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SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DATE OF ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE .....
December .... 10,1917
DATE OF DISCHARGE
July 23 ..... 1919
RANK, RATING
2nd ... Lieut ..... U ... S.A.A.S.in.reserve ... 7/19
ORGANIZATION AND OUTFIT
376th Aero Sgan.
SERVICE NUMBER
7.13644
+
M R-302
1
PLACE OF DEATH
MIDDLESEX (County) CAMBRIDGE
(City or Town) Holy Ghost Hospital
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.
952
111
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St.
give its NAME instead of street and number) r
2 FULL NAME
Arthur Bishop
(If decessed is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residenoe. No.
42 Myrtle Avenue
SŁ
Winthrop, Mass.
(Usual place of abode)
Hospital
13
years
1
months
0
days.
In this community
yrs.
1
13
mos.
O
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 SEX
Male
4 COLOR OR RACE|
W
5 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
M
(Month)
(Dsy)
(Year)
19 | HEREBY CERTIFY,
May .20
19.35
That I attended deceased
June 20
19
48
I last saw h
.. allve on
19
death Is sald to
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
6 Age of husband or wife If allve
6.5.
years
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that faot here.
64
AGE Years Months. .Days
If less than 1 day
Hours
Minutes
Usual
9 Oooupation :
Clerk
Industry
Plumbing Supplies
10 or Business :
11 Sooial Security No.
None
St. George
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Newfoundland
13 NAME OF
FATHER
John Bishop
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
Anapolis
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
N.S.
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Josephine LeGrande
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
St. George
(State or country)
Newfoundland
17 Lillian J. Bishop
Reikiifre it any
Informant ..
(Address) 42 Myrtle Ave. Winthrop, Mass.
DATE OF BURIAL
19
22 NAME OF
John C. Kelley
FUNERAL
DIRECTOR
ADDRESS
286 Meridian St .E Boston Mass
Reoelved and filed.
JUN 2 8 1948
19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
50m-(b)-6-44-14607
A TRUE COPY.
Frederick H. Burke
ATTEST:
(Registrar of city or town where death occurred)
June 23
19 48
18 DATE OF
DEATH
June 20, 1948
5a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
Lidlian J. Whalen
im
have ocourred on the date stated above, at.
9:45 A:
m.
Duration
Immedlate cause of death
Pneumonia of left lower lobe
(broncho)
Due to. RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
15 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
None
What test confirmed diagnosis ?
20 Was disease or injury in any way related to oooupation of deceased ?.
If so, speolfy.
(Signed)
John C, McGirr
(Address) 1436 Camb. St. Cambridge
6/20/48
M. D.
21 PLACE OF BURIAL,
CREMATION OR REMOVAWinthrop. Cem. Winthrop
Cemetery 22
(City or Town)
48
. ..
PARENTS
DATE FILED
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.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
No.
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
speolfy WAR)
NO
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay : In hospital or Institution ..
(Before death)
(Specify whether)
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
.to ..... 20
48
WK.
3
1 1
1
1
F
1
1
1
1
1 1 1 1
1
.
:
:
1
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1 1 1
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RM R-305 t
3 SEX M (or) WIFE of PARENTS 17 occurred. {See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.) of the city or town in which the deceased resided as soon as possible after the close of the month in which the death resided in another city or town at the time of death should be made forthwith and transmitted on Form R-305 to the clerk Copies of returns of deaths recorded during the previous month which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased Industry 10 or Business:
25m-(d)-6-43-12056
A TRUB COPY. ATTEST! Chiar
.....
( Registrar of city or cowh where wath ogtufred)
DATE FAILED June 23/48 V 19
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 DATE OF
DEATH
(Month)
(Day)
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, otate fully.) Acute ... delirium alcoholism
20 Aooldent, sulolde, or homlolde (specify)
Date of ooourrenoe.
19
Where did Injury ocour ?
(City or town and State)
Did Injury ooour In or about the home, on farm, In Industrial place, or In publlo place ?
(Specify type of place)
Manner of
Injury
Nature of
Injury
While at work ?
Was there an autopsy?
No
21 Was disease or Injury In any way related to oooupation of deceased?
If so, speolfy
(Signed)
Richard Ford
M. D,
(Address)
Date.
6-20 19
18
22
Winthrop Cem-Winthrop Mass.
Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal.
(City or Town)
Relation, if any
DATE OF BURIAL
June ... 23/18
19
23 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
C H Treanor
ADDRESS
East
Boston ... Mas.s ..
Received and filed.
19
JUN 2 8 1948
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
1
PLACE OF DEATH
SUFFOLK BOSTON
(City or Town)
Deer Island Infirmary
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY COPY OF MEDICAL EXAMINER'S CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
BOSTON
(City or town making return)
Registered No.
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St.
give ita NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME.
George Magee
(If deceased ie a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
6 Court Road
St.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay : In hospital or Institution.
(Before death)
(Specify whether)
years
montha
2
daya.
In thie community 21 yra.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
4 COLOR OR RACE
W
5 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
(write the word)
Single
5a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(Huaband'a name in full)
6 Age of husband or wife If allve years
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that faot here.
8
AGE
Years.
Months
Days
If less than 1 day
.. Hours.
Minutes
Usual
9 Occupation :
Mechanic
Garage
11 Social Security No ...
Unknown
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
.... East .... Boston .. Mass.
(State or country)
13 NAME OF
FATHER
James E Magee
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Boston Mass.
