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1 PLACE OF DEATH
Chelsea
(No ...
Frost Hospital
St.
Ward)
CHELSEA (City or town.) [If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number.]
3 FULL NAME
Grace Patricia Shaw
[If married or divorced woman or widow give maiden name, also name of husband.] Grace P. Long wife of William Shaw
@RESIDENCE
57 Read St. Winthrop
Registered No.482
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
* SEX
4 COLOR OR RACE
6 SINGLE,
MARRIED,
Married
Female
White
WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED
'Write the word)
16 DATE OF DEATH
July
16
1917
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
· DATE OF BIRTH
1
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
1 AGE
If LESS than
1 day ........ hrs ..
33
-
... min .?
· OCCUPATION
(a) Trade, profession, or
particular kind of work
Housewife
(b) General nature of Industry, business, or establishment in which employed (or employer).
9 BIRTHPLACE
(State or country)
Malden, Hass.
Contributory
(SECONDARY)
(Duration)
-
mos.
dr.
(Signed)
H. V. Bragdon
M.D.
11 BIRTHPLACE
OF FATHER
(State or country)
Ireland
12 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Maria Doherty
13 BIRTHPLACE
OF MOTHER
(State or country)
Waltham
" THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
(Informant)
Hugh Shaw
(Address)
57 Read St. "inthron
16 Filed July 17 191.7
--------.
REGISTRAR
17
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased from
July 12
191Z ... to.
July 16
1972
.....
that I last saw h .... @ alive on
July 16
191.7,
and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at.
4p
m.
The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows : Septicaemia following miscar-
riage
(Duration).
.yrs.
........... mos. ...
8 da.
10 NAME OF
FATHER
Patrick Long
PARENTS
July 16
1917 (Address)
East Boston
* 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 placa
of death
.yrs.
mos. .........
ds.
State
.yrs.
.......
In the
mos.
........
Where was disease contracted, If not at place of death ?.
Former or usual residence
19 PLACE OF BURIAL OR REMOVAL
DATE OF BURIAL July 17, 1917
St . Patricks Stoneham
20 UNDERTAKER
John F.O'laley
ADDRESS
Winthrop
-----
TIV IN'AI LIMANEITI MLUVIL. N. B .- Every item of information should be carefully supplied. AGE should be stated EXACTLY. PHYSICIANS should state .... ...... .
... y ... ........ mos. ds.
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH.
Statement of occupation. - Precise statement of occu- pation is very important, so that the relativo healthfulness of various pursuits can be known. The question applies to each and every person, irrespective of age. For many occupation : 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 inany cases, especially in industrial employments, it is necessary to know (a) the kind of work and also (b) the naturo 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," cte., without more precise specification, as Day laborer, Farm laborer, Laborer - Coul mine, etc. Women at home, who are engaged in the duties of the household ouly (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 domestie 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 oecu- pation whatever, write Nonc.
Statement of cause of death. - Namne, 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 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- acmia" (merely 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 ali diseases resulting from childbirth or miscarriage, as "PUER- PERAL septicacmia," "PUERPERAL peritonitis," ete. State cause for whichi 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.
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, ete.
R '8. 1.'17. 10,000.
CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of OCCUPATION is very 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.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
1 PLACE OF DEATH Winthrop ..... (No., 189 ...... .
St. :
Ward)
(City or town.) [If 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
Smithiops, 189 Boudou St Registered No.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
1º DATE OF DEATH
18
1917
....
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
$ DATE OF BIRTH
7 18 19/11 (Year)
' AGE S. r.g.
mos. ds.
... min. ?
$ 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)
Winthrop
PARENTS
11 BIRTHPLACE
OF FATHER
(State or country)
?
12 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Gibbons
1$ BIRTHPLACE
OF MOTHER
(State or country)
14 THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
(Informant)
Gibbous
(Address)
189/Boudou st
18 Filed
191 ........
REGISTRAR
Contributory.
?
(Duration)
.yrs.
....
(SECONDARY)
9
U
(Signed)
Monice-tesale
M.D
July 19
1917 (Address)
Wrathrop Man
* 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.
In the
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
Muthcopland 7-20, 1912
20 UNDERTAKER W.C. Skaggs
ADDRESS
Winther
1 SEX
4 COLOR OR RACE
5 SINGLE,
MARRIED,
WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED
(Write the word)
(Month)
(Day)
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased from
191
July 18
1917
to
.........
dead
that i last saw her
alive on
191
m
.......
and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at
The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows :
-
mos. ds.
+
(Duration) ................ yrs. ................ mos. ................ ds
10 NAME OF
FATHER
9
If LESS than
1 day .......... hrs.
-
4
-
1
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH.
Statement of occupation. - Frecise 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 occupation 3 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 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 sceond statement. Never return "Laborer," "Foreman," "Manager," "Dealer," etc., without more precise specification, as Day laborer, Farm laborcr, Laborcr - 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 domestie service for wages, as Scrvant, Cook, Housemaid, etc. If the oceupation 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 affection with respect to time and causation), using always the same accepted term for tlie 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 pncunonia; 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, ete. 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," "Senile," 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 scpticaemia," "PUERPERAL peritonitis," ete. 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, ete.
