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Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died by violence. . .- GEN. 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; otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner of death .- GEN. LAWS, CHAP. 38, SEC. 7.
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 he 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. (TERCENTENARY EDITION.)
RULES OF PRACTICE
The fulfillment of the purpose of these laws calls for the ob- servance 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 causcd directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septi- cemia), and hy 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.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Danvers
(City or town making return) 247
Registered No.
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution,
Ward
give its NAME instead of street and number)
..
-
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
specify WAR)
Winthrop
...
(a) Residence. No ..
(Usual place of abode)
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred
yrs.
mos.
days. How long in U. S., if of foreign birth?
yTs.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 DATE OF
Dec. 2, 1939
DEATH
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
19 I HEREBY CERTIFY. That I ettended deceesed from
Nov. 25,
19.539. to .................?..........
. 15.9.
I last saw &.[ ......... alive on ....
2 ...... , 19,3.9 .. , death is seid
to have occurred on the date stated above
m.
The principal cause of death and related causes of importence in order of onset were es follows:
Dateofonset
Bronchopneumonia"primary" Ilec.
1959
Carabralatrophy
1936
1
Contributory causes of importance not related to principel cause:
Name of operation
Date of.
What test confirmed diagnosis? autopsy.
Was there en autopsy&
20 Wes disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? If so, specify.
(Signed)
Myer Asekoff
M. D.
(Address)
DSH
Date
12/3 30-
Rt pla
piace USPBUTif Cremation JPAmbilee
(City or Town)
22 NAME OF
UNDERTAKER
Charles .... R ...... Bonni.son
ADDRESS
Winthrop
Received and filed 19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
1 2 FULL NAME 3 SEX male 7 71 AGE OCCUPATION (State or country) 13 NAME OF FATHER PARENTS 17 N. Informant (Address) ATTEST: tion 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. 50m-11-'36. No. 9080-g N. B .- WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING INK-THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. Every item of informa- (State or country)
PLACE OF DEATH
... Littleg)State Hospital
No. Fredrick Francie Stotz
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
1009 Shirley
.St., ..
(write the word)
married
5a If married, widowed, or divorced lie Boynton
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
Yeers Months Days
If less than 1 dey
.Hours.
Minutes
8 Trade, profession, or particular
kind of work done, as spinner,
sawyer, bookkeeper, etc ...
Retired shipper
9 Industry or business In which
work was done, es silk mill,
saw mill, bank, etc.
10 Date deceased last worked et
11 Total time (years)
spent in this
occupation
this occupation (month end
year)
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
Boston
- Stotz
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
Germany
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
-
- Whitman
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Cannot be Learned
MoPhillips
(
V
A TRUE COPY. Al restaChan
(Registrar of city or town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
12/3/39
........... 19
Ward,
(If nonresident, give city or town and state)
4 COLOR OR RACE
white
5 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
St.,
Relation, if any
DATE OF BURIAL
12/4/39
19
RECEIVED
OF
TOWN
11 72
12.
IV
CLERK
5
WI
1
6 5
HROP. MASS
JAN11 1940 AM
R-301A
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk County) Winthrop (City or TowA)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS STANDARD
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
To be filed for burial permit with Board of Health or its Agent.
48
Registered No.
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution,
give its NAME instead of street and number)
(If U. S. War Veteran
specify WAR)
(a) Residence.
No.
19 Emerson Road
St.,
.Ward,
(If nonresident, give city or town and state)
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred
5 years
months
dayı.
How long in U.S., if of foreign birth?
Jean
months
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
5 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
(write the word)
Marreel
Da I married, widowed, or dirose Beatrice hunt
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
If less than 1 day Hours. .Minutes
Office Executivo
H. Ex. Power Lee
10 Date deceased last worked
11 Total time (years)
ccupatior met 16,1939 spent in this occupation .. 26yrs
Millbury
12 BIRTHPLACE (City).
(State or country)
Maso. ( (2)
Clearles #Bancroft
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
Millbury
(State or country)
mass.1
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Matilda Davidson
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
Willburg
(State or country)
Maso. 1
Informant
(Address) 19 Besserson Rd Locuttrop
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was Aled with me BEFORE the badal or transit permit was issued: Um. D. Children (Signature of Agent of Board of Helthier other) de alter Cefficer 12/4/39
(Official Designation) (Date of Issue of Rermit)
18 DATE OF
DEATH
December
6
1939
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
19 I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from
november 1
1939 to December 6 1939
I last saw h with alive on
December 6, 1939, death Is said
to have occurred on the date stated above, at
TP:m.
