Town of Winthrop : Record of Deaths 1919-1921, Part 2

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FORM R-301

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS

1 PLACE OF DEATH

County.

State maso

Registered No.

City or Town

No. 24 Belcher Str

St ...

Ward

(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number)

Mennie Frances Cogquis

(If in the Army of Navy of the United States, give rank, organization, etc. )

(a) Residence. No ...

24 Belcher 8L

St.,

Ward.

(If non-resident give city or town and State)

Length of residence in city or town where death occurred

years

months

days.

How long in U. S., if of foreign birth ?

years

months

days

PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS

3 SEX Felicia

4 COLOR OR RACE

5 SINGLE, MARRIED, WIDOWED, OR

DIVORCED (write the word)

Langer

5a If married, widowed, or divorced HUSBAND of (or) WIFE of 2 2 Lekt 23 1860

6 DATE OF BIRTH

( Month)

(Day)

(Year)

7 AGE

Years

Months

/ 3 Days

If LESS than

If STILLBORN, enter that fact here

i day, ....... hrs.

If STILLBORN, state period of nterogestation

mos.

or ....... min.

8 OCCUPATION OF DECEASED (a) Trade, profession, or particular kind of work. (h) General nature of industry, business, or establishment in which employed (or employer)

9 BIRTHPLACE (City) (State or country)

10 NAME OF

FATHER

William. It. Cuggino

11 BIRTHPLACE OF

FATHER (City ).

Lamoine

(State or country)

12 MAIDEN NAME

OF MOTHER

Cable Fr. Eldudje

13 BIRTHPLACE OF

MOTHER (City)

(State or country)

Kennebunk

Informant

Ches R Benson

(Address)

15 Jan. 21, 1919.

Filed . (Month) (Day) (Year)

REGISTRAR

21 I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory stan- dard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the hnrial or transit permit was issued

S.a. Moura

19 PLACE OF BURIAL, CREMATION, OR REMOVAL

DATE OF BURIAL

1 com 8

19 ( %

(Cemetery)

(Citron town)

20 UNDERTAKER

ADDRESS couchant

Official position. Health officer

22 Date of issue of hnrial or transit permit

al Jan 8/9/9.

I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from

Jan 2

,1919, to

Jan 6

that I last saw h

alive on

Jan 5

. 19 /9

and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 10 A

m. The CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows : Influenza.

(duration)

yrs ...

mos ..

ds.

CONTRIBUTORY

( SECONDARY)

ch harcandial discesa 2 palmas

(duration) Indefect yrs ...... mos. ds.

18 Where was disease contracted

if not at place of death ?

Did an operation precede death ?..

Date of.

Was there an autopsy ?

What test confirmed diagnosis ?...

(Signed)

M.D.

( Address ).

Date

(Month)

2,8 mai For Daily

1914

(Day)

(Year)

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

16 DATE OF DEATH

tonth)

Jan

(Day)

1414

(Year)

MARGIN RESERVED FOR BINDING

N. B .- WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK-THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. Every item of information instructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate. in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of OCCUPATION is very important. See should be carefully supplied. AGE should be stated EXACTLY. PHYSICIANS should state CAUSE OF DEATH

PARENTS

10-'18. 100,000.

2 FULL NAME

(Usual place of abode)

., 19.19

Jan. 6, 1919

REVISED UNITED STATES STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

[Approved by U. S. Census aod American Public Health Association]

Statement of occupation. - Precise statement of occupation is very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits can bs 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 he sufficient, e. g., Farmer or Planter, Physician, Compositar, Architect, Locomotive engineer, Civilengineer, Stationary fireman, ctc. Butin 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) Cottan mill; (a) Salesman, (b) Grocery; (a) Fareman, (b) Automabile factory. The material worked on may form part of the second statement. Never return "Lahorer," "Foreman," "Manager," ""Dealer," etc., without more precise specification, as Day labarer, Farm labarer, Labarer - Caal mine, etc. Women at home, who are engaged in the duties of the house- hold only (not paid Housekeepers who receive a definite salary), may he entered as Hausewife, Housework, or At home, and children, not gainfully employed, as At schaal or At home. Care should be taken to report spe- cifically the occupations of persons engaged in domestic service for wages, as Servant, Caak, 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 Nane.

