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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. 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.
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 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., (Tercentenary Edition).
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 physclans will certify to such deaths only as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease unrelated to any forin of injury, have died without recent medical attendance or whose phy- sician is absent from home wben the certificate of death is needed.
(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths sup- posably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 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 .- 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.
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 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 be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose only occupation was that of home housework, write housework. For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, how- ever, designate the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper- private family, cook-hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation whatever write none.
SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DATE OF ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE
DATE OF DISCHARGE RANK, RATING
ORGANIZATION AND OUTFIT
SERVICE NUMBER
302
1
PLACE OF DEATH
Middlesex (County)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Cambridge
(City or town making return)
Registered No.
1459196
-
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution,
St.
give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
Ruth H. Bowman
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
178 Highland Avenue
Winthrop,
Mass.
(a) Residence. No.
(Usual place of abode)
Hospital
22
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In hospital or institution ..
(Before death)
(Specify whether)
years
months
days.
in this community
yrs.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 DATE OF
DEATH
October
9th,
1947
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
5a If married, widowed, or divorced HUSBAND of
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
6 Age of husband or wife If alive
years
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that faot here.
8
AGE ..
69 Years 3 Months
19 .Dayı
If less than 1 day Hours.
Minutos
Usual
9 Occupation :
At home
Industry
At home
10 or Business :
11 Soolal Security No ....
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Randolph , Mass :
13 NAME OF
FATHER
John S. Bowman
PARENTS
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
U.S. A.
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Maggie A. Birsall
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
17 John Bowman
Informant.
Brother (Address) 178 Highland Ave., Winthrop, Mass.
A TRUE COPY.
ATTEST :
Frederick H. Funk
(Registrar of city or town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
October 10, 1947
19
Received and filed OCT 15 1977
19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
....
Due to.
Due to.
Other conditions
Thrombosis of inferior
(Include pregnancy lithic 3 gonths of death)
Major findings :
Of operations
Of autopsy
As above
Date of
should be charged sta- tistically. No
20 Was disease or injury in any way related to oooupation of deceased ?
If so, specify
William C. Maloney
M. D.
(Address)
21 PLACE OF BURIAL,
CREMATION OR REMOVAL
Winthrop
Cem. Winthrop
(Cemetery)
DATE OF BURIAL
October 1 1947
(Clty or Town)
19
22 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Kirby Bros
ADDRESS 210 Winthrop St., Winthrop, Mass.
50m. (b) -6-44-14607
3 SEX Female
4 COLOR OR RACE| 5 SINGLE
White
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
(write the word)
Single
19 | HEREBY CERTIFY,
Sept, 17
19.47
to ..
That I attended deceased from
October 9.
.. ,
19 .. 44.7 ...
1 last saw h
er
October 8, 1947
alive on
death is sald to
have occurred on the date stated above, at.
3:00 A.
.m.
immediate cause of death Carcinoma of rectum
Duration 12 Mos
Physician 2 days Underline the cause to which death
What test confirmed diagnosis?
Autopsy
(Signed)
Holy Ghost Hosp.Camb
· Date
10-9-
19
"47
No.
Cambridge
(City or Town)
Holy Ghost Hospital
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
specify WAR)
St
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
R-302
1
Boston
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Registered No.
88397
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. { If death give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
Annie M Halliday
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence. No.
423 Winthrop St
(Usual place of abode)
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay : in hospital or Institution ..
(Before death)
(Specify whether)
years
months 1
days.
In this community
yrs.
mos.
1
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 SEX
F
4 COLOR OR RACE|
W
5 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
Married
5a If married, widowed, or divorced HUSBAND of
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
6 Age of husband or wife if allve
68
years
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that faot here.
8 AGE Years 65 Months.
If less than 1 day Hours. .Minutes
Usual
9 Ocoupation :
Housework
Industry 10 or Business :
Own Home
11 Social Security No.
None
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country )
Sweden
13 NAME OF FATHER Gustave Johnson
PARENTS
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Sweden
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Johanna Bell
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Sweden
17
Informant.
(Address)
Husband ( Relation, If any
A TRUE COPY.
