Town of Winthrop : Record of Deaths 1919-1921, Part 9

Author: Winthrop (Mass.)
Publication date: 1919
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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 Lows, 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 those 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 disahled by recognized disease unrelated to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attendance or whose physician is ahsent 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 the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical sgents, and deaths following abortion, 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.

N. B .- Every Item of information should be carefully supplied. AGE should be stated EXACTLY, PHYSICIANS should stato PARENTS

1 PLACE OF DEATH

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

State of "Maxta , hugill,

Registered No.

Dx Betal

Ancexs Maxst .;

farcis

PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS

Niciple

28 1886

(Day)'

(Year)

If LESS than

1 day .____ hrs.

or .___. min. ?

7C. S. Truy

10 NAME OF

FATHER

Unknown

13 BIRTHPLACE

OF MOTHER

(State or country )

Unknown

14 THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE

Flied

Feb. 14, 1919 Eulalie Churchil

aset

REGISTRAR

11-3184

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

16 DATE OF DEATH

7.G

(Month)

(Day) (Year)

17 I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from Le b. 8 191_2., to

7.G.

1914,

that I last saw h.Lus alive on 191.2 and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 2:00Pm.

The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows: cApendicitis acute Outputive Renforts, fennel ricute

(Duration)

yrs.

mos.

ds.

Contributory ..

Brancho pneumonia

(SECONDARY)

(Duration)

yrs.

ds.

mos.

(Signed)

ed) Caff 13 m Latta MICH, D.

Sens, 1919.

(Address)

7+13 and man

* 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

___ ds. State

In the

. yrs,

mos.

ds.

Where was disease contracted,

if not at place of death ?

But man

Former or

usual residence ..

19 PLACE OF BURIAL OR REMOVAL DATE OF BURIAL Thathref Lean, fornals Het, 14, 199

20 UNDERTAKER

ADDRESS

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

County

Juffor 1

Township

Village

City

(NO .- +

2 FULL NAME

3 SEX

4 COLOR OR RACE

Tthite

male.

5 SINGLE,

MARRIED.

WIDOWED.

OR DIVORCED

( Write the word)

6 DATE OF BIRTH

(Month)

7 AGE

yrs.

8 OCCUPATION

Lo Coli

(a) Trade, profession, or

particular kind of work

(b) General nature of Industry.

business, or establishment in

which employed (or employer)

9 BIRTHPLACE

Mo.

(State cr country)

11 BIRTHPLACE

OF FATHER

(State or country)

12 MAIDEN NAME

OF MOTHER

(Informant)

Service fee

(Address)

CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of OCCUPATION is very

mos.

ds.

important. Soe instructions on back of certificate.

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

Ward)

1914

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 ean 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, 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) Forcman, (b) Automobile factory. The ma- terial worked on may form part of the second statement. Never return "Laborer," "Foreman," "Manager," " Dealer," etc., withcut more precise specification, as Day laborer, Farm laborer, Luborer-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, 0" At 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, ete. 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 oceupation whatever, write None.

Statement of cause of death .- Name, first, the DISEASE CAUS- ING DEATHI (the primary affection with respect to time and eausation), using always the same accepted term for the same disease. Examples: Cerebrospinal fever (the only definite synonyın is "Epidemie_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-

atie), "Atrophy," "Collapse," "Coma," "Convulsions," "Debility" ("Congenital," "Senile," etc.), "Dropsy," "Exhaustion," "Heart failure," "Haemorrhage," "Inani- tion," " Marasmus," "Old age," "Shoek," "Uraemia," "Weakness," ete., when a definite disease can be ascer- tained as the cause. Always qualify all diseases result- ing from eliildbirth or miscarriage, as "PUERPERAL septi- chaemia," "PUERPERAL 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 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 torms and refuse to accept certificates containing them. Thus the form in uso in Now York City states: "Certificates will be returned for additional information which give any of tho following discases, without explanation, as tho sole cause of death: Abortion, cellulitis, childbirth, convulsions, hacmorrhage, gangrene, gastritis, erysipelas, meningitis, miscarriago, necrosis, peritonitis, phlebitis, pyacmia, septichaemia, tetanus." But general adoption of the minimum list suggested will work vast Improvement, and its scope cau be extended at a later date.