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: Cere- brospinal fever (the only definite synonym is "Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis"); Diphtheria (avoid uss of "Croup"); Typhoid fever (never report "Typhoid pneumonia"); Labar pneumania; Bronchopneumania ("Pneumonia," unqualified, is indefinite); Tuberculosis of lungs, men- inges, peritaneum, etc., Carcinama, Sarcama, etc., of .. ... (name origin; "Cancer" is less definite; avoid use of "Tumor" for malignant neoplasms); Measles; Whaaping caugh; Chranic valvular heart disease; Chranic interstitial nephritis, etc. The contributory (secondary or inter- current) affection need not be stated unless important. Example: Measles (discase causing death), 29 ds .; Branchapncumania (secondary), 10 ds. Never report mere symptoms or terminal conditions, such as "Asthenia," "Anemia" (merely symptomatic), "Atrophy," "Col- lapse,""Coma,""Convulsions,""Dehility" ("Congenital,""Senile," etc.), "Dropsy,""Exhaustion,""Heart failure,""Hemorrhage,""Ina- nition," "Marasmus," "Old age," "Shock," "Uremia,""Weakness," etc., when a definite disease can be ascertained as the cause. Always qualify all diseases resulting from childhirth or miscarriage, as "PUER- PERAL septicemia," "PUERPERAL peritonitis," etc.

State cause for which surgical operation was undertaken.

(Recommendations on statement of cause of death approved by Com- mittce on Nomenclature of the American Medical Association.)

Bronchopneumonia: If primary cause, write the word "pri- mary" ; if secondary, give primary cause.

Certificates will be returned for additional information which give any of the following diseases, without explanation, as the sole cause of death: Abortion, cellulitis, childbirth, convulsions, hemorrhage, gangrene, gastritis, erysipelas, meningitis, miscar- riage, necrosis, peritonitis, phlebitis, pyemia, septicemia, tetanus.

EXTRACTS FROM THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNING THE RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH

A physician shall forthwith, after the death of a person whom he has attended during his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed age, ths disease of which he died [defined so that it can he classified under the international classification of causes of death], where contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last seen alive hy the physician, and the date of his death. . . . - Revised Laws, Chap. 29, Sees. 10 and 1. as amended by Acts of 1910, Chap. 322.

No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body .. . until he has received a permit from the hoard of health or its agent, . . . or . .. from the clerk of the city or town in which the person died; . . . no such permit shall be issued until there shall have been delivered to such board, agent or clerk, . . . a satisfactory written statement con- taining the facts required by law to be returned and recorded, which ... shall be accompanied by a satisfactory certificate of the at- tending physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thercof a certifi- cate as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough for the purpose, or is insufficient, the chairman of the board of health, if a physician, or any physician employed by said board or by the selectmen for the purpose, shall upon application make such certificate as is required of the attending physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner only shall make such certificate. . . . The person to whom the per- mit is so given and the physician who certifies to the cause of death shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause of ths death, which the clerk or registrar may require. - Revised Laws, Chap. 78, Sec. 38.

Medical examiners shall, in all cases, certify to the city or town clerk or to the city registrar in the place where the deceased died, his name and residence, if known, otherwise a description of such person as full as may be, with the cause and manner of his death, and shall make examination upon the view of the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have come to their death by violence. - Revised Laws, Chap. 24, Sec. 8.

RULES OF PRACTICE

The fulfilment of the purpose of these laws calls for the observance of the following rules of practice:

(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as thoss of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury.

(2) Board of Health Physicians will certify to such deaths only as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease unrelated to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attendance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of death is needed.

