address of the undertaker; which record shall at all times be open to official Inspection; provided, that the undertaker or person acting as such, when burying a body in a cemetary or burial ground having no person in charge, shall sign the burlal or removal permit, giving the date of burlal, and shall write across the face of the permit the words "No person in charge," and file the burial or removal permit within ten days with the registrar of the district in which the cemetery is located.
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Important.
THE AB
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HER OF
BRES
a
& DATE OF
. ..
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2
I PLACI
WER"OFN
4
3 SEA
{ COLOR OR RACE
5 SINGLE,
MARRIED,
WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED
(Write the word)
· DATE OF BIRTH
(Month)
(Day)
1 (Year)
: AGE
If LESS than
1 day .......... hrs.
mos. ds.
........
or ......... min. ?
OCCUPATION
(a) Trade, profession, or particular kind of work
(b) General nature of Industry, business, or establishment In which employed (or employer).
9 BIRT"PLACE ( ate (" country)
(Duration)
.. yrs.
mos. ds.
Contributory.
(SECONDARY)
(Duration)
„yrs.
mos.
... ds.
(Signed)
M.D.
191. (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 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
DATE OF BURIAL
(Informant)
(Address)
Filed
191
REGISTRAR
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
16 DATE OF DEATH
17
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased trom
191 ....... , to 191
that I last saw h
alive on
191
....
and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at
m.
The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows :
=
uny s t it r rtifas
ta De { ms, 8' back
WITH
PARENT
11 BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (State or country)
12 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
13 BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (State or country)
" THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
N B. - Every item of infr
CAUSE OF DEAT Important. See 1
1
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
1 PLACE OF DEATH
(City or town.)
Tif death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME Instead of street and number.]
" FULL NAME
[If married or divorced woman or widow
give maiden name, also name of husband.]
@RESIDENCE
Registered No.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
.(No ................
St. : Ward)
(Month)
(Day)
191
(Year,
clas
F
PF
191
20 UNDERTAKER
ADDRESS
10 NAME OF
FATHER
.yre.
11916 0
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH.
Statement of oeeupation. - Precise statement of occu- pation 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 eases, 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 necded. 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 houschold 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 occu- pation whatever, write None.
Statement of cause of death. - Name, first, the DIS- EASE CAUSING DEATH (the primary affeetion with respect to time and eausation), 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 usc of "Croup"); Typhoid fever (never re- port "Typhoid pneumonia"); Lobar pneumonia; Broncho- pneumonia ("Pneumonia," unqualified, is indefinite); Tuber-
culosis of lungs, meninges, peritonacum, etc., Carcinoma, Sar- coma, etc., of .... .. (name origin: "Cancer" is iess 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 eausing 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," "Senilc," etc.), "Dropsy," "Exhaustion," "Heart failure," "Haemorrhage," "Inanition," "Marasmus," "Old age," "Shock," "Uraemia," "Weakness," etc., when a definite disease ean be ascertained as the cause. Always qualify all diseases resulting from childbirth or miscarriage, as "PUER- PERAL septicacmia,", "PUERPERAL peritonitis," ete. State eause for which surgical operation was undertaken.
Cases for the Medical Examiners. - Under the provi- sions of chapter 24 of the Revised Laws deaths under the fol- lowing conditions must be referred to the Medical Examiners:
1. Deaths following injury or violence, as Burns, Falls, Drowning, Gas poisoning, Suicide, Homicide, ete.
2. Deaths supposedly eaused 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 eircumstances unknown, as A person found dead, etc.
R. 18-8.'15. 5,000.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
RETURN OF A DEATH-1916.
CITY OF BOSTON.
FULL NAME
HEZEKIAH MC LAUGHLIN
Registered No. 3725
Place of Death and Residence S
Boston 33 RUTLAND SQ
Date of Death
APRIL 2
1916.
Age
74
years
4
months 23
days.
STATISTICAL DETAILS.
SEX.
COLOR.
SINGLE, MARRIED, WID., DIV.
M
W
WID
Maiden Name
Husband's Name
Birthplace
DIXFIELD ME
Name of Father
PHINEAS MC LAUGHLIN SREGIMIN
E DONATA A.