11-3181

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

RETURN OF A DEATH-1919.

CITY OF BOSTON

FULL NAME

STANLEY S.RIGG

Place of Death

Boston

Date of Death

FEB. 10

1919,

Age

years

months

days

STATISTICAL DETAILS.

SEX.

COLOR

SINGLE, MARRIED, WID., DIV.

Maiden Name

Husband's Name

Birthplace

FORT WARREN

Name of Father

ASAAC H.RIGG

Birthplace of Father

BELMONT . ILL.

Maiden Name of Mother

ETHEL CRUMMERS

Birthplace of Mother

GREENBAY.WIS.

Occupation AT SCHOOL

Informant

Place of Burial or removal

MALDEN (FORESTDALE )

Undertaker

W. C. SKAGGS

Date of Burial

WINTHROP

PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased during last illness

from 1919, to 1919, 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:

STRAR

PATRIBIS

Primo

R (Duratipro

CITY

SAOBIS 8

OOFFICE

BOSTONIA CONDITAA.

20. 1622.

TON Contributory: { GENERAL SEPTICEMIA

(Signed)

S.A.CLEMENT

M.D.

FEB.10

1919

SPECIAL INFORMATION from Hospitals, Institutions, Transients, or Recent Residents.

IN HOSPT.12 DAYS

Usual

Residence

WINTHROP (59 LEWIS AVE)

Filed

FEB. 13

1919

A true copy.

Attest :

Registrar

SCARLET FEVER -35 DAYS

LEFT MASTOIDECTOMY JAN.31 .1919

18.30.

COMMINE DONATAA

MASS.

(Duration)

Registered No. 2 082

MASS . HOME O. HOSPT .

Tel. 10, 1919

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, N. B. - WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING INK-THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. Every item of information should be of certificate.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

BOSTON (City or town)

1 PLACE OF DEATH

County

Suffolk

State

Massachusetts

Registered No.

Township

Nawabrok

City

BOSTON

No.

or Village 14 Perking

St ...

Ward

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

2 FULL NAME

Midação. Chase

(If in the Army or Navy of then

(a) Residence.

No. 14 Jerking

(Usual place of abode y

Leogth of residence in city or town where death occurred

years

mouths

days.

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

years

mooths

days

PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS

3 SEX

4 COLOR OR RACE

5 SINGLE, MARRIED, WIDOWED, OR

DIVORCED (write the word)

Single

5a If married, widowed, or divorced

HUSBAND of

(or) WIFE of

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

7 AGE

Years

Months

Days

If LESS than 1 day, ........ hrs. or ........ min.

8 OCCUPATION OF DECEASED

(a) Trade, profession, or

particular kind of work

Sales Lady~

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

9 BIRTHPLACE (city or town).

(State or country)

10 NAME OF FATHER Nevy 8 Chan

11 BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (city or town)

Reconetocon

(State or country)

12 MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER alma Leuning Round

13 BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (eity or town).

Edgecomb

(State or country)

Informant

14 Perkins st

(Address)

Filed Feb.13, 1919 Enlahp Churchill

REGISTRAR

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

16 DATE OF DEATH (month, day, and year)

1919

! HEREBY CERTIFY, ThatCP attended deceased from

Jelen

Jelen 11

1919.

1919

, to

that I last saw h.

alive on

Jeby 11-

19.19.

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

m. The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows : 1 Influenza Pneumonia

(duration)

mos ..

ds.

CONTRIBUTORY

(SECONDARY)

(duration)

.yrs ..

mos.

ds.

18 Where was disease contracted

if not at place of death?

FOR WHAT ?

Did an operation precede death ? !

Date of

Was there an autopsy ?

What test confirmed diagnosis ?

Stethoscope t

(Signed)

HorecaE Bugaon

M.D.

