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2 FULL NAME
Joseph D McDonald
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence. No ..
(Usual place of abode)
87 Shore Drive
..........
.. St., ..
Ward,
Winthrop.
(If nonresident, give city or town and state)
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred
yTs.
mos.
days. How long in U. S., if of foreign birth?
yrs.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 SEX
Male
4 COLOR OR RACE
White
5 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
Sine DIVORCED
Single
5a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
7
AGE
67
Years
Months
Days
If less than 1 day Hours .. Minutes
OCCUPATION
8 Trade, profession, or particular kind of work done, as spinner, sawyer, bookkeeper, etc ....
Meter Repairer
9 Industry or business in which
work was done, as silk mill,
saw mill, bank, etc ..
Boston Gas Co.
11 Total time (years)
10 Date deceased last worked at
this occupation (month and
year)
1932
spent in this
occupation28 yr.6.
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Pr Edw Island
PARENTS[
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Pr. Edw Island
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Mary McDonald
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City) ...
(State or country)
PEI
25m-2-30. No. 7997-e
A TRUE COPY
ATTEST:
(Registrar of city or towr where death occurred)
3/7/32
DATE FILED
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 DATE OF
DEATH
March
2
1932
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
19 | HEREBY CERTIFY that I have investigated the death of the person above-named and that the CAUSE AND MANNER thereof are as follows: (If an injury was involved, state fully)
Terminal broncho pneumonia Pneumococcus meningitis Multiple injuries including subdural ..... hemorrhage ..
20 If death was due to external causes (VIOLENCE) fill in the following : Accident,
Suicide or
Homicide ?
Date of injury
2/1 & 2/22/19
32
Where did
injury occur ?
Boston
Manner of
1. Fall while alighting from a trair
Injury.
2. - Struck by an automobile
Nature of
Injury
21 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased?
If so, specify.
(Signed)
I .... Leary.
(Address).
Boston, Lass.
Date
3/3/1932
22 PLACE OF BURIAL.
CREMATION OR REMOVAL
Soursis PSI
(Cemetery)
(City or town)
DATE OF BURIAL
Mar
5,
193.2.
23 NAME OF
J S Waterman & Sons
UNDERTAKER
Boston, Mass.
ADDRESS
SEP 2
Received and filed
1932
19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
1
PLACE OF DEATH
(County)
Boston
(City or Town)
No. . ...
Boston City Hospital
St.,
Ward
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
specify WAR)
134
Peter N McDonald
17
Informant
(Address)
Boston, Mass.
M. D.
(City or town and State)
13 NAME OF
FATHER
Angus McDonald
March 2, 1932
21520
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
1. PLACE OF DEATH
County
Crie
State
te new York
Registered No.
2170
Township
Buffalo
City
No.
For Village
Dalo City Hosp.
St.
(If death occurred in a hospital or fhstitution, give its NAun instead of street and number)
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred
yrs.
__ mos. ____ eds. How long in U. S. If of foreign birth?
-- yrs.
._ mos. _____ ds.
135
2. FULL NAME
Henry moore
St.,
Ward.
Winthropo mars
(a) Residence: No.
(Usual place of abode)
(If nonresident give city or town and State)
-
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3. SEX
male black
4. COLOR OR RACE
5. SINGLE, MARRIED. WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED (write the word)
single
I HEREBY CERTIFY, ThatI attended deceased from
1432 to
apr. 5
19_32
5a. If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(or) WIFE of
6. DATE OF BIRTH (month, day, and year)
Jan 21, 1999
if LESS than
1 day,
or
. min.
The principal cause of death and related causes of importance
where as follows:
Enherculano meningitis
Dale of onset
8. Trade, profession, or particular kind of work done, as spinner, sawyer, bookkeeper, etc ..
Labores partir)
9. Industry or business in which
work was done, as silk mill,
Saw mill, bank, etc.
Theater
10. Date deceased last worked at
this occupation (month and
year)
11. Total time (years)
spent in this
occupation
ther contributory causes of Importance:
forherculaus leteomyelitis
Hrist - Carcinonettlane
Rinho Penis
12. BIRTHPLACE (city or town)
Bastage
(State or country) mass.
13. NAME
alan moore
14. BIRTHPLACE (city of town) Barbaday
(State or country)
Hustondies
15. MAIDEN NAME minnie Smith
16. BIRTHPLACE (city or town)
Cimberet
(State or country)
mano.