CHR ARTERIO-SCLEROSIS
Birthplace of Father DIXFIELD ME
Maiden Name of Mother UNK
Birthplace of Mother
UNK
Occupation
BUILDER
Informant
PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased during last illness,
1916,
from 1916, to that to the best of my knowledge and belief death occurred, on the date stated above, and that the CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows :
RAR'S
T PATRIEIS. SIT D Primard
CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE
CHR INTERSTITIAL MYOCARDITIS
SAAL BOSTONIA CONDITA A.
A A. 1822
N. MASS. Contributory · ! (Duration)
(Signed)
TIMOTHY LEARY
M.D.
APR ろ 1916
(MED EX)
SPECIAL INFORMATION from Hospitals, Institutions, Transients, or Recent Residents.
Place of Burial or removal DIZFIELD ME
Undertaker
A L EASTMAN
BOSTON
Usual Residence
WINTHROP MASS
Filed
APRIL
5
1916.
A true copy .
Attest :
ErMSlenen
Registrar.
CITY R
ICUT (Duraton-) OFFICE
aps. 2, 1916
N. B .- Every item of information should be carefully supplied. AGE should be stated EXACTLY. PHYSICIANS should state important. See instructions on back of certificate.
* SEX
Female
· DATE OF BIRTH
7 AGE
PARENTS
CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of OCCUPATION is very
. ... .....
4 COLOR OR RACE
White
$ SINGLE,
MARRIED,
WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCEDL
(Write the word)
Single
188>
(Year)
(Month)
(Day)
If LESS than
1 day ........ hrs.
or ......... 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)
" Bay of Fortune P.EJ.
10 NAME OF
FATHER
James. aitken
11 BIRTHPLACE
OF FATHER
(State or country)
PEJ.
12 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Isabella Dingwell
13 BIRTHPLACE
OF MOTHER
(State or country)
P.E.g.
14 THE ABOVE IS TRUE, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
(Informant)
John Conchan
(Address)
36 attantie the Winthers
16
Filed 191
....
REGISTRAR
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
16 DATE OF DEATH abril 2 ., 191 /2 (Year)
(Month)
(Day)
17
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased from
march
1916, to.
22
abril 2
,1916.
that I last saw her
alive on
atrial 2
1916
and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 9 Pm.
The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows :
...........
(Duration)
.......... yrs.
6 mos. ds.
.......
Contributory.
(SECONDARY)
(Duration)
.yrs.
.........
.mos. ...................
(Signed)
R. 13. L'auber
..........
M.D.
april 2, 1916 (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 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.
19 PLACE OF BURIAL OR REMOVAL Woodlawn Com
DATE OF BURIAL
April H, 196
20 UNDERTAKER
E 13. Douglass Ion Chelater
Monthroth (City or town.) [If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME Instead of street and number.]
474.
[If married or divorced woman or widow give maiden name, also name of husband.] @RESIDENCE 3 Bayon It. Winthrop
Registered No.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
1 PLACE OF DEATH
Winthrop mars
(No.
3
Bayou
St. ;...................
.....
.Ward)
2 FULL NAME
Jane
aitken
...
78
7 mos.
..... mos.
21
ds.
__ yrs. ........
..........
WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING INK -THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD.
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH.
Statement of occupation. - Precise statement of occu- pation 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 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 DEATHI, state occupation at beginning of illness. If retired from business, that fact may be indicated thus: Farmer (retired, 6 yrs.). For persons who have 110 occu- pation whatever, write None.
Statement of cause of death. - Nanic, first, the DIS- EASE 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 "Epidemie 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, peritonacum, 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 inn- portant. Example: Measles (discase causing death), 29 ds .; Broncho-pneumonia (secondary), 10 ds. Never report mere symptoms or terminal conditions, such as "Asthenia," "An- aemia" (Increly symptomatic), "Atrophy," "Collapse," "Coma," "Convulsions," "Debility" ("Congenital," "Senile," etc.), "Dropsy," "Exhaustion," "Heart failure," "Haemorrhage," "Inanition," "Marasmus," "Old age," "Shock," "Uracmia," "Weakness," etc., when a definite disease can be ascertained as the cause. Always qualify all diseases resulting from childbirth or miscarriage, as "PUER- PERAL septicemia," "PUERPERAL peritonitis," ctc. State cause for which surgical operation was undertaken.
Cases for the Medical Examiners. - Under the provi- sions of chapter 24 of the Revised Laws deaths under the fol- lowing 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.
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