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SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
M R-302
Suffolk
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
173
BOSTON
(City or town making return)
Registered No
7649
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. ( give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
42 Tileston Rd
St.
Winthrop
(If nonresident, give city er town and state)
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 SEX
male
4 COLOR OR RACE 5 SINGLE
MARRIED
(write the word)
white
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
married
5a If married, widowed, or divorced
Fannie Brams
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
57
6 Age of husband or wife if alive. .years
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
8 AGE .. 62 .Years Months. .Days
If less than 1 day
Hours
.Minutes
Usual 9 Occupation:
salesman
retired
Industry
18 or Business:
11 Social Security No.
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
England
(State or country)
13 NAME OF
FATHER
Meyer Herman
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Russia
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Anna Goldstein
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Russia
17
Informant.
(Address)
Wm Herman
Relation, if any
son
A TRUE COPY.
AITESTI
KRegistrotick or town phere drach (coupled )
DATE FILED
9/21/42
19
18 DATE OF
DEATH
Sept 16 1942
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
19 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
9/16/42
19.
9/16/42
19.
.. , to ...
That I attended deceased from
I last saw h ... im .. alive on ......
9/16/4.2., 19 ........ , death is said
to have occurred on the date stated above, at
8 P
.m.
Duration
Immediate cause of death.
arteriosclerotic heart
disease
2 yrs
Due to
congestive heart failure
3 dys
Due to
Other conditions
(Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
Major findings :
Of operations
Underline the cause to which death
Of autopsy
What test confirmed diagnosis ?
20 Was disease or Injury In any way related to occupation ef deceased ?
If so, specify.
(Signed)
W Pick
(Address)
Boston
Date
9/16/19 42
21 PLACE OF BURIAL,
Pride of Brockton
CREMATION OR REMOVAL.
(Cemetery) Br(ckton)
DATE OF BURIAL
Sept 17 1942
19
22 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
H Levine
ADDRESS
Brookline
Received and Bled
19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
Som-10-'39. No. 8427-f after the close of the month in which the death occurred. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.) Copies of returns of deaths which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased resided in another city or town at the time PARENTS of death should be transmitted on Form R-302 to the clerk of the city or town in which the deceased resided as soon as possible
PLACE OF DEATH
(County)
Buxton
(City or Town)
No.
3.30 ... Brookline .... Ave
Harry L
Herman
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
specify WAR)
(a) Residence. No.
(Usual place of abode)
Length of stay: In hospital or institution
(Specify whether)
years
months
days.
In this community
yrs.
PHYSICIAN
Date of ......
should be charged sta- tistically.
M R-305
No. 3 SEX male Usual 9 Occupation: 10 or Business: PARENTS 25m-10-'39. No. 8427-g Copies of returns of deaths which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased resided in another city or town at the time after the close of the month in which the death occurred. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.) of death should be transmitted on Forin R-305 to the clerk of the city or town in which the deceased resided as soon as possible (State or country)
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
4 COLOR OR RACE' 5 SINGLE
white
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
(write the word)
single
5a If married, widowed, or divorcad
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
Years
6 Ago of husband or wife if alive.
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
8 ACE 6.5 Years Months .Days
If less than 1 day
Hours
Minutes
mechanic
Industry
Boston El RR
11 Social Security No.
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
New Brunswick
13 NAME OF
FATHER
Patrick Cassely
14 BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (City)
(State or country) N B
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Margaret Cregan
16 BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (City) (State or country)
Ireland
Informant.
(Address)
Relation, if any sister")
A TRUE COPY.
ATTEST:
(Registrar of elty or town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
9/21/42
__...: 19
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 DATE OF
DEATH .. .
Sept 17. 1942 (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.) Acute cardiac failure Coronary occlusion with myocardial infarction General arteriosclerosis
20 Accident, suicide, or homicide (specify)
Date of occurrence ... .19
Where did Injury occur? (City or town and State)
Did injury occur in or about the home, on farm, in industrial place, or in public place ?