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, ete.
4. Deaths under eireumstances unknown, as A person found dead, etc.
3 SEX 6 DATE OF BIRTH 7 AGE & OCCUPATION (a) Trade, profession, or particular kind of work (b) General nature of industry, business, or establishment in which employed (or employer). 10 NAME OF FATHER 11 BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (State or country) 12 MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER PARENTS 13 BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (State or country) important. See instructions on back of certificate. 15 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 ist 60-65 yrs. .yrs.
COPY PLACE OF DEATH
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
(No.
18 Bowdoin
St. ...... „.Ward)
Seymour a
Peter
2 FULL NAME [If married or divorced woman ar widow give maiden name, also name of husband. n @RESIDENCE 18 Bowdoin ST
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
4 COLOR OR RACE
w
& SINGLE,
MARRIED,
WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED
(Write the word)
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
If LESS than I day ......... hrs.
mos. ds. or ....... min. ?
Carpenter
9 BIRTHPLACE
(State or country)
Canada
1
-
14 THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
Joshua Remedy
( Address)
Wichtig0. 7 Collage
Park Road
Filed 191
REGISTRAR
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
16 DATE OF DEATH
July
23
., 1917
(Monthı)
(Day)
(Year)
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have investigated the 17
death of the deceased.
The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows : Exhaustion and other
Effects of the use of
al
Found dead in het)
ds.
Contributory
(SECONDARY)
(Signed) 20
(Duration) Burgers Magento. mos. ds. M.D.
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.
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
9-2-1917
20 UNDERTAKER
W.C. Skaggs
ADDRESS
Wirdhugo
9008 (City or town.) [If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number.]
Registered No. O
6629
any 101
SIANUARU 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 each and every person, irrespective of age. For many occupation ? 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," ete., without more precise specification, as Day laborcr, Farm laborer, Laborcr - 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 domestie 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 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
-
cul Tures, ninges, peritoneum, etc., carcinoma, . ar- 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: Mcasles (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 causc. Always qualify all discases resulting from childbirth or miscarriage, as "PUER- PERAL septieaemia," "PUERPERAL peritonitis," etc. State cause for which surgical operation was undertaken. For VIOLENT DEATHS state MEANS OF INJURY and qualify as ACCI- DENTAL, SUICIDAL, or HOMICIDAL, or as probably such, if impossible to determine definitely. Examples: Accidental drowning; Struck by railway train - accident; Revolver wound cf head - homicide; Poisoned by carbolic acid - probably 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 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, ete.
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.
R 16. 7.'16. 5,000.
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.
11 BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (State or country)
12 MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
13 BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (State or country)
14 THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
(Informant)
(Address)
16
Filed 191
REGISTRAR
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 SEX
4 COLOR OR RACE
$ SINGLE,
MARRIED,
WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED
(Write the word)
6 DATE OF BIRTH
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
7 AGE
If LESS than 1 day, ........ hrs.
60-65
.. yrs.
mos.
ds.
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)
Contributory (SECONDARY)
(Signed)
(Duration) .. yrs. Bogus Magneto mos. ds. .. M.D.
June 26 0/ (Address)
MEDICAL EXAMINER
* State the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH, 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).
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
191
20 UNDERTAKER
ADDRESS
Poston (City or town.) [If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number.]
2 FULL NAME SEYMOUR A. PETERS
[If married or divorced woman or widow give maiden name, also name of husband. ] @RESIDENCE
16 Bowdoin Street, Winthrop, Mass.
16 DATE OF DEATH
July 23. 1917 (Year)
(Month)
"(Day)
17 I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have investigated the death of the deceased.
The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows : Exhaustion and other effects
of the use of alcohol. (Found dead in bed.)
1:
(Duration)
.. yrs. ..
mos. ds.
10 NAME OF FATHER
PARENTS
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
9008.
1 PLACE OF DEATH Winthrop (No. 16 Bowdoin Street
St. .............. Ward)
Registered No.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
..
23 1117 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 each and every person, irrespective of age. For many occupation ? 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, ete. 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," ete., without more precise specification, as Day laborer, Farm laborcr, Laborer - Coal minc, cte. 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 domestie 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 (retircd, 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 affection with respect to time and causation), using always the same accepted term for the same disease. Examples: Cerebro-spinal fcver (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) ; Tube;
culosis of lungs, meninges, peritonacum, 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 discase can be ascertained as the cause. Always qualify all discases resulting from childbirth or miscarriage, as "PUER- PERAL septicacmia," "PUERPERAL peritonitis," etc. State cause for which surgical operation was undertaken. For VIOLENT DEATHS state MEANS OF INJURY and qualify as ACCI- DENTAL, 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 carbolie acid - probably 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 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- posurc, etc.
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