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Underline the cause to which death should be charged sta- tistically.
Of autopsy
as abovo
What test confirmed diagnosis ?.
20 Was disease or injury in any way related to oooupation of deceased ?
if so, specify.
(Signed) ......... on.go ............. J.o.y.co
M. D.
(Address) Ualthalass ..
Data.0-29.19 ....... 47
21 PLACEOF BURIAL, cometery, Winthrop
CREMATION OR REMOVAL
OBser 30
(City or Town)47
19
DATE OF BURIAL
John F. OrMaley
ADDRESS
Received and filed 19
.
1947
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
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-
1
PLACE OF DEATH
(County)
Waltham
(City or Town) Murphy General Hospital No.
St.
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
speolfy WAR)
Winthrop,
Mass.
St.
October
29,
1947
resided in another city or town at the time of death should be made forthwith and transmitted on Form R-802 to the clerk of the city or town in which the deceased resided. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.)
Augusta
Major findings :
Of operations
Date of.
22 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Winthrop, Mass.
DATE FILED
R-302
Middlesex
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Arlington
(City or town making return)
1
PLACE OF DEATH
(County)
Arlington
(City or Town)
No.
12 .... Florence .... Avenue
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St.
give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
Maida Harger
(Coburn )
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence. No.
125 Washington Avenue
St.
Winthrop,
.Mas.s.
(Usual place of abode)
Nursing Home
Years
8
months
days.
In this community
5
yrs.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 DATE OF
DEATH
November
1
1947
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
19 I HEREBY CERTIFY. Jan 5 19. 112
That I
attended deceased from
to
NO.V ....
1
19.
47
(or) WIFE of
Ge ofise maiden nam
Haha's in full)
(Husband's name in full)
I last saw h.e.r
..... allve on
Oct.
31
19 47 death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at .. 2:00 P
m.
Duration
6 Age of husband or wife If allve year
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that faot here.
8 AGE 77 8 Months. 13 Days
If less than 1 day Hours. .Minutes
Usual
9 Ocoupation :
Years At home
Industry
10 or Business :
None
11 Soolal Security No ..
Philipp1
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
West Virginia
13 NAME OF
FATHER
Marshall Coburn
PARENTS
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
Philippi
(State or country)
West Virginia
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Columbia Arnold
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
Bowling Green
(State or country)
Kentucky
17 Miss Margaret Dawson Informant
Relation, if any
(Address) 125 Washington Ave. Winthrop
A TRUE COPY.
ATTEST :
(Registrar of-city-or town where death"occurred)
DATE FILED
November
7
2947
22 NAME OF
Alfred B. Marsh
FUNERAL
DIRECTOR
ADDRESS
174 Winthrop St., Winthrop
Recelvad and filed .19
DEC 199
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
2 days
Due to.
Due to
Other conditions
Hypertension
5. TRANS
(Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
Underline the cause to
Major findings:
Of operations
Date of.
which death should be charged sta- tistically.
Of autopsy What test confirmed diagnosis ?
20 Was disease or Injury In any way related to oooupation of deceased ?.... NO
If so, spoolfy
Louis F. Salerno
(Signed)
M, D.
(Address)175Pleasant ...
WinEnn Qual 1-2-19 47
21 PLACE OF BURIAL,
Hillcrest-Springfield
CREMATION OR REMOVAL
(Cemetery )
(City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
November
3
1947
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3 SEX
Femal e
4 COLOR OR RACE|
white
5 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED Widowed
5a If married, widowed, or divorced HUSBAND of
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay : In hospital or Institution ...
(Before death)
(Specify whether)
of the city or town in which the deceased resided. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.)
None
immediate cause of death Coronary Thrombosis
Registered No.
418240
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
specify WAR)
r
M R-302
Suffolk
(County)
Boston
(City OF-Town)
Feter Bent Brigham Hospital
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Boston
(City or town making return)
Registered No.
9914. 1
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. give its NAME instead of street and number)
Mary A Does
2 FULL NAME
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.) 196 Woodside Ave.
(a) Residence. No.
(Usual place of abode)
Length of stay : In hospital or Institution.
(Before death)
(Specify whether)
years
months
24
days.
In this community
yrs.
mos.
daye.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 SEX
F
4 COLOR OR RACE|
W
5 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
(write the word)
Married
5a If married, widowed, or divoroed HUSBAND of
(or) WIFE of
( Giye maiden name of wife in full)
Albert .... S ... Does.
