Town of Winthrop : Record of Deaths 1948, Part 53

Author: Winthrop (Mass.)
Publication date: 1948
Publisher:
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(Before death)


(Specify whether)


years


27


In this community


yr8.


mos.


days.


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS


MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH


:3 SEX Nale


4 COLOR OR RACE


white


5 SINGLE


(write the word)


MARRIED


Married


WIDOWED


or DIVORCED


1


5% If married, widowed, GIALLO E. Briard


HUSBAND of


(Give maiden name of wife in full)


(or) WIFE of


(Husband's name in full)


6 Age of husband or wifa If allve


years


7 IF STILLBORN, enter that faot here.


8


53


19


AGE


.Years


Months.


.Days


If less than 1 day .. Hours ......... Minutes


Usual


9 Occupation :


.S. Army


Industry 10 or Business:


11 Soolal Seourlty No ...... CORTO


12 BIRTHPLACE (City)


(State or country)


Puerto Rico


Domingo Borelli


PARENTS


14 BIRTHPLACE OF


FATHER (City)


Corsica


(State or country)


Omasa Alicia


15 MAIDEN NAME


OF MOTHER


Puerto Rico


16 BIRTHPLACE OF


MOTHER (City)


(State OF country burette Borelli wife


17 winthrop, Mass.


Relation, if any


Informant


(Address)


A TRUE COPY.


ATTEST :


UmyLamayor


(Registrar of city or down where death occurred)


DATE FILED


July 14


.19 ..


48.


MidyHEREBY CERTIFY , July' attended deceasedq @pm


19.


Im


July 3


28


to.


19


I last saw h.


.. allve on


death Is sald to


have ooourred on the date stated above, at


12:05Pm.


Duration


Immedlate cause of death


Bronchial pneumonia, terminal


and lung abscess.


mo


Due to.


Due to.


Hodgkin's Disease


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 dlagnosla?


20 Was disease or Injury In any way related to oooupation of deceased ?


If so, speolfy.


(Signed) harle.s .... ]] ...... Kinloy.


(Address) altham, ..... Mass.


Da0-4


M. D.


1948


21 PLACE OF@VAINS COM. ,


CREMATION OR REMOVAL


Jul [Cemetery)


DATE OF BURIAL


William J. Cox


22 NAME OF


FUNERAL DIRECTOR


Belmont., .... Mass.


ADDRESS


Received and filed.


AUG 1 3 1948


19


(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)


50m- (b) -6-44-14607


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.) resided in another city or town at the time of death should be made forthwith and transmitted on Form R-808 to the clerk


PLACE OF DEATH


Waltha(County)


1


(City or Town) murphy General Hospital No.


winthrop,


(If U. S.


War Veteran,


speolfy WAR)


Lass.


1


months


days.


July


3,


1948


(Day)


(Year)


18 DATE OF


DEATH


(Month)


(City or Tow 3 19


Ft. Dovens,


Underline the cause to which death


13 NAME OF


FATHER


M R-302


PLACE OF DEATH


Suffolk (County)


Revere


(City or Town)


No. Resthaven Nursing Home


(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. give its NAME instead of street and number)


2 FULL NAME


Samuel James Byrne


(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maideu name.)


(a) Residence. No.


44 Cliff Avenue


St.


Winthrop, Mass.


(Usual place of abode)


(If nonresident, give city or town and State)


Length of stay: In hospital or Institution ...


Nursing Home, 4 months


days.


In this community 50 yrs.


mos.


days.


(Before death)


(Specify whether)


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS


3 SEX


4 COLOR OR RACE|


5 SINGLE


(write the word)


MARRIED


WIDOWED


DIVORCED widowed


5% If married, widowed, x Hxorgdi de Adams


HUSBAND of


(or) WIFE of


(Husband's name in full)


6 Age of husband or wife If allve years


7 IF STILLBORN, enter that faot here.


8


AGE ... 9.9 ... Years.