(Specify type of place)
Manner of Injury
Nature of
Injury
While at work?
.Was there an autopsy ?...... y.e.s
21 Was dicease or lajury In any way related to occupation af doceased ?.
If so, specify
(Signed)
W H Watters.
Boston
(Address)
22 Holy Cross Malden
Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal.
(City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
Sept .19 .... 1942.
19
23 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
D. F O'Brien
ADDRESS
Cambridge
Received and filed 19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
1
PLACE OF DEATH
SUFFOLKI
(County) BOSTONÍ
(City or Town)
Charles St Jail
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY COPY OF MEDICAL EXAMINER'S CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
BOSTON (City or town making return)
174
Registered No.
7.699
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. } give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
Frederick .... "
Cassely
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
289 Pleasant
..........
St.
Winthrop
(If nonresident, give city or town and state)
years
months
days.
In this community
YTS.
mos.
days.
(a) Residence. No ..
(Usual place of abode)
Length of stay: In hospital or institution.
(Specify whether)
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
specify WAR)
Spanish
9/18/
M.
17 Mary L Murray,
$
M R-301 A
1
Winthrop
(City or Town)
(Usual place of abode)
3 SEX
4 COLOR OR RACE
Male
White
(or) WIFE of
7 IF STILLBORN. enter that fact here.
8
4
AGE
44
Months
Years
2
Days
Usual
9 Occupation :
Industry
Marine
10 or Business :
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
PARENTS
17
Informant ..
( Address)
If deceased was a U. S. War Veteran, G. L. Chap. 46, Section 10, requires physicians to Insert a recital to that effect.
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.
should be carefully supplied. AGE should be stated CAACILT. PHYSICIANS should stare CAUSE OF DEATH In plain
(State or country)
Flordia
5 SINGLE
(write the wurd)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED Married
Sa If married. widowget frAixqstedth Knox
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
( flushand's name in full)
6 Age of husband or wife if alive years
46
If less than 1 day
Hours
Minutes
Engineer
11 Social Security No.
014-14-4406
Lake City
13 NAME OF
FATHER
Charles W Cone
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Flordia
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Sarah J Bryan
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Flordia
Elizabeth Cone Rendof, Gt any 63 Harbor View Ave . ( Winthrop)
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me 85FORE the burial or transit permit was Issued : Children (Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other) Left 19/42
......... 14.0
... (Official Designation) Date of Issue of Permit)
18 DATE OF
DEATH
September
1)
1942
(Year)
(Month)
(Day)
19 | HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased from
Sept. 11
19
42
Sept. 17
1942
....
I last saw him alive on
Sept (), 19 42 death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
7.30 P.m.
Immediate cause of death
Mesenteric
Thrombosis
IMPORTANT
6 days
Due to.
Due to.
Other conditions
(luclude pregnancy within 3 months of death)
IMPORTANT
Physician
L'interline The cause to which death slivuld be charged sta- liştically.
20 was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased ?........ If so, specify.
(Signed)
M. D.
( Address)
Date Sart 18 1942
21
Winthrop
Winthrop
l'lace of Burial, Cremation or Removal.
September
20
(City or Towu)
DATE OF BURIAL
19.
42
....
22 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR Forward S Finaldo
ADDRESS
Received and filed
.19.
(Registrar)
100m (d) -1-41-4667
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk (County)
The Commonturalth 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.
175
Winthrop Community Hospital No.
[ { If death occurred io a hospital nr Institutinn, St. [ give its NAME instead of street aud number)
2 FULL NAME
John Nathan Cone
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden nanie.)
(a) Residence. No.
63 Harbor View Ave.
St.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In hospital or Institution.
( Before death )
( Sperify wholler)
years
months
6
days.
In this community
yrs.
12
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Duration
Major findings :
Of operations.
Mesenteric Thrombosis
Date of Spot 11, 1942
Of autopsy.
What test confirmed diagnosis ?
Operation
Registered No.