(Husband's name in full)
6 Age of husband or wife If allve 70
years
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that faot here.
8 AGE ... 65 Years Months. Days
If less than 1 day .Hours Minutes
Usual
9 Ocoupation :
Housewife
Industry
10 or Business :
At Home
11 Soolal Security No.
None
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country )
Poston Mass.
13 NAME OF FATHER Patrick Mullen
PARENTS
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
Ireland
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Harmah McGin
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Ireland
17 Informant (Addreee)
Hu s band
Relatlon, If any
A TRUE COPY.
ATTEST :
(Registrar of city or down where
occurred)
DATE FILED
.....
18 DATE OF
DEATH
(Month)
Nov/14/47
(Day)
(Year)
19 | HEREBY CERTIFY,
Oct. 21
19
47
Nov/14/4%
I last saw h ..... @ ....... allve on.
Nov/14/47
19
death Is sald to
have occurred on the date stated above, at.
9:55PM
.m.
Duration
Immedlate cause of death
Papillary carcinoma of bladder
Mo's
Due to:
Hypertensive cardio vascular disease
Yrs
Due to
Pulmonary emboli
Term.
Other conditions
(Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
Major findings :
Of operations
Same-Bilateral
ureteral transpl.
Date
Nov. 1,1947
Of autopsy
See above
What test confirmed diagnosis? Autopsy
20 Was disease or Injury In any way related to oooupation of deceased ?
If so, speolfy
(Signed)
N A Wilhelm
(Address)
Boston Mass
Date.
11-15 47
M.
21 PLACE OF BURIAL,
Holyhood-Brookline 886.
CREMATION OR REMOVAL
(Cemetery )
DATE OF BURIAL
OV.
18/47
(City or Town) 19
22 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
M W Kirby
ADDRESS
Winthrop Mass
Received and filed
DEC 30 1947 19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased residled)
50m- (b) .6.44-14607
of the city or town in which the deceased resided. (See Chap. 16, Sec. 12, G. L.) resided in another city or town at the time of death should be made forthwith and transmitted on Form R-308 to the clerk Copies of returns of deaths recorded during the previous month which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased
1
PLACE OF DEATH
No.
NOV.
19/49
19
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
specify WAR)
St.
Winthrop Mass.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
to
That I
attended, decrased
from
-
Physician
Underline the cause to which death should be charged sta- tletically.
RM R-302
Middlesex
The Commontucalth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Somerville
(City or town making return)
1
Somerville
(City or Town)
No. Home for the Aged, 186 Highland Aves
S (If death occurred in a hospital or institution, { give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
Elizabeth A. Griffin
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence. No.
31 Hale Ave., 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
1
months 12 days.
In this community 8 yrs.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 SEX
4 COLOR OR RACE|
Female
White
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
5a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
have occurred on the date stated above, at 5.25 A. .m.
Duration
Immediate cause of death General Arteriosclerosis
.2.Years
Hypostatic pneumonia
3 WKs
Due to.
Chr.
Myocarditis
6 Mons
Due to
Other conditions
(Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
Physician
Major findings :
Of operations
Date of
Underline the cause to which death should be charged sta- tistically.
Of autopsy
What test confirmed dlagnosis?
20 Was disease or injury In any way related to occupation of deceased ? If so, specify
(Signed)
Ciro Giobbesom.
M. D.
(Address) 487 Som, AVe ....
Date11/171947
21 PLACE OF BURIAL,
CREMATION OR REMOVAL
Calvary Cem. Boston
DATE OF BURIAL
(Cemetery)
(City or Town)
19.47
Nov. 19,
22 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
John r'. O'Malev
ATTEST :
(Registrar of city or town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
Nov. 17,
19
47.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 DATE OF
DEATH
.N.O.V ....
17, 1947
(Day)
(Month)
(Year)
19 | HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased from
Oct. 1,, 19
.4.7 to ..
Nov. 17,
19.4.7 ....
I last saw h ........... alive on
O.c.t ... 1.6194.7, death Is sald to
6 Age of husband or wife if alive years
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
8
AGE 94.
Years
Months.
Days
If less than 1 day
Hours ..
.Minutes
Usual
9 Oocupation :
Retired
Industry
10 or Business :
Governess
11 Social Security No ....
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Boston,
Mass.