The principal cause of death and related causes of Importance la order of onset
were as follows:
acute Coronary
...........
Dato of Onset
IMPORTANT ..
Thrombosis
Dec 6h 159
Contributory causes of Importance not related to principal cause: Congestive Heart Disease
Www1959
Hypertension
1939
Name of operation.
none
Date of.
What test confirmed diagnosis chimie of
launitã
Was there an autopsy? /20.
20 Was disease or Injury in any way related to occupation of deceased?
If so, specify Aof Library
(Signed)
(Address) 562 Hrungen Date.
12/6/199
Mit Pleasant arling
Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal,
(City or Town)
22 NAME OF
LG.a. Quitte
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
ADDRESS
792 Mass. Dor arlington.
Received and filed. .19 ..........
(Registrar)
100m-9-'37. No. 1859-i.
1
2 FULL NAME
(Usual place of abode)
3 SEX
4 COLOR OR RACE
white
Male
6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
AGE
8 Trade, profession, or particular
kind of work done, as spinner,
sawyer, bookkeeper, etc ....
9 Industry or business In which
work was done, as silk mill,
saw mill, bank, etc ...
year)
13 NAME OF
FATHER
as per mrs. Bancroft.
OCCUPATION
PARENTS
tion should be carefully supplied.
important. See instructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate.
in plain termz, so that it may be properly classified. Date of onset and exact statement of OCCUPATION are very
Age should be stated EXACTLY. PHYSICIANS should state CAUSE OF DEATH
7
49
Years.
8
Months
3
Days
Winthrop Community Hospitalar No .: Ralph Bancroft
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
.. .
, M. D.
17 Was Ralph Bancroft Wife Relation, if any DATE OF BURIAL DEREmber 9. 1929
Statement of occupation. - Precise statement of occupation is very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pur- suits can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person aged 10 years or over. If the occupation had been given up or changed on account ot the disease causing death, report the occupation prior to illness. If the deceased had retired from bus- iness, report the occupation prior to retirement. Children not ' gainfully employed may be returned as AT SCHOOL OF 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 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 husiness in which the work was done.
10 .- The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation.
11 .- The number of years the deccased followed the occupation.
In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms as "einployee," "worker," "operative," etc. Find out the partic- ular kind of work done and return that, as SPINNER, WEAVER, Etc.
In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such gen- eral 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 ENGIN- EER, 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, or complication which causes death, NOT the 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.
Example
'The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of onset were as follows:
Date of Onset
Arteriosclerosis
1915
...
Chronic interstitial nephritis
1921
Cerebral hemorrhage
July 5. 1927
...
Contributory causes of importance not related to principal cause :
In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that in a group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example happens to be the second cause given.
RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH
A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- with, alter 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 sup- posed age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, where same was contracted, 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 undertaker 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 hoard 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 nave been delivered to such board, agent or clerk, ⺠the case may be, a satisfactory written statement con- taining the facts required by law to he returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending physician, if any, as re- quired by law. or in lieu thereof a certificate as hercinafter pro- vided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for sufficient rea- sons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough for the pur- pose, or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the hoard of health. or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, shall upon application make the certificate required of the attend. ing physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall make such certificate. If such a permit for the removal of a human body, not previously interred, from one town to an- other within the commonwealth cannot be obtained early enough for the purpose, the certificate of death made as above provided and in the possession of the undertaker desiring to make such a reinoval shall constitute a permit for such removal; provided, that such body shall be returned to the town from which it was re- moved within thirty six hours after such removal, unless a permit in the usual form for the removal of such hody has been sooner obtained hereunder. 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 I'nited States in any war in which it has been engaged. such recital shall ap. pear upon the permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such statement and certificate, shall forthwith counter- sign it and transmit it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom the permit is so given and the physician cer- tifying 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. (TER- CENTENARY EDITION.)
Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died by violence. .- GEN. 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; otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner of death .- GEN. LAWS, CHAP. 38, SEC. 7.
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 perntits, or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the body is to he 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. (TERCENTENARY EDITION.)
RULES OF PRACTICE
The fulfillment of the purpose of these laws calls for the ob- servance 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 septi- cemia), and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons). thermal. or electrical agents, and deaths following ahortion, hut 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.