17. INFORMANT
Ruth @ muller
(Address)
462 Orider St.
18. BURIAL CREMATION, OR REMOVAL Place Vinstlunk, Mas Dato apr. 6. 19420
19. UNDERTAKER Tardner D. force (Address) 453 Dave
20. FILED apr. 5 1
In H. Westinghouse Registrar.
(Signed)
462 Frider St.
9 1932
SEP
o 11-10031 FATHER MOTHER OCCUPATION is very important. See instructions on back of certificate. state CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of Information should be carefully supplied. AGE should be stated EXACTLY. PHYSICIANS should OCCUPATION
7. AGE
Years
23
Months
2
Days
15
21, DATE OF DEATH (month, day, and year) apr. 5, 1932
I fast saw havelive on. apr 5 19_8 _? death is sald
to have occurred on the date stated above, at5:55Cm.
What test confirmed diagnosis? Valaratings there an autopsy? 1.
23. If death was due to external causes (violence) fill in also the following:
Accident, suicide, or homicide?
Date of injury.
19
Where did injury occur? (Specify city or town, county, and State) Specify whether Injury occurred In industry, in home, or in public place.
Manner of injury
Nature of injury
Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? 24.
If so, specify
abel Levitt
M. D.
Ward
or
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Name of operation
Date of
UNITED STATES STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Statement of occupation .- Precise statement of occupation is very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person aged 10 years or over. If the deceased had retired from business, report the occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose only occupation was that of home housework, write housewife in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9. For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate the occupation by the appropriate terms, as servant-private family, cook-hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation whatever write none. To be complete, an occupation return must state:
8 .- The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done.
9 .- The industry or business in which the work was done.
10 .- The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 11 .- The number of years the deceased followed the occupation.
In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms as "employee," "worker," "operative," etc. Find out the particular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc.
In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general terms as "store," "factory," "mill," etc. State the particular kind of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, cotton mill, etc.
Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining engineer, stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term "laborer" when a more precise statement of the occupation can be secured. Do not use the word "mechanic," but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants and wholesale merchants. A person who sells goods should be called a salesman and not a clerk.
Statement of cause of death .- Cause of death means the disease, injury, or complication which causes death, not the mode of dying, e. g., heart failure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. As principal cause name the disease or injury causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, if any, related to the principal cause and any important complication of the principal cause. Under other contributory causes of importance, name other important diseases or injuries. Examples:
Example I
Example II
The principal cause of death and related causes of importance were as follows:
Date of onset
The principal cause of death and related causes of importance were as follows:
Date of onset
Arteriosclerosis
1915
Attack of epilepsy
1 week ago
Chronic interstitial nephritis
1921
Run over by street car
1 week ago
Cerebral hemorrhage
July 5, 1927
Peritonitis
3 days ago
Other contributory causes of importance:
Other contributory causes of importance:
Gallstones
May 1, 1923
Gastroenteritis
1 year
ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS BY PHYSICIAN
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1930
c11-3184
Cefor. 5,19 a 1
32
I R-303 B
Suffolk
PLACE OF DEATH
(City or Town! Ocean Die
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS MEDICAL EXAMINER'S CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
To be filed for burial permit with Board of Health or its Agent.
Registered No.
136
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number)
St., ...
.. Ward
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence.
No ..
123 Locust
.St.
.....
.Ward,
Winthrop
(If nonresident give city or town and state)
(Usual place of abode)
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred
1 yrs. 10
mos.
days.
How long in U. S., if of foreign birth? 47
mos. -
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
5 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
(write the word)
Widowed
Ellen M. Cabe
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(Husband's name in full)
6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
7 67 Years - Months. Days
8 Trade, profession, or particular kind of work done, as spinner, sawyer, bookkeeper, etc.
Retired Longshoreman
10 Date deceased last worked at 11 Total time (years) spent in this 35
occupation ..
Delande
13 NAME OF
FATHER
William I Gave
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
Ireland
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Bridget Grown
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Dieland
17 Mrs. James 15. Murray
Informant (Address) 123 Locust St., With.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: Wm. D. Childress (Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other)
Hearthe Officer (Official Designation) (Date of Issue of Permit)
8/8/32
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 DATE OF
DEATH
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
19 I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have investigated the death of the person above-named and that the CAUSE AND MANNER thereof are as follows: /(If an injury was involved, state fully.) Natural Causes Frates
chung ngance report dispose ...