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
Hospital
EXTRACTS FROM THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNING THE
RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH
A physician or registered hospital medical officer. shall forthwith, after the death of a person whom he has atterled during his last illness, at the request of ao undertaker or other anthorized person or of ar nieother of the faniily of the deceased, furnish for registration a standard certificate of death. stating to the best of his knowledge atul belief the kante of the deceased, his supposed agc, the disease of which he ched. defined as re- quired 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. 16, Sec. 9.
A physician or officer furnishing a certificate of death as required by the preceding section or by section forty-five of chapter one hundred and four- teen, shall. if the deceased, to the best of his knowledge and belief, served in the army, havy or marine corps of the l'uited States in any war in which it has been engaged. insert in the certificate a recital to that effect, speci- fying the war, and shall also certify in such certificate both the primary atel the secotalary or immediate cause of death as nearly as he can state the satoe. For neglect to comply with any provision of this section, such physician or officer shall forfeit ten dollars. For the purposes of this sec- tion and of sections forty five, forty-six and forty-seven of said chapter one hundred and fourteen. the word "war" shall include the China relief ex- pedition and the l'hilippine insurrection, which shall, for said purposes, he deemed to have taken place between February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and July fourth. nineteen hundred and two, and the Mexi- can border service of oineteen hundred and sixteen and nineteeu hundred and seventeen. G. L. Chap. 46, Sec. 10.
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, froin the clerk of the town where the person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exlume a human hody and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or from one grave or tonib 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 froin the clerk of the town where the body is huried. No such pernrit shall he issued until there shall have been delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case inay be, a satisfactory written statement containing the facts required by law to he returned and recorded, which shall he accompanied, in case of an original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending physician, if any, as required by law. ot in lieu thereof a certificate as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for sufficient reasons, his certificate cantiot be obtained early enough for the purpose, or is insufficient, a physi- cian 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 re- quired of the attending physician. If death is caused by violence, the medi- cal examitier shall make such certificate. If such a permit for the removal of a human body, not previously interred, from one town to another within the commonwealth cannot be obtained carly enough for the purpose, the certificate of death made as above provided and in the possession of the undertaker desiring to make such removal shall constitute a permit for such removal; provided, that such body slrall be returned to the town from which it was removed within thirty-six hours after such removal, unless a permit in the usual form for the removal of such body has been sooner obtained hercunder. 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 hoard of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such statement atul certificate, shall forthwith counter-ign 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 neces sary information which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the matter or canse of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require .- Chap. 114. Sec. 45, G. L., (Tercentenary Edition).
No utalertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the ashes thereof which have been hronght into the coormonwealth until he lias re- ceived a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent appointed to issue such permits, or if There is no such hoard, from the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral is to he 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).
Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died hy 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 hody lies and take charge of the same; ... - General Laws, Clap. 38, Sec. 6.
RULES OF PRACTICE
The fulfillment 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 discase 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 nicdical attendance or whose phyai- cian 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 in- directly 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 .- Cantse 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.
Statement of Occupation .- Precise statement of occupation is very im- portant, 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 occupation had been given up or changed on account of the discase causing death, report the usual occupation prior to illness. If the deceased , had retired from business, report the usual 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 honre housework. write housework. For a person engaged in domestic service for wages. however, designate the occupation hy the appropriate terms, as housekeeper-private family, cook-hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation whatever write trone.
SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
R-301 A
extracts from the laws on back of certificate. terms, so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of OCCUPATION is very important. See instructions and
If deceased was a U. S. War Veteran, G. L. Chap. 46, Section 10, requires physicians to insert a recital to that effect. PARENTS
100m (d) -1-41-4667
- PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk (County)
Winthrop (City or Town) 65 Sumy
nmit Are
The Commontoralth 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.
.( ( If death occurred In a hospital or Institution, St. [ give ita NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
Richard T. Welly
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence. No.
63 Summit Ave
(Usual place of abode)
Length of stay : in hospital or institution ..
( Before death)
(Specify whether)
years months days.
in this community
15 STS.
- mos .