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Frances R Sampson
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
Nova Scotia
(State or country)
Mother
Informant
(Address)
No.
(If U. S.
War Veteran,
speolfy WAR)
(a) Residenoo. No.
(Usual place of abode)
Winthrop Mass.
June 20/48
(Year)
M R-301 A
See instructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate. DEATH. in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of OCCUPATION is very important.
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-10-47-22153
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was ffled with nie BEFORE the bugial or fransit permit was issued: Walter & Maker Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other ) Health Officer 6/22/48
(Official Designation) (Date of Issue of Permit)
19
I HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased from
1
19
19
...
20, 19/
, death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
m.
Duration
Immediate cause of death
Due to.
arturo recursos
Due to
Other conditions (Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
Major findings: Of operations
Date of
Of autopsy
What test confirmed diagnosis?
20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? If so, specify (Signed) (Address) Thomas
,M. D.
Date 6-21- 19468
21
Winthrop
Winthrop
Place of Burial, Crematiny par
DATE OF BURIAL
22 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
ADDRESS
Winthrop
Received and Filed.
JUN-2-3-19.4.8
(Registrar)
1
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk (County)
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 116
Registered No.
1
2 FULL NAME
Charles ..... H ........ Norton.
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
PHYSICIAN-IMPORTANT
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
(a) Residence. No.
101
M
........ Sumit ... A.ve.
........
St
(Usual place of abode)
Length of stay: In hospital or institution los
(Before death )
(Specify whether )
years
months
days.
(If nonresident, give city of town and State)
In this community
yrs.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 SEX
4 COLOR OR RACE
5 SINGLE (write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
Widowed
5a If married, widowed or divorced
HUSBAND of
.Aimee ...... ...... Hardie
(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.8.2 ... Years.
Months.
Day's
If less than 1 day
Hours
Minutes
Usual
9 Occupation:
Postal
Employee
Industry
10 or Business:
U ........ S.,
11 Social Security No.
Boston
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or Country)
"Mass
13 NAME OF
FATHER
John Norton
14 BIRTIIPLACE OF
FATHER (City) ..
Troy
(State or Country)
N.Y.
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Cannot be learned
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or Country)
Ireland
17 Inform CharlesNorton (Relageyrif any)
(Address) Conn.
18 DATE OF
DEATH.
20
1948
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
Male White
IV last saw h
........... alive on
IMPORTANT kann
IMPORTANT Underline the cause to which deatlı should be charged sta- tistically.
unmoval 2/31948you own) Im HOPhaley
Winthrop
(City or Town)
No. Winthrop Community Hospital ...... .. St. { (If death occurred in a hospital or institution, { give its NAME instead of street and number)
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 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 no undertaker or other person shali cxhume 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 cemetcry, 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 shail 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 enoughi 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 forin 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 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 buricd 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., (Tcrcentenary 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 iliness 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 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 Occuration .- 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
PLACE OF DEATH.
Suffolk (County)
Winthrop
(City or Town) 10
Atlantic St
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
(City or town making return)
Registrar's No.
117
St. § (If death occurred in a hospital or institution, { give ita NAME instead of street and number)
PHYSICIAN-IMPORTANT
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR).
(a) Residence. No.
10
Atlantic St
St.
(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
40grs.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 SEX
Male
White
4 COLOR OR RACE
5 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED Married
5a Ti married, widowed ordixeddine Kelly
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
$ Age of husband or wife if alive. 65
-years
7 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
8 AGE72 Years
Months. . Days
If less than 1 day
Hours
Minutes
Usual
9 Occupation :
Contractor
Industry
10 or Business:
Cement
11 Social Security No.
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Ireland
13 NAME OF
FATHER
Patrick Ing Berliner
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Ireland
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Mary Hannon
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Ireland
17 En J. McQueeney
(-
Relation, if any
(Address)
10 Atlantic St
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was fled with me BEFORE the burial of transit permit was issued : Walter a- falls
(Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other) Healthe office 6/23/48
(Official Designation) (Date of Issue of Permit)
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
18 DATE OF
DEATH
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
19 I HEREBY
CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased from
19
19
I last saw h Licalive on 20, 195 death is said to have occurred on the date stated above, at ZA M. Duration IMPORTANT Immediate cause of death.
Due to.
mete cíntia
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 ata- tistically.
20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased ?-
If so, specify.
(Signed)
21 Winthrop Winthrop
/ (Citxor Towa) Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal. 24, DATE OF BURIAL June/
197
22 NAME OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR ADDRESS
Colm HO males Winthrop
Received and filed
JUN 2 3 1948
_. 19
A TRUE COPY ATTEST:
(Registrar)
100m-(t) -1-45-15510
301
from the laws on back of certificate. Uf deceased was a U. S. War Veteran, G. L., Chap. 48, Sec. 10, requires physicians to insert a recital to that effect. PARENTS
No.
2 FULL NAME
Frank J. McQueeney
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(Usual place of abode)
2/
(Address)
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 bas 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 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 helief, served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any war in which it has been engaged, insert iu 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 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 hody is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been delivered to such hoard, agent or clerk, as the case may be, a satisfactory written statement containing the facts required by law to he returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending physician, if any, as 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 hy it or by the selectmen 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 hody, 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 hody 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, as required
by section ten or chapier 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 ageut, 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 registo ir may require .- Chap. 114, Sec. 45, G. L., (Tercentenary Edition).
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