+11, 199 (Address)

* State the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH, or in deaths front 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

Georgetown UNE

DATE OF BURIAL 2-14 1919

20 UNDERTAKER

ADDRESS

.or

MATization, etc.)

St.,

Ward.

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

yrs.

PARENTS

Thalsou

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

Statement of occupatien. -- 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 terin on the first line will be sufficient, e. g., Farmer or Planter, Physician, Compos- itor, Architeet, Locomotive 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) 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," ete., 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, or At home, and children, not gainfully employed, as At school or At home. Care should be taken to report spe- eifieally the occupations of persons engaged in domestic service for wages, as Servant, Cook, Housemaid, etc. It the occupation has been changed or given up on account of the DISEASE CAUSING DEATII, 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 CAUSING 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 ferer (never report "Typhoid pneumonia"); Lobar pneumonia; Bronchopneumonia ("Pneumonia," unquali- hed, is indefinite); Tuberculosis of lungs, meninges, peri- toneum, etc., Carcinoma, Sarcoma, cte., of_

(name origin; "Cancer" is less definite; avoid use of "Tumor" for malignant neoplasms); Measles; Whooping. cough; Chronie valvular heart disease; Chronic interstitial nephritis, etc. 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," "Anemia" (merely symptomatic), "Atrophy," "Col- lapse," "Coma," ""Convulsions,"""Debility" ("Con-

genital," "Senile," etc.), "Dropsy," "Exhaustion," "Heart failure," "Hemorrhage," "Inanition," "Maras- mus," "Old age," "Shock," "Uremia," "Weakness," ete., when a defmite disease can be ascertained as the cause. Always qualify all diseases resulting from ehild- birth or miscarriage, as "PUERPERAL septicemia," "PUER- PERAL 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 de- termine definitely. Examples: Accidental drowning; Strvek 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 eause 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 Lay's 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 Criminal 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, etc.

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

ADDITIONAL SPACE

FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS BY

PHYSICIAN.

R 15. 1-'18. 100,000.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

RETURN OF A DEATH-1919.

DOUGLAS H. FULLERTON

FULL NAME

Registered No.

2236

257 EVERETT ST.

Place of Death

Boston

Date of Death

FEB . 13

1919,

Age

years months days

STATISTICAL DETAILS.

SEX.

COLOR

SINGLE, MARRIED, WID., DIV. DIV.

Maiden Name

Husband's Name

Birthplace

WINDSOR. N.F.

Name of Father

ASHEL FULLERTON

Birthplace of Father

Maiden Name of Mother

Birthplace of Mother

Occupation FISHERMAN

Informant

TRAR

PATRIBES Primary ( Duration

LOBAR PNEUMONIA

CITY

SICU =

SOBIS

BOSTONIA

CONDITA MA

CGIMINE DONATA

STON MASS.

Contributory: { (Duration )

INFLUENZA -- 2 DAYS

(Signed) E.E.BOWEN M. D.

1919

SPECIAL INFORMATION from Hospitals, Institutions, Transients, or Recent Residents,

Place of Burial or removal WINTHROP (WINTHROP CEM) Usual

Residence WINTHROP(SNAKE ISLAND)

Filed 1919.

A true copy.

Attest :

FEB.17

Date of Burial

HUND 211914

Registrar.

Undertaker

F.A.MAGRATH

CITY OF BOSTON

PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased during last illness 1919, from 1919, 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:

A. 1822

tel. 13, 1919

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, N. 6 .- WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING INK-THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. Every item of information should be of certificate.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

Want

(City or town) 32 Registered No.

Township

Festboro

or Jate Hospital

City.

.........

No.

St ..

Ward

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

Mary V.Piper

2 FULL NAME

.55 Somerset Avo.

St.,

.Ward.

Winthrop Mass.

(a) Residence.

No.

(Usual place of abode)

(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 SEKerale

4 COLOK OR RACE

5 SINGLE, MARRIED, WIDOWED, OR MaIMMORCED (write the word)

5a If married, widowed, or divorced

HUSBAND of

(or) WIFE of

1865

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

7 AGE Years

Months

Days

If LESS than

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

or ....... min.