(3) Medical examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths sup- posably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), and by ths action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical agents, and deaths following ahortion, but also deaths from disease resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, and those of persons found dead.

XM.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

Winthrop

BOSTON

(City or town)

1 PLACE OF DEATH

County

Suffolk

State Massachusetts Registered No. .... .

Township

Winthrop.

or Village

City ..

........

BOSTON

No ..

18 Park Ave. Winthrop

St.,

.Ward

(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number)

2 FULL NAME

Anthony Vergona.

18 Park Ave.

St., ..

... Ward.

(If non-resident give city or town and State)

Length of residence in city or town wbere death occurred

years

months

days.

How long in U. S., if of foreign birth ?

years

months

days

PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

16 DATE OF DEATH (month, day, Ja year6 1919

3 SEX

male

4 COLOR OR RACE

white

5 SINGLE, MARRIED, WIDOWED, OR

DIVORCED (write the word)

married.

5a If married, widowed, or divorced

HUSBAND of

(01) WIFE of

Angela L.

6 DATE OF BIRTH (month, day, and year)

220-241583

7 AGE

Years

Months

Days

13 1 ER

If LESS than

1 day ......... hrs.

or ........ min.

8 OCCUPATION OF DECEASED

(a) Trade, profession, or

Manufacturer

particular kind of work.

(b) General nature of industry, business, or establishment in which employed (or employer) (c) Name of employer

9 BIRTHPLACE (city or town)

Italy.

(State or country)

10 NAME OF FATHER

Felice Vergona.

PARENTS

11 BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (city,or town)

(State or country)

Italy

12 MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHERCancetta Costa

13 BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (city_ or town) (State or country) Italy .

Informant

F ... Vergona.

(Address)

-12 School St. Boston.

15 Filed Que 21,, 199

REGISTRAR

18 Where was disease contracted

if not at place of death?

Did an operation precede death ?

Date of

FOR WHAT ?

Was there an autopsy ?

What test confirmed diagnosis ?

(Signed)

John 2 dickes

LI.D.

1/7, 19/0 (Address)

144ingtona IF

* State the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH, or in deaths from VIOLENT CAUSES, state (1) MEANS AND NATURE OF INJURY, and (2) whether ACCIDENTAL, SUICIDAL, or HOMICIDAL. (See reverse side for additional space.)

19 PLACE OF BURIAL, CREMATION, OR REMOVAL

DATE OF BURIAL

1910

St . Michael. Boston.

20 UNDERTAKER,

$1.210

man Sons

ADDRESS

of certificate.

N. B .- WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING INK-THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. Every item of information should be so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of OCCUPATION is very important. See instructions on back carefully supplied. AGE should be stated EXACTLY. PHYSICIANS should state CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms,

acutemica Pneumon

(duration)

.yrs ..

.......

... mos.

ds.

CONTRIBUTORY

(SECONDARY)

(duration)

.... yrs ....

mos.

ds.

HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from

Dec 26

1918, to.

Jan 6

1919

that I last saw h ..

um alive on

Jan 6,

1919.

and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at

11,30 A

The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows :

MARGIN RESERVED FOR BINDING

(a) Residence.

No.

(Usual place of abode)

REVISED UNITED STATES STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH [Approved by U. S. Census and American Public Health Association]

Statement of occupation. - Preeise statement of oceupa- tion is very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits ean be known. The question applies to each and every person, irrespective of age. For many occupations a single word or terin on the first line will be sufficient, e. g., Farmer or Planter, Physician, Compos- itor, Architect, Locomotive 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) Salesman, (b) Grocery; (a) Foreman, (b) Automobile factory. The ma- terial 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, cte. Woinen at home, who are engaged in the duties of the houseliold only (not paid Housekeepers who receive a definite salary), may be entered as Housewife, Housework, or At home, and children, not gainfully employed, as At school or At home. Care should be taken to report spe- eifieally the oceupations of persons engaged in domestie service for wages, as Servant, Cook, Housemaid, ete. If the oeeupation 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 indi- eated 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 eausation), using always the same accepted term for the same discase. Examples: Cerebrospinal fever (the only definite synonym is "Epidemie cerebrospinal menin- gitis"); Diphtheria (avoid use of "Croup"); Typhoid fever (never report "Typhoid pneumonia"); Lobar pneumonia; Bronchopneumonia ("Pneumonia," unquali- ficd, is indefinite); Tuberculosis of lungs, meninges, peri- toncum, ete., Carcinoma, Sarcoma, ete., of_

