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Um. Francis O'Connor, Jr.
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
specify WAR)
Ww 1
& 2"
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
38 Madison Ave.
(a) Residence. No.
(Usual place of abode)
hospital
years
month
In this community
yrs.
mos.
4days.
(Before death)
(Specify whether)
St.
Winthrop Mass.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In hospital or Institution ...
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
No. U.S.Naval ... Hospital
Received and filed
DATE FILED
6/13/44
Peabody , Mass.
tistically.
RECEIV . i
OF TOWA
OFFICE
11 1.2
1
5
WIN
6
MISS
ROP
JUL 171944 AM
M R-302
SUFFOLK BOSTON. (County)
The Commonfocalth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
BOATOR
(City or town making return)
1
(C'ity or Town)
No.
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
( If death occurred in a hospital or institution,
St.
give its NAME instead of street and number)
Hugh T Trainor
2 FULL NAME
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
44 Dolphin Ave
St.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay : In hospital or Institution.
(Before death)
(Specify whether)
years
months 5
days.
In this community
yrs.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 DATE OF
DEATH
June 15, 1944
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
19 | HEREBY CERTIFY,
June 10/44
19
That I attended deceased from
to
June 15/44
19
I last saw h
im allve on
June 15/44
19
death Is said to
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
have occurred on the date stated above, at
10.45p
m.
6 Age of husband or wife if alive
68
years
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
8
68
AGE
Years
Months.
.Days
If less than 1 day Hours. Minutes
Usual
9 Occupation :
Laborer
Industry
10 or Business:
T.owm
11 Social Security No ..
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
E Boston Mass.
Major findings :
Of operations
Date of.
Underline the cause to which death should be charged sta- tistically.
Of autopsy
above
What test confirmed diagnosis?
Autopsy
20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased ?
If so, specify
no
(Signed)
W R Duden
M. D.
(Address)
Boston
Date
6/16/44
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Ireland
17 Thomas Trainor
S &mation, if any
A TRUE COPY.
22 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Kirby Bros
ADDRESS
210 Winthrop
St
ATTEST :
(Registrar of city or town where death occurred)
at Jeu
DATE FILED
June 20 1944
19
Received and filed.
JUL 1 2 1944
.19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
50m (e)-1-41-4667
of the city or town in which the deceased resided. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.) resided in another city or town at the time of death should be made forthwith and transmitted on Form R-302 to the clerk Copies of returns of deaths recorded during the previous month which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased
PARENTS
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Ireland
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Bridget Unknown
Other conditions
(Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
Physician r
13 NAME OF
FATHER
Thomas Trainor
Immediate oause of death. Acute purulent bronchitid
Bronchopneumonia bilateral
Term
Due to.
Generalized arteriosclerosis
yrs
Due to
21 PLACE OF BURIAL,
CREMATION OR REMOVAL ..
Winthrop
Winthrop
DATE OF BURIAL
(Cemetery)
June
19
1944
19
(City or Town)
Informant.
(Address)
5 SINGLE
(write the word)
3 SEX Male
4 COLOR OR RACE
White
MARRIED
WIDOWED
DIVORCED Married
5a If married, widowed, or divorcednnie Murphy
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
specify WAR)
Winthrop
Mass.
(a) Residence. No.
(Usual place of abode)
PLACE OF DEATH
Registered No.
5536
Duration
M R-302
PLACE OF DEATH
SUFFOLK L .... BOSTON. (County)
The Commontucalth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
(City or town making return)
Registered No.
5679
S ( If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residenoo. No.
31 VillaAve
St.
Winthrop ... Mass ..
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In hospital or Institution.
(Before death)
(Specify whether)
years
1
months
18 days.
In this community
35
yrs.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 SEX ·
Female
4 COLOR OR RACE
White
5 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or 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 Age of husband or wife if alive years
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
8 AGE .. 65. .... Years. .] ...... Months .. .8 .... Days
If less than 1 day
Hours.