ATTEST :
(Registrar of city or town where death-occurred)
DATE FILED
Oct/14/47
19
18 DATE OF
DEATH
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
19 | HEREBY CERTIFY,
Oct. 8
147
Oct. 9
That I attended deceased from
I last saw h .... er
.. alive on
Oct.9/47
have ooourred on the date stated above, at
Duration
Immedlate cause of death
Hemorrhage, subarachnoid
36 Hrs
Due to
Hypertensive vascular disease
12 Yrs
Due to
Other conditions
(Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
Physician
Major findings :
Of operations
Date of.
should be charged sta- tistically.
Of autopsy
What test confirmed dlagnosis?
autopsy
20 Was disease or Injury in any way related to oooupation of deceased ?
If so, spoolfy.
JS Lichty
(Signed)
(Address)
Mass General Hosptoat 10-10 19
M. D.
47
21 PLACE OF BURIAL, Winthrop Cem-Winthrop Mass.
CREMATION OR REMOVAL.
(Cemetery)
(City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
Oct. 14/47
19
22 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
F J Magrath
ADDRESS
East ... Boston ...... ass.
Received and filed
OCT 24-1947
19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
of the city or town in which the deceased resided. (See Chap. 16, Sec. 12, G. L.)
50m. (b) .6-44-14607
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk (County)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF
Boston
(City or town making return)
-
No.
(City or Town)
Mass.General Hospital
St.
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
spaolfy WAR)
Winthrop Mass.
Oct.9/47
19.47
to ..
4,41PM"
m.
death is said to
Days
None
Underline the cause to which death
+
301 A
1
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk (County) Winthrop (City or Town)
No. .
316 Pleasant St.,
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.
198
st.
{ (If death occurred in a hospital or institution, §
give its NAME instead of street and nun.ber) )
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT
2 FULL NAME
Julia A. Mccarthy
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence. No.
316 Pleasant St
St.
(Usual place of abode)
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
In this community
47 yrs.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL ANO STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 SEX
Female
4
COLOR OR RACE
White
5 SINGLE (write the word)
MARRIEO
Vidowed
WIOOWEO
or DIVORCEO
5a If married, widowed or divorced
HUSBAND of
(or) WIFE of
Joseph H. Mccarthy
(Husband's name in full)
6 Age of husband or wife if alive years
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
AGE
8 74 Years Months Oays
If less than 1 day
Hours
Minutes
Usual 9 Occupation:
Housewife
Industry 10 or Business:
Own Home
11 Social Security No.
Boston
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or Country)
Mass
13 NAME OF
FATHER
John Fulham
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State nr Country)
Ireland
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Ellen Leonard
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or Country)
Ireland
17 Geraldine Halligan ( Rdaughter Informant (Address) 316 Pleasant St Winthrop
| HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: Wallet & Prades (Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other) Hatte Spices 10/10/47
(Official Designation (Date of Issue if Perfat)
19 I HEREBY CERTIFY.
That I attended deceased from cats. 47 19
I fast saw h
alive on
have occurred on the date stated above, at
2:15 Am.
Duration
Immediate cause of death ityhostler hman
IMPORTANT (2day)
Que to entero polensis
Que to
Other conditions
(Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
Major findings:
Of operations
Oate of
Of autopsy
What test confirmed diagnosis?
20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased?
If so, specify Charles + mahoney.
. M. O.
(Address) Y Washingtona Date 10-9-1947
21 Holy Cross
Malden Mass
Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal
(City ur Town)
19 OATE OF BURIAL Ogtoher 11 47
22 NAME OF
FUNERAL OIRECTOR
John F. O'malley
AOORESS
Winthrop Mass
Received and Filed
OCT 1 0 1947
19
(Registrar)
If decaased was a U. S. War Vataran, G. L. Chap. 46, Saction 10, requiras physicians to insert a recital to that effect. PARENTS
100M-7-46-19068
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 OATE OF DEATH cant. (Month)
9
19.77 (Year)
(Day)
(Was deceased a U. S. War Veteran, if so specify WAR) .