8 OCCUPATION OF DECEASED

Housewife

(a) Trade. profession, or

particular kind of work

(b) General nature of industry,

business, or establishment in

which employed (or employer)Haverhi11

Mass.

9 BIRTHPLACE (city a OtoWE B. Bartlott

(State or country) Nottingham

10 NAME OF FATHER N.H.

PARENTS

11 BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (city of tooley

(State or country)

Nottingham

12 MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER N.H.

13 BIRTHPLACEJOB MOTHER CityRecords.

(State or country)

Westbare Mass

Informant

(AddrSeb. 18 1919

15 mich. 5 , 1919 Eulalie Churchill asst REGISTRAR

19 PLACE OF BURIAL, CREMATION, OR REMOVAL

L.P.Conant

Westboro 19

20 UNDERTAKER

ADDRESS

16 DATE OF DEATH (month, day, and ycar)

I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from

19.4 .... , to.Feb. 17

119

that I last saw

alive on

,19.

Feb. 17

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

6.55' *

The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows :

Chronic Myocarditis

Chroni@interstitialos.

ds.

CONTRIBUTOREIS

(SECONDARY)

(duration)

...... 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 dignplan

(Signed)

Testboro Mass.

I.D.

, 19

Adres) 18

1919

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

DATE OF BURIAL 19

1 PLACE OF DEATH

County

Worcester

State ...

Mass.

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Feb 17 1919

REVISED UNITED STATES STANDARD CERTIFICAIL [Approved by U. S. Census aud American Public Health Association]

Statement of occupation. - Precise statement of occupa- tion is very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits can be known. The question applies to cach and every person, irrespective of age. For many occupations a single word or terin on the first line will be sufficient, e. g., Farmer or Planter, Physician, Compos- itor, Architcet, Locomotive engincer, 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) Salesman, (b) Grocery; (a) Foreman, (b) Automobile factory. The ma- terial worked on may form part of the second statement. Never return "Laborer," "Forcman," " Manager,' "Dcaler," etc., without more precise specification, as Day laborer, Farm laborer, Laborer - Coal minc, etc. Women at home, who are engaged in the dutics of the household only (not paid Housekccpers who receive a definite salary), may be cutercd as Housewife, Housework, or At 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 Scrvant, Cook, Housemaid, etc. If the occupation has been changed or given up on account of the DISEASE CAUSING DEATII, 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 Nonc.

Statement of cause of death .- Name, first, the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH (the primary affection with respect to tiine and causation), using always the same accepted term for the same discasc. Examples: Cerebrospinal fcver (the only definite synonym is "Epidemic cerebrospinal menin- gitis"); Diphthcria (avoid use of "Croup"); Typhoid fever (never report "Typhoid pneumonia"); Lobar pneumonia; Bronchopneumonia ("Pneumonia," unquali- ficd, is indefinite); Tuberculosis of lungs, meninges, peri- toncum, etc., Carcinoma, Sarcoma, etc., of.

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

"Anemia" (merely symptomatic), "Atrophy,"

"Col-

lapse," "Coma," "Convulsions,"" " Debility" (“Con- genital," "Senile," etc.), "Dropsy," "Exhaustion," "Heart failure," "Hemorrhage," "Inanition," "Maras- inus," "Old age," "Shock," "Uremia," "Wcakncss," etc., when a definite disease can be ascertaincd as the cause. Always qualify all discases resulting from child- birth or miscarriage, as "PUERPERAL septicemia," "PUER- PERAL 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 de- termine definitely. Examples: Accidental drowning; Struck by railway train - accident; Revolver wound of head - homicide; Poisoned by carbolic acid - probably suicidc. The nature of the injury, as fracture of skull. and consequences (c. g., sepsis, tetanus) may be stated

under the head of "Contributory. 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, etc.

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Town of Winthrop : Record of Deaths 1919-1921, Part 9

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

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