.Minutes
Usual
9 Occupation :
School teacher
Industry
10 or Business :
Public school
11 Social Security No.
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Walpole Mass.
13 NAME OF
FATHER
Porter S Boyden
PARENTS
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Walpole Mass.
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Julia E Hale
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Lowell Mass.
17
Informant ...
(Address)
Mrs ..... G ... Poor
Sister
A TRUE COPY.
& 4ans
ATTEST :
(Registrar of city or town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
June 26, 1944
19
18 DATE OF
DEATH
June 22, 1944
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
19 | HEREBY CERTIFY,
5/13/44
19
That ,I attended deceased from
I last saw h ..... er ..... alive on.
6/22/44
19
death Is sald to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
6: 15a
m.
Duration
Immediate cause of death
Cardiac ... failure
1 .... dy.
Due to.
Ca ... of ... rectum
1 ... yr
Due to.
Other conditions.
(Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
Physician
r
Major findings :
Of operations
Ca of rectum
Date of
6/17/44
Underline the cause to which death should be charged sta- tistically.
Of autopsy
Same
What test confirmed diagnosis?
20 Was disease or injury In any way related to ocoupation of deceased ?.
If so, specify
no
(Signed)
F. V Creoden
M. D.
(Address)
Boston ..... Mass
Date ... 6/22/19 .. 44 ...
21 PLACE OF BURIAL,
CREMATION OR REMOVAL.
Terrace Hill Walpole
(Cemetery)
(City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
June 24 /44
19
22 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
W T Gove & Son
ADDRESS
Walpole ....... Mass.
Received and filed
JUL 12 1944
19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
50m (e)-1-41-4667
of the city or town in which the deccased resided. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.) resided in another city or town at the time of death should be made forthwith and transmitted on Form R-302 to the cierk Copies of returns of deaths recorded during the previous month which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased
1
(City or Town)
No. Carney Hospital
St.
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
specify WAR)
(Usual place of abode)
Ella B Boyden
Relation, if any
to
6/22/44
19
-301 A
1
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk County) Unthisch (City or Town)' 69 Birch Road, Venithrop No. ..
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 aud nuniber)
Mary Elizabeth Brown (O' Brien). ( il deceased Is/a married, Widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence. No.
(Usual place of abode)
69 Birch Road
st.
Length of stay: In hosoltal or Institution
(Before death)
(Specify whether)
years
months days.
In this community
30 yrs.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 SEX
female
4 COLOR OR RACE
white
5 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
(write the word)
widow
5a If marrled, widowed, or divorced HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name et wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
sband's name in full)
6 Age of husband or wife if alive years
> IF STILLBORN. enter that fact here.
8 AGE
80
5
Months
13
Days
if less than 1 day
Hours
Minutes
Usual
9 Occupation :
at home
Industry
10 or Business :
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
13 NAME OF
FATHER
John P. O'Brien
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Ireland
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
ann Mark
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Scotland
17 Mrs. Marion M. When (Address) 69 Trivet Food follow
Relation, if any daughter
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard deferroate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued :
(Signature of Agent/of. Board of Health or other) Health Officer
Oficial Designation) (Date of Issue of Permit) 7/7/44
18 DATE OF
DEATH
7 (Month)/
(Day)
4
1944 ....
(Year)
19 | HEREBY CERTIFY,
That i attended deosased from
19
19
i last saw h ....
alive on
19.
Is said to
have occurred on tha date stated above, at
4.30D
m.
Immediate cause of death.
レ
.IMPORTANT
Dua to
Due to
Other conditions
(Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
Major findings : Of operations
Date of.
Of autopsy.
What test confirmed diagnosis?
IMPORTANT Physician Underline the cause to which death should be charged sta- tistically.
20 Was disease or injury in any way related to oooupation of deceased ?.
If so, speolfy.
('Signed)
. M. D.
(Address)
7-6 19 44
21
Winthrop Cemetery
Place of Burial, Creniation or Removal.