(name origin; "Caneer" is less definite; avoid use of "Tumor" for malignant neoplasms); Measles; Whooping cough; Chronic valvular heart disease; Chronic interstitial nephritis, ete. The contributory (secondary or inter- current) affection need not be stated unless important. Example: Measles (disease causing death), 29 Gs .; Broncho- pneumonia (secondary), 10 ds. Never report mere symp- toms or terminal conditions, such as "Asthenia,"

"Ancinia" (merely symptomatie), "Atrophy,"

"Col-

lapse," "Coma," "Convulsions," " "Debility" (“Con- genital," "Senile," ete.), "Dropsy," "Exhaustion," "Heart failure," "Hemorrhage," "Inanition," "Maras- mus," "Old age," "Slock," "Uremia," "Weakness," ete., when a definite discase ean be aseertained as the eause. Always qualify all diseases resulting from ehild- birth or miscarriage, as "PUERPERAL septicemia," "PUER- PERAL peritonitis," etc. State eause for which surgical operation was undertaken. For VIOLENT DEATHS STATE MEANS OF INJURY and qualify as ACCIDENTAL, SUICIDAL, Or HOMICIDAL, or as probably sueh, if impossible to de- termine definitely. Examples: Accidental drowning; Struck by railway train - accident; Revolver wound of 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." (Recommendations on statement of cause of death approved by Committee on Nomenclature of the American Medical Association.)

Cases for the Medical Examiners. - Under the provi- sions 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, ete.

2. Deaths supposedly caused by violence, as Crimina. abortion, Poisoning, Starvation, Suffocation, Exposure, 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, ete.

4. Deaths under eireumstances unknown, as A person found dead, etc.

ADDITIONAL SPACE

FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS BY

PHYSICIAN.

R 15. 2-'18. 100,000.

WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING INK-THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD

15 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. N. B .- Evory Item of information should be carefully supplied. AGE should be stated EXACTLY, PHYSICIANS should state PARENTS

1 PLACE OF DEATH

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

Township

Mintsap

State of

Massachusetts

Post Hospital

Registered No.

Fort Banks Mars.

St .;

Ward)

[If death occurred in a hospital or Institution, give 'ts NAME Instead of street and number.]

PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

3 SEX

Mar

4 COLOR OR RACE

White

5 SINGLE,

MARRIED,

WIDOWED,

OR DIVORCED

( Write the word)

Single

6 DATE OF BIRTH

December 27

1892

(Month)

(Day)

(Year)

If LESS than

1 dav, ____ hrs.

or ...__ min. ?

8 OCCUPATION

(a) Trade, profession, or

particular kind of work

yrs.

mos.

ds.

Soldier

(b) General nature of Industry,

business, or establishment in

which employed (or employer)

U.S. army

9 BIRTHPLACE

(State or country)

Missouri

10 NAME OF

FATHER

Thomas ( Leonard

11 BIRTHPLACE

OF FATHER

(State or country)

Tennessee

12 MAIDEN NAME

OF MOTHER

Eliza Roberto

13 BIRTHPLACE

OF MOTHER

(State or country)

Missouri

14 THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE

(Informant)

Serien Reand Sanft Shay

(Address)

W. SQ. Furt Banks

Filed Jan. 21, 199

REGISTRAR

11-3184

17 I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from December 11, 1918 to January 9 191.2., that I last saw him alive on January 9 191.2 .. , and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at/2 350m.