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk (County)
No. 58 Brookfield
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
To be filed for burial permit with Board of Health or its Agent.
Registered No. 249
[ (If death occurred in a hospital or institution,
Rsol
Ward \ give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
Mary T. Ronan
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence.
No.
58 Brookfield
Ward,
(If nonresident, give city or town and state)
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred LO years
months
days.
How long in U.S., if of foreign birth?
years
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
5 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
single
6a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
If less than 1 day
Hours ..
Minutes
school teacher
saw mill, bank, etc.
retired
10 Date deceased last worked at
11 Total time (years)
spent in this
occupation ...
4.7
(State of country)
Mass .
13 NAME OF
FATHER
Jeremiah. F .Ronan
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Margaret Doherty
(State or country)
Mass .
sister
100m-9-'37. No. 1859.1.
1 HEREBY CERTIFY /that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: N.m. D. Childress Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other) Thealche Aluar (Official Designation) UU (Date of Issue of Permit)
d of Health of others / 9/39
19/ I HEREBY CERTIFY That I attended deceased from
1936
to
193%
I last saw hes.
.alive on
Job
to have occurred on the date stated above, at.
The principal cause of death and related causes of Importance la order of onset
were as follows:
,
.
1931 ....
Contributery causes of importance not related to principal cause:
Date of.
Name of operation.
What test confirmed diagnosis ?.
Was there an autopsy?
20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased?
If so, specify500 Jums
(Signed)
(Address) WCercato/h
Date.
19.
M. D.
21.
Holy Cross
Malden
Relation, if any
Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal.
(City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL.
Dec. . 9,
19 .... 3.9
22 NAME OF
Michael f. Voscella
FUNERAL DIRECTOR ...
ADDRESS
10 No. Bennet St., Boston
Received and flied 19
(Registrar)
V
R-301A
Age should be stated EXACTLY. PHYSICIANS should state CAUSE OF DEATH
tion should be carefully supplied.
1
Winthrop
(City or Town)
(Usual place of abode)
3 SEX
female
4 COLOR OR RACE
white
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
7
AGE
67
Years .............. Months ........... Days
8 Trade, profession, or particular
kind of work done, as spinner,
sawyer, bookkeeper, etc ....
9 Industry or business in which
work was done, as silk mill,
this occupation month 9/37
OCCUPATION
year)
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
Boston
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
PARENTS
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
Boston
17
Informant
Agnes .... Ronan
(Address)
58 Brookfield Bd.
important. See instructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate.
in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. Date of onset and exact statement of OCCUPATION are very
(State or country)
Treland
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 OATE OF
DEATH
Das 6
1934
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
(If U. S. War Veteran
specify WAR)
months
days.
,1939.
death Is said
Date of Onset
IMPORTANT
...
1
Statement of occupation .- Precise statement of occupation is very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pur- suits can be known. Make some entry 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 bus- iness, report the occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed may be returned as AT SCHOOL OF 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 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 partic- ular kind of work done and return that, as SPINNER, WEAVER, etc.
In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such gen- eral ternis 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 ENGIN- ZER, 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, or complication which causes death, NOT the 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.
Example
The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of onset were as follows:
Date of Onset
Arteriosclerosis ....
1915
Chronic interstitial nepbritis
1921
Carebral hemorrhage
July 5, 1927
Contributory causes of importance not related to principal cause :
....
In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that in a group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first. second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example happens to be the second cause given.
RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- with, atter 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, bis sup- posed age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, where same was contracted, 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, Szc. 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 undertaker 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 bc, a satisfactory written statement con- taining 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 re- quired by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate as hereinafter pro- vided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for sufficient rea- sons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough for the pur- pose, 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 attend. ing physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall make such certificate. If such a permit for the removal of a human body, not previously interred, from one town to an- other within the commonwealth cannot be obtained early enough for the purpose, the certificate of death made as above provided and in the possession 'of the undertaker desiring to make such a removal shall constitute a permit for such removal; provided, that such body shall be returned to the town from which it was re- moved within thirty six hours after such removal, unless a permit in the usual form for the removal of such hody has heen sooner obtained hereunder. 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 ap- pear upon the permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such statement and certificate. shall forthwith counter- sign it and transmit it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom the permit is so given and the physician cer- tifying 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. (TER- CENTENARY EDITION.)
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