DATE OF BURIAL
July 7,
Winthrop (City or Town)
19.424
22 NAME OF
ADDRESS
Received and Aled JUL 1 0 1944
19
( Registrar)
100M-G - 2-42-8855
extracts from the laws on back of certificate. If deceased was a U. S. War Veteran, G. L. Chap. 46, Section 10, requires physicians to insert a recital to that effeot. PARENTS
2 FULL NAME
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT
(Was deceased
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Duration
11 Social Security No. nova Scotia
EXTRACTS FROM THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNING THE
RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH
A physician or registered hospital madloal offioer shall forthwith, after the death of a person whoin he has attended during his last illuesa, at the request of an undertaker or other authorized person or of ans meniber of the family of the deceased, furnish for registration a standard certifcate of death, stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, l,is supposed age, the disease of which he died. defined as re- quired by section one. wlirre same was contracted. the duration of his last Illness, when last seen alive by the physician or omcer and the date of his death ... Gen. Laws, Chap. 16, Sec. 9.
A' physician or officer furnishing a certificate of death aa 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 helief, served in the army. usvy or marine corpia of the I'nited 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 iinmediate cause of death as nearly as he can state the saine. 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 purposea, 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 nineteen hundred and sixteen and nineteen hundred and seventeen. C. L. Chap. 46, Sec. 10.
No undertaker or other person shall hury 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 ita agent appointed to issue such permita, 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 cenietery to another, or from one grave or tomb other thau 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 le buried. No such permit ahall be issued until there shall have been delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the Case inay be, a satisfactory written statement containing the facta required by law to be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied. in case of an original internient, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending physician, if any, as required by law, o1 in lieu thereof a certifieste as hereinafter provided. If there la 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 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 medl- cal examhier 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 early enough for the purpose, the certificate of desth made as above provided and in the possession of the undertaker desiring to make such removal alısli 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 hody has been sooner obtained hereunder. If the death certificate contains a recital, aa 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 la so given and the physician certifying the cause of death shall thereafter furnish for registration any other veces sary 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., ( Tercentenary Edition).
No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the ashes thereof which have been brought Into the commonwealth until he has re- ceived a perniit so to do froni the board of health or its agent appuiluted to issue such perinits, 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 grouml in which the interment is made. .. . Chap. 114. Sec. 16. C. L., (Tercentenary Editiou).
Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died hy vinleuce. If a medical examiner has notice that there is within his county the body of such a jerson, he shall forthwith go to the place where the body iies aud take charge of the same; ... - General Laws, Chap. 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 disease unrelated to any form of injury.
(2) Board of Health physlolans will certify to such deaths only as those of persons who, though disahled hy recognized disease unrelated to any form of injury. have died without recent medical attendance or whose phyef- cian is ahsent from home when the certificate of death Is needeil.
(3) Medloal Examiners will Investigate and certify to all deatha sup- posably due to Injury. These include not only deaths cansed directly or In- directly hy traumatism (Including resulting septicemia), and by the action of cheniical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical agruts, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from diseasa 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 .- Cause of death meana the disease, or complication which causes death. not the mode of dylng, e. g., heart fallure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. Aa principal cause name the disease caualng 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 Oooupation .- Precise statement of occupation ia very im- portant, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits can be known. Make some entry in this section for every persou aged 10 yeara or over. If the occupation had been given up or changed on account of the disease 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 he returned as at school or at hoine. For a woman whose only occupatiou was that of honie housework, write housework. For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate the occupation hy the appropriate terms, aa housekeeper-private family, cook-hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation whatever write none.
SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
R-301 A
PLACE OF DEATH -
Suffolk (County)
Winthrop
(City or Town)
No.
1.29 Cliff Avenue
St.
S ( If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give ita NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
MaryE. Regan
( If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence. No.
129 Cliff Ave.
(Usual place of abode)
St.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In hospital or Institution
none
-
yeara - months
days.
n this community 25 yrs. -
moa.
- days.