Length of stay: In hospital or institution
(Before death)
(Specify whether)
years
months days.
fine . 19 y3.to ceit ? . 1997, death is said to
IMPORTANT
Physician Underline the cause to which death should be charged sta- tistically.
(Signed
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 persou 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 bis 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, served 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 expedition 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 Mexican border service of nineteen hundred and sixteen and nine. teen 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, from the clerk of the town where the person died; and 110 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 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- eian 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 medi- eal 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 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 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, tuat 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 neces- 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).
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.
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 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., (Tercentenary Edition).
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 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 phy- sician is absent from home when the certificate of death is needed.
(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths sup- posably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 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 .- 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.
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 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 be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose only occupation was that of home housework, write housework. For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, how- ever, designate the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper- private family, cook-hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation whatever write none.
SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DATE OF ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE
DATE OF DISCHARGE RANK, RATING
ORGANIZATION AND OUTFIT
SERVICE NUMBER
R-301 A
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk (County) Winthrop (City or Town) 41 Washington Abe
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.
199
St. { (If death occurred in a hospital or institution, { give its NAME instead of street and nun.ber)
PHYSICIAN- IMPORTANT (Was deceased a U. S. War Veteran, if so specify WAR) .
(a) Residence.
No.
350 Revere St
St.
(Usual place of abode)
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
In this community
28 yrs.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 SEX
4
COLDR OR RACE
5 SINGLE (write the word)
MARRIED
WIDDWED
or DIVORCED Widowed
Vale White
dAontraceM. Flynn
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
Years
Months
Days
If less than 1 day
Hours
Minutes
Usual
9 Dccupation:
Retired
Industry
Meat Salesman
10 or Business:
11 Social Security No. 013-07-6941
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or Country)
Canada
13 NAME DF
FATHER
John McGrath
PARENTS
14 BIRTHPLACE DF
FATHER (City)
(State or Country)
Ireland
15 MAIDEN NAME
DF MOTHER
16 BIRTHPLACE DF Cannot be learned It = it
MDTHER (City) (State or Country)
17 Informant (Address) Howard McGrath 350 Revere St Winthrop
( Rebor if any )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: Valle
Serature of Aggfit & Board of Health or other)
Health Officer
10/10/47
Yofficial Designation) ( Date of Issue of Perunit)
18 DATE OF
DEATH
Oct.
9
(Month)
(Day)
1947
(Year)
19
I HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased from
Aug. 31
. 19
47.to
Oct. 9
19
47
I last saw h I'M alive on
et. 9
, 194 /. death is said to
4:30 A.m.
Duration IMPORTANT
Due to
generalized
Due to
diabetes mellitus
and semilly
Dther conditions
(Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
Major findings: Of operations
Date ot
Df autopsy
What test confirmed diagnosis?
20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? No
If so, specity
Joseph Gregoria
. M. D
(Address) .
(Signed)
to washington Compote Q ct. 919 37
Winthrop
f'ity of Town)
21 Winthrop
Place of Burial, Cremation of
October 11
47
DATE DF BURIAL
19
22 NAME DF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
ADDRESS
Winthrop, Mass
Received and Filed OCT 1 3 1947
19
(Registrar)
See instructions and 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 effect.
1
No. . .
. ..
2 FULL NAME
Joseph J. McGrath
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
Length of stay: In hospital or institution
(Before death)
(Specify whether)
years
months
7
days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
have occurred on the date stated above, at
Immediate cause of death
IMPORTANT
Physician Underline the cause to which death should be charged sta- tistically.
Dwyer
100M -7-46-19060
68
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 persou 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 helief the name of the deceased, his supposed age, the disease of which he died, defined as re- quired hy 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, served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any war in which it has heeu engaged, insert in the certificate a recital to that effect, speci- fying the war, and sball also certify in such certificate hoth 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 expedition 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 Mexican border service of nineteen hundred and sixteen and nine. teen 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 heen 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 tomh other than the receiving tomh 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 he issued until there shall have been delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may he, 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 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 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 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 removal shall constitute a permit for such removal; provided, that such body shall he 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 heen sooner obtained hereunder. If the death certificate contains a recital, as required
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