(See reverse side for description for unknown person)
20 IN WHAT CITY OR TOWN
WAS INJURY SUSTAINED ?.
(Signed)
Willing Hoy Willys
, M. D.
(Address)
Date Grey /1991
21 PLACE OF BURIAL
CREMATION OR REMOVAL
Holy Cross Malden
Cemetery)
(City or town)
10
1932
22 NAME OF
UNDERTAKER
DATE OF BURIAL
Wat Pelly
ADDRESS
IT meridian SO. 5.10.
19
Received and filed.
AUG 15 1932
(Registrar)
5m-2-'30. No. 7997-c
(County)
1
No.
2 FULL NAME
3 SEX
4 COLOR OR RACE
White
Male
5a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(or) WIFE of
AGE
OCCUPATION
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
PARENTS
of Death. See reverse side for extracts from the laws relative to the return of certificates of death.
DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified under the International Classification of Causes
9 Industry or business in which
work was done, as silk mill,
saw mill, bank, etc.
information should be carefully supplied. MEDICAL EXAMINERS should state CAUSE AND MANNER OF N. B .- WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK-THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. Every item of (State or country)
Peter Walsh
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
specify WAR)
1932
If less than 1 day .Hours .Minutes
this occupation (month and
year)
2/ay/1930
EXTRACTS
FROM THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
GOVERNING THE RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH
A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- with, 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 regis- tration a standard certificate of death, stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, where same was con- tracted, the duration of his last illness, when last seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of his death .... Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9.
No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body which has not been buried, until he has received a permit from the board of health or its agent appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the person died; and no under- taker or other person shall exhume a human body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be, a satisfactory written statement containing the facts required by law to be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 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, a physician who is a member of the board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, shall upon application make the certificate required of the attending physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a recital, as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the permit. The board of health or its agent, upon receipt of such statement and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom the permit is so given and the physician certifying 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 the death, which the clerk or registrar may require .- Chap. 114, Sec. 45, G. L., as amended.
No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the
town where the body is to be buried or the funeral is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the cemetery or burial ground in which the interment is made .. . . - Chap. 114, Sec. 46, G. L. as amended
Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died by violence. If a medical examiner has notice that there is within his county the body of such a person, he shall forthwith go to the place where the body lies and take charge of the same ;...- General Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6.
... He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; other- wise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner of death. -General Laws, Chap. 38, See. 7.
... The medical examiner certifies the cause and manner of death to the best of his knowledge and belief.
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 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 supposably 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 agents, 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.
STATEMENT OF CAUSE OF DEATH
Medical Examiners in certifying to a death will state the cause and manner thereof, and will specify: (1) Under cause, the nature of an injury and of its consequences; and (2) under manner, the mode of its production together with the circumstances when these are known. For example: "Compound fracture of the femur with ensuing septicemia (gas bacillus) caused by a steam railway accident. " "Pistol shot wound of the chest with associated hemorrhage, homicidal." "Asphyxiation by suspension, suicidal." "Syncope while under the influence of ether administered as a surgical anæsthetic." "Fracture of the skull with associated internal injury sustained under circumstances unknown."
If disease or injury was related to occupation, specify. If investigation shows the death to have been due to disease, specify: (1) Under cause, its known or presumable nature; and (2) under manner, indicate the circumstances leading to medico-legal inquiry. For example: "Hemorr- hage spontaneous, of the brain (basal ganglia) (found dead in bed)." "Heart disease, presumably coronary sclerosis. (Sudden death.)"
DESCRIPTION (for unknown person).
NOTICE TO UNDERTAKERS: No embalming fluid, or any substitute therefor, shall be injected into the body of any person supposed to have met his death by violence, until a permit, signed by the Medical Examiner, has first been obtained .- General Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 14.
THIS CERTIFICATE CONSTITUTES SUCH PERMIT
ing, 7,1939
dererf. Nalea
R-301
PARENTS information should be carefully supplied. AGE should be stated EXACTLY. PHYSICIANS should state OCCUPATION.
100m-11-30. No. 605-b
1 HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: Wm. A. Childress
(Signature pf Agent of Board of Health or other)
1 Healthe officer 8/10/32
(Official Designation) (Date of Issue of Permit)
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 DATE OF DEATH August
8th,
1932
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
19 I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from
Aug ..... ],
193.2 .. , to ..