13 NAME OF
FATHER
Bartholomew Griffin
PARENTS
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Ireland
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Mary O'Connell
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Ireland.
17 Informanturs .Daniel Geary Cousy Any 31 Hale Ave . , Winthrop, Mass
A TRUE COPY.
ADDRESS
79 Atlantic St. , Winthrop
Received and filed DEC 11 1947
......
19
(Registrar of City or Town where decessed resided)
Copies of returns of deaths recorded during the previous month which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased
resided in another city or town at the time of death should be made forthwith and transmitted on Form R-302 to the clerk
of the city or town in which the deceased resided. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.)
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PLACE OF DEATH -
(County)
Registered No.
73242
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
specify WAR)
5 SINGLE
(write the word)
Single
RM R-302
1
PLACE OF DEATH
Essex (County)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Registared No.
243
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution,
St. give its NAME instead of street and number) 1 (If U. S. War Veteran, specify WAR)
2 FULL NAME
Herbert C. Worthley
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence. No.
199 Winthrop St., Winthrop, Mass.
(Usual place of abode)
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: in hospital or institution ..
(Before death)
(Specify whether)
years 1
months 7 days.
In this community
yrs.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 SEX Male
4 COLOR OR RACE|
White
5 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
Widowed
5a if marrlad, widowed, or divoroad,
HUSBAND of
Hattie .... Haskell
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
6 Age of husband or wife if allva years
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
8
AGE.
63 Years
Months.
Days
If less than 1 day Hours .Minutes
Usual
9 Ocoupation :
whoe worker
Industry 10 or Business :
11 Soolal Seourity No ..
Cannot be learned
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Mass.
13 NAME OF
FATHER
John Worthley
PARENTS
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
Antrim
(State or country)
New Hampshire
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Josephine Brackett
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
Swampscott
(State or country)
Mass.
17 Informantary ............ McPhillips.
Relation, If any
(Addrese)
hathorne Hass.
A TRUE COPY.
ATTEST : ............ ....
(Registrar of city or town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
ue.c ....... 8.
19.4.7
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 DATE OF
DEATH
November
26 1947
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
19 1 HEREBY CERTIFY,
Oct. 19
19.4 ....
to
That ! attended deceased from Nov. 26 1947
I last saw h
im alive on
NOV.
26
19
4 death is said to
hava occurred on tha date statad above, at.L.O.L.Op ......... m.
Duration
Immadiate oause of daath
Arteriosclerotic heart disease 5 yrs
Due to.
Hypertension
5 yrs.
Due to
Other conditions
(Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
Major findings :
Of operations
Date of
Physician Underline the cause to which death should be charged sta- tistically.
Of autopsy
Clinical
What test confirmed diagnosis ?
20 Was disease or injury In any way ralatad to oooupation of deopased ?....... O
If so, specify
Francis X .Sullivan
(Signed)
M. D.
(Address)
Hathorne, Dass. Datel 1/2019 47
21 PLACE OF BURIAL, Pine Grove Cem. , Lynn
CREMATION OR REMOVAL
(Cemetery)
(City or Town)
19
47
22 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
hirby Brothers
ADDRESS
Winthrop.
Received and filled
DEC 10 1947
19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
50m. (b).6.44- 14607
resided in another city or town at the time of death should be made forthwith and transmitted on Form R-808 to the clerk Copies of returns of deaths recorded during the previous month which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased
of the city or town in which the deceased resided. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.)
Danvers
(City or town making return)
Danvers
(City or Town)
Danvers State Hospital, Hathorne
No.
(write the word)
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
Lynn
DATE OF BURIAL
Nov. 29
R-302
of the city or town in which the deceased resided. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.)
50m. (b)-6-44-14607
17
Informant.
father
(
Relation, if any
A TRUE COPY.
ATTEST:
(Registrar of city or town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
12/5/47
19
.......
St.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In hospital or Institution ...
(Before death)
hosp.
years
months
3
days.
In this community
yrs.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 SEX
M
4 COLOR OR RACE|
5 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCEDSingle
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
19 11/29/47 ERTI
19
to ...
19
[ last saw
1 m
.allve on
12/2/47
., 19
death Is sald to
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
6 Age of husband or wife If allve years
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
8
AGE.
Years
Months.