The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows:

Cerebro-Spinal Meningitio

(epedemic)

(Duration)

yrs. .

.- mos.

ds.

Contributory.

(SECONOARY)

(Duration) yrs.

mos.

ds.

(Signed)

Caff & hi Yathandle

9,1919

(Address)

Itsanhman

* State the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH, 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.

29 ds.

State

In the

yrs.

mos.

29 ds.

Where was disease contracted,

If not at place of death ?

usual residence.

Former or

U. S. Sal dias

19 ELACE OF BURIAL OR REMOVAL Weatherdy, Pino.

DATE OF BURIAL 191 ....

20 UNDERTAKER CR Buren

ADDRESS

·209 0 V. S. No. 98

County

Suffolk

Village

(No.

City

Lewis M. Leonard

16 DATE OF DEATH

January 9

1919

(Month)

(Day)

( Year)

7 AGE 26

2 FULL NAME

MARGIN RESERVED FOR DINNWTING

REVISED UNITED STATES STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

[Approved by U. S. Census and American Public Health Association]

Statement of occupation .- Precise statement of occupation 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, Compos- itor, Architect, Locomotive engineer, Civil engineer, Stationary fireman, etc. But iu 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) Salesman, (b) Grocery; (a) Foreman, (b) Automobile factory. The ma- terial 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 Housekeepers who receive a definite salary), may be entered as Housewife, Housework, 02 -10 home, and children, not gainfully employed, as At school or At home. Care should be taken to report spe- cifically 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 indi- cated thus: Farmer (retired, 6 yrs.). For persons who have no occupation whatever, write None.

Statement of cause of death .- Name, first, the DISEASE CAUS- ING DEATH (the primary affection with respect to time and causation), using always the same accepted term for the same disease. Examples: Cerebrospinal fever (the only definite synonym is "Epidemic cerebrospinal menin- gitis"); Diphtheria (avoid use of "Croup"); Typhoid fever (never report "Typhoid pneumonia"); Lobar pneumonia; Bronchopneumonia ("Pneumonia," unqualified, is indefi- nite) ; Tuberculosis of lungs, meninges, peritonaeum, etc., Car- cinoma, Sarcoma, etc., of (name origin; “Can- cer" is less definite; avoid use of " Tumor" for malignant neoplasms); Measles ; Whooping cough; Chronic valvular heart disease; Chronic interstitial nephritis, etc. The con- tributory (secondary or intercurrent) affection need not be stated unless important. Example : Measles (disease causing death), 29 ds .; Bronchopneumonia (secondary), 10 ds. Never report mere symptoms or terminal condi- tions, such as "Asthenia," "Anaemia" ( merely symptom-

atic), "Atrophy," "Collapse," "Coma," "Convulsions," "Debility" ("Congenital," "Senile," etc.), "Dropsy," "Exhaustion," "Heart failure," "Haemorrhage," "Inani- tion," "Marasmus," "Old age," "Shock," "Uraemia," "Weakness," etc., when a definite disease can be ascer- tained as the cause. Always qualify all diseases result- ing from childbirth or miscarriage, as "PUERPERAL septi- chaemia," "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-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." (Recommendations on statement of cause of death approved by Committee on Nomenclature of the American Medical Association. )

NOTE .- Individual offices may add to above list of undesirable terms and refuse to accept certificates containing them. Thus the form in use iu New York City states: "Certificates will be returned for additional information which givo any of tbo following diseases, without explanation, as the sole cause of death: Abortion, cellulitis, childbirth, convulsions: haemorrhage, gangrene, gastritis, erysipelas, meningitis, miscarriage, necrosis, peritonitis, phlebitis, pyaemia, septichaemia, tetanus." But general adoption of the minimum list suggested will work vast improvement, and its scope can be extended at a later date.

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Town of Winthrop : Record of Deaths 1919-1921, Part 2

Author: Winthrop (Mass.) Publication date: 1919 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1192

Author: Winthrop (Mass.)
Publication date: 1919
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1192