(Before death)
(Specify whether)
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 SEX
4 COLOR OR RACE
5 SINGLE
( write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCEDNi dowed
Sa If married, widowed, or divorced HUSBAND of
(or) WIFE of
Thond's ! Regal
( Husband's name in full)
f File in full)
6 Age of husband or wife if aliva
yaars
9 IF STILLBORN. enter that fact hera.
8
AGE
86
Years
Months
Days
-
If less than 1 day
Hours
Minutes
Usual
9 Occupation :
At .... home
Industry
10 or Business :
none
11 Social Security No.
none
'2 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(Siate or country )
England
13 NAME OF
FATHER
Michael Scannell
14 BIRTHPLACE DF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Ireland
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Catherine Welton
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Ireland
17 Mabel C. Regan Relation, If any
Informant.
daughter
( Address)
129 Cliff Ave .. Winthion
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard oartifioata of daath was filed with me BEFORE the burjal or transit permit was issued : V/m. D. Children
(Signature of Agent of Board of Health of others
Health Offices
(Oficial Designation) ( Date of Issue of Permits
18 DATE OF
DEATH
( Jfonth)
(Day)
1944 (Year)
19 I HEREBY CERTIFY
19
That I attended daosasad from 19 460 ........
I last saw h.
.allve on.
8.300m.
... daath Is sald to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
Duration
Immedlate cause of death ...
Due to
artous Artenvio
Due to
Other conditions.
( Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
Major findings :
Df operations
Date of
Of autopsy
What test confirmed diagnosis?
Underline the cause to which death should b & charged sta- tistically.
20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased ?.
If so, spacify.
(Signed)
(Address)
4 Wantedto Date 2-6-
M. D.
1944
21 Immaculate Conception, Lawrence
....
Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal.
(City or Town) Mass .
DATE OF BURIAL.
July 8 .1944
19
22 NAME DF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
R. C.Kirby
ADDRESS
Boston
.....
Received and Alled. JUL 1 0 1944 19
( Registrar)
100M-G - 2-42-8855
If deceased was a U. S. War Veteran, G. L. Chap. 46, Section 10, requires physiolans to Insert a recital to that offoot. extracts from the laws on back of certificate. termine, de talet it may ve properly wiesaitied. badet statement of VeverAtivi is very important. see instructions and PARENTS
1
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.
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
NO
5
female
white
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT Physician
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 whoin he has attemled during his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other authorized person or of aus meniber of the family of the deceased, furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased. his supposed age, the disease of which he died. defined as re- quired by section one, where same was contracted. the duration of his last illnesa, when last seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of hia 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 bundred and four- teen, shall, if the deceased, to the best of his knowledge and belief. served in the army, navy or marine corps of the i'nited 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 csuse of death as nearly as he can state the ssine. 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 purposea, he deencd to have taken place hetwcen February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety- eight and July fourth, nineteen hundred and two, and the Mexi- can border service of nineteen hundred and sixtcen and nineteen hundred and seventeen. C. L. Chap. 46, Sec. 10.
No underteker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose of a buman 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 lesue 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 froin a town, from one cemetery to another, or from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the samé cemetery, until he has received a permit from the bosrd of health or its agent aforexaid or from the clerk of the town where the body is buried. No such permit shall be Issued until there aball have been delivered to sucb board, agent or clerk, as the case inay be, a satisfactory written statenient containing the facts required by law to be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied. in case of an original internient, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending physician, if any, as required by law. 01 in lieu' thereof a certificate as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for suthiclent reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough for the purpose, or ia insufficient, a physi- cian who is a meniber of the board of health, or employed by it or by the aelectmen for the purpose, shall upon application make the certificate re- quired of the attending physician. If death is caused by violence. the medi- cai examiner shali 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 cennot be obtained early enough for the purpose, the certificate of deeth 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 aerved in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States to any war In which It has heen engaged. sucb 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 neces sary information which can be obtained as to the deceased, or us to the manner of cause of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require .- Cbap. 114. Sec. 15, G. L., ( Tercentenary Edition ).
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