3 Days
-
If less than 1 day Hours .. .Minutes
Usual
9 Ocoupation :
none
Industry
10 or Business :
none
11 Social Security No.
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Winthrop
13 NAME OF
FATHER
Leigh Burrall
PARENTS
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
E Machaise Me
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Helene Herald
If so, speolfy
(Signed)
R .... Klein
M. D.
(Address)
300 Longwood Av Date 12/3/4
21 PLACE OF BURIAL,
Winthrop-Winthrop
CREMATION OR REMOVAL
DATE OF BURIAL
(Cemetery ) 3/47
(City or Town)
19
22 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
H S Reynolds
ADDRESS
Winthrop
Received and filed DEC 30 1947 19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
1
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk (County)
Boston
(City or Town)
No.
Infants' Hosp
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Boston
(City or town making return)
Registered No.
1032321
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
Leigh .Burrall
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maideu name.)
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
specify WAR)
Winthrop
(Usual place of abode)
(Specify whether)
18 DATE OF
DEATH
Dec. 2, 1 947
attended
deocased from
have occurred on the date stated above, at
2 30P
.. m.
Duration
Immediate cause of death.
atalectasis
3 da
Due to.
Intrauterine ... anoxia
& amniotic sac content as.
Due to.
piration
Other conditions
pneumonia
(Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
Physician Underline the cause to
Major findings :
Of operations
which death
Date of
should be charged sta- tistically.
Of autopsy
What test confirmed diagnosis ?..
20 Was disease or Injury In any way related to oooupation of deceased ?.
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Boston
(Address)
5a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(a)
Residence. No.
476 Shirley
301 A
If deceased was a U. S. War Veteran, Q. L. Chap. 46, Section 10, requires physiolans to insert a recital to that effect. PARENTS
100m. (g) -1-45.15510
1 HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard partifloata of death was Aled with me BEFORE the buplay or kansit permit was issued? Walter A- Makers.
(Signature of Agent of Board nf Health or other)
Health Gliele 12/6 /47
(Official Designation) ( Date of Trque of Permit)
18 DATE OF
DEATH
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
19 I HEREBY CERTIFY.
That i attended deceased from
15
19.
19 ..
., to.
Un Y
47
[ last saw h
allve on.
Lan 4, 1947 death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at.
5.45P
n.
Duration
6 Age of husband or wife if alive years
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
80 AGE 59 Years Months Days
If less than 1 day
Hours
Minutos
Usual
9 Occuoetion :
at home
Industry
10 or Business :
housewife
11 Social Security No.
none
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
( Siste or country)
Korbbury
Mar
13 NAME OF
FATHER
Chilio 26- ME Kenque
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (Clty)
(State or country)
w.
Data 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 eny way related to oooupation of deceased ? If so, spaolfy
M. D.
21
Winthrop
Place of Burial, Cremation' or Removal.
DATE OF BURIAL
Deux. 6,
19
22 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
maurice
ADDRESS
210
Wirthp 58
Received and fled DEC LO 1947 19
( Registrar) V
1
PLACE OF DEATH
(County ) Winthis (City or Town)/ Winthrop Communitytop
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. 245
Registered No.
[ (If death occurred in a hospital or institution,
Jt ( give its NAME instead of street and number)
Mary & moore (Meaque)
2 FULL NAME
( If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman,
give also maiden name.)
st.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In hospital or Institutions
( Before death}
( Specify whether )
6 weeks
In this community
3/ yra.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
1947
3 SEX
Female
4 COLOR OR RACEĮ
Whats
5 SINGLE
( write the word)
Wedand
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
5a If married. widowed, or divorced HUSBAND of
(or) WIFE of
....
( Husband's name in full)
Immediate oause of death.
IMPORTANT
Due to.
Due to
Other conditions
( Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
Major findings: Of operations
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Margaret Falleralla
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
17 Elenacy 1og
Kaiser,
Relation, 1!
Informant ( Address )
Ne.
(a) Residence. No.
(Usual place of abode)
years
months days.
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT
(Was deceased a U. S. War Veteran, if so specify WAR).
-
( Signed)
(Address)
Comeby (City of Town)
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 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 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 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 horder 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 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 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 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 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 or chapter forty-six, that the deceased served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such statement and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death shall thereafter furnish for registration any other 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 forun of injury, have died without recent medical attendance or whose phy. sician is absent from home wben the certificate of death is needed.
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