.Aug . 8,
19.3.2.
I last saw h .... i.m.alive on
Aug .... 8,
19.32., death is said
to have occurred on the date stated above, at .. 2 .: 35P.m. The principal canse of death and related causes of importance in order of onset were as follows:
Date of Onset
Years
6
Months
6
Days
Soldier
9 Industry or business in which work was done, as silk mill, saw mill, bank, etc .... U.S .Army
11 Total time (years) spent in this occupation ..
If less than 1 day -- .. Hours. ..... .. Minutes 1.Appendicitis, acute, gangrenous, fulminating. 2. Peritonitis, acute, suppurative, generalized, severe, due to No.1. 3.Toxemia, due to No. 2.
Contribatory canses of importance not related to principal cause: -
Name of operation ..
Appendectomy
Date ofAug.5,1932.
What test confirmed diagnosis ?.... --
Was there an autopsy? Yes .
20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deseased ?.
No ..
If so, specify.
--
(Signed)
A.W.Kenner,Major,Ir.C, USA ...... , M. D.
(Address)
Ft .Banks , Mass.
Date Aug . 9.19 32.
21 PLACE OF BURIAL,
U.S.Army Cemetery,
CREMATION OR REMOVAL
Ft .Devens, Mass.
(Cemetery)
August
Sy or town)
32
DATE OF BURIAL
19
22 NAME OF
UNDERTAKER
Chas. R. Bennison,
ADDRESS
159 Winthrop St. ,Winthrop, Mass.
Received and filed
AUG 15 1932
19
(City or town making return)
Registered No.
137
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
.... Francis Mclaughlin, ASN-6696843 Co.L.13th Inf .USA ...
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
-
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
specify WAR)
--
(a)
Residence. No.
Fort Devens, Mass
.St., ..
............ Ward,
Ayer., ... Mass.
(If nonresident, give city or town and state)
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred 0 yrs. O mos. 7
days.
How long in U. S., if of foreign birth?
-- yrs. --
mos. --
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
(write the word)
5 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
Single
5a If married, widowed, or divorced HUSBAND of (Give maiden name of wife in full)
(Husband's name in full)
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk
(County)
Ayer nulpen - 8/25/32 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Winthrop (City or Town) No. Station Hosp. Ft Banks ,Mass. St.,. Sur.g ........ Ward
1
(Usual place of abode)
3 SEX
4 COLOR OR RACE
White
Male
(or) WIFE of
6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. ---
7
AGE
24
8 Trade, profession, or particular
kind of work done, as spinner,
sawyer, bookkeeper, etc.
10 Date deceased last worked at
this occupation (month and
year) ... July 31 ,1932.
12 BIRTHPLACE (City).
Boston,
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
Informant
CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of OCCUPATION
is very important. See instructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate.
FATHER (City) ...
Boston,
(State or country) Mass.
13 NAME OF
FATHER
James J. Mclaughlin,
(State or country)
Mass,
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Rebecca A. Ginn,
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
Provincetown,
(State or country)
Mass.
17 Mrs.R.A.Mclaughlin, Mother,
(Address)
171 Forrest Hill St., Jamaica Plains
(Registrar)
A TRUE COPY, ATTEST:
Revised United States Standard Certificate of Death Cinq 8, 19 33
Statement of occupation .- Precise statement of occupation is very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits can be known. Make some cntry in this section for every person aged 10 years or over. If the occupation had been given up or changed on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose only occupation was that of home housework, write housework in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9. For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper-private family, cook-hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation what- ever write none.
To be complete, an occupation return must state:
8 .- The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done.
9 .- The industry or business in which the work was done.
10 .- The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation.
11 .- The number of years the deceased followed the occupation.
In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms as "employce," "worker," "operative," etc. Find out the parti- cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc.
In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general terms as "store,' "factory, " "mill," etc. State the particular kind of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, cotton mill, etc.
Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining engineer, stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term "laborer" when a more precise statement of the occupation can be secured. Do not use the word "mechanic, " but give the exact occupation, as carpenter. painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants and wholesale merchants. A person who sr lls goods should be called a salesman and not a clerk.
Statement of cause of death .- Cause of death means the disease, or complication which causes death, not tle mode of dying, e. g., heart failure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. As principal cause name the disease causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, if any, related to the principal cause and any important complication of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not related to principal cause, name other important diseases.
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