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 SEX
Male
4 COLOR OR RACE
White
5 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIEO
WIDOWEO
or DIVORCEO
Married
5a If married, widow
HUSBANO of
...
Eleanor
ivorced M. Barter
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
6 Age of husband or wife if alive 27 years
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
8
AGE 28
.Years
Months.
Days
If less than 1 day
.Hours.
...... Minutes
Usual
9 Occupation :
Tool maker
Industry
10 or Business :
Defence
11 Social Security No ..
030-09-4125
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
East Boston
(State or country )
Massachusetts
13 NAME OF
FATHER
James V. Kelly
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
East Boston
(State or country)
Massachusetts
15 MAIOEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Mary C. Whiteley
Boston
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Massachusetts
17 James Kelly
Informant. ( Address) 12 Herman ST Winthrop
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial of transit permit was Issued :
H.J
(Signature of Agent of Doard/of Health or other) Vekt 22/12.
(Official Designation) [Date of Issue of Dermit)
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 DATE OF
DEATH
SEblEmber
20
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
19 | HEREBY CERTIFY.
That
Lattended deceased from
Junge
١٩
1942
to
September 1942
7
last saw h ... ) .. )) )
.alive on.
September 19,19 42, death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
4-30 p.m.
Immediate cause of death.
Caucus
Carcinoma - AbbEndry Casaum
colony hiver
IMPORTANT
Que to.
Que to.
Other conditions.
(Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
Major findings :
Of operations.
laug- 13:19 4.
Colore hiver.
July-24-147 Underline
Oate of,
the cause to
Of autopsy.
What test confirmed diagnosis?
Pathological
which death
should be
charged sta-
tistically.
20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? NA
If so, specify ......
(Signed)
Cloud ir, France
22 M. D.
(Address) 200 Undrivalin AVE Date 22b 27 1942
21 Winthrop
Winthrop
Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal.
(City or Town)
OATE OF BURIAL
Sept 23
22 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
AOORESS
Winthrop
Received and filed
19
( Registrar)
1
No.
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT (Was deceased & U. S. War Veteran, if so specify WAR)
St.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
1942.
....
Duration
IMPORTANT Physician
19/2
Relation, if any
EXTRACTS FROM THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNING THE
RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH
A physician or registered hospital medioal officer 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 atandard 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 re- quired 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.
A physician or officer furnishing a certificate of death as required by the preceding section or by section forty-five of chapter one hundred and four- teen, shall, if the deceased. to the best of his knowledge and belief, aerved in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any war in which it has been engaged, insert in the certificate a recital to that effect, speci- fying the war, and shall also certify in such certificate both the primary and the secondary or immediate cause of death as nearly as he can state the same. For neglect to comply with any provision of this section. such physician or officer shall forfeit ten dollars, For the purposes of this sec- tion and of sections forty-five, forty-six and forty-seven of said chapter one hundred and fourteen, the word "war" shall include the China relief ex- pedition and the Philippine insurrection, which shall, for said purposes, be deemed to have taken place between February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and July fourth, nineteen hundred and two, and the Mexi. can border service of nineteen hundred and sixteen and nineteen hundred and seventeen. G. L. Chap. 46, Sec. 10.
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, fromn 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 he 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 physi- cian who is a member of the board of health, or employed by it or hy the aelectmen for the purpose, shall upon application make the certificate re- quired of the attending physician. If death is caused hy violence, the medi- cal examiner shall make such certificate. If such a permit for the removal of a human body, not previously interred. from one town to another within the connnonwealth 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 removal shall constitute a permit for such removal; provided, that such body shall be returned to the town from which it was removed within thirty-six hours after such removal, unless a permit in the usual form for the removal of such body 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 United Statea in any war in which it haa been engaged. such recital shall appear upon the permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such atatement and certificate. shall forthwith countersign it and transmit it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom the permit ia so given and the physician certifying the cause of death shall thereafter furnish for registration any other neces- sary information which can be obtained as to the deceased. or as to the manuer or cause of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require .- Chap. 114, Sec. 45, G. L., (Tercentenary Edition).
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