10 Months


9 Days


If less than 1 day Hours Minutes


Usual


9 Ocoupation :


retired


10 or Business :


Industry


commercialadvertising


11 Soolal Security No.


none


12 BIRTHPLACE (City)


Jamaica


(State or country)


West Indies


Other conditions


None


(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.


What test confirmed diagnosis ?


20 Was disease or Injury in any way related to oooupation of deceased ?


If so, specify


(Signed)


Myron .N ....... King


M. D.


(Address)


562, Shirley St


,


Mass.


Date.


7/191948


21 PLACE OF BURIAL,


CREMATION OR REMOVAL.


Pine Grove


Cemetery


(Cemeteryrunswicka


48


22 NAME OF


FUNERAL DIRECTOR


Alfred .... B ....... Marsh


ADDRESS


174 Winthrop St. , Winthrop


Received and filed.


AUG 1 7 1948.


19


(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)


50m-(b)-6-44-14607


A TRUE COPY. ATTEST :


DATE FILED


(Registrar of city or town where death occurred)


July 29,


19


48


MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH


18 DATE OF


DEATH


July


18,


.


1948


(Month)


(Day)


(Year)


19 I HEREBY CERTIFY.


March 15


48


...


19.


to


That I attended deocased , from


July 18


1948


I last saw h. 1m ...... allve on.


July 18


19 .... 1.8 death Is sald to


have occurred on the date stated above, at ..... ].1:20P


m.


Immediate cause of death.


Bronchopneumonia


2 .... days


Due to.


Cerebral .... hemorrhage


2 days


Due to.


Arteriosclerotic Heart


Disease


10 yrs.


13 NAME OF


FATHER


Francis Byrne


PARENTS


14 BIRTHPLACE OF


FATHER (City)


(State or country)


Ireland


15 MAIDEN NAME


OF MOTHER


Henrietta Woods


16 BIRTHPLACE OF


MOTHER (City)


(State or country)


England


17 Mrs. Harry A. Torrey Daughter


Informant (Address) 44 Coiff Ave. Winthrop


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH


REVERE


(City or town making return)


Registered No.


151


1


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-802 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 autopsy


DATE OF BURIAL


July 22,


19.


(If U. S.


War Veteran,


spoolfy WAR)


No


male white


(Give maiden name of wife in full)


Duration


M R-303-A


+ Swl/lk (County)


The Commonforalth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS MEDICAL EXAMINER'S CERTIFICATE OF DEATH


To be filed for burial permit with Board of Health or Its Agent.


Registered No.


152


No. :Daniel Francis Ford


(If deceased is a married, widowed or divarged woman, give also maiden name.)


(a) Residenoe. No. 1068 Shirley Street Withstop (Usual place of abode)


months days.


(If nonresident, give city or town and State)


In this community / Fyra.


mos.


days.


1


2 FULL NAME


Length of stay: In hospital or Institution.


years


( Before death)


( Specify whether)


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS


3 SEX


4 COLOR OR RACE!


( write the word)


White


Mare


5 SINGLE


Married


MARRIED


WIDOWED


or DIVORCED


5a If married, widewed, or divorced


Shuckersw


HUSBAND


(or) WIFE of


(Give maiden name of wife in full)


(Husband's name in full)


6 Age of husband or wife If allve


7 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.


8


AGE 37 Years.


Months.


If less than 1 day


Hours ..


Days


.....


.Minutes


Usual


Correction


9 Occupation :


10 or Business :


11 Soolal Security No ...


South Boston


12 BIRTHPLACE (City)


(State or country)


-mar


13 NAME OF


FATHER


Martin J. Ford.


14 BIRTHPLACE OF


FATHER (City)


(State or country)


Ireland.


15 MAIDEN NAME


OF MOTHER


PARENTS


16 BIRTHPLACE OF


Beton


MOTHER (City)


(State or country)


( Address)


1665 Shirley St Wuwenig


If deceased was a U. S. War Veteran, G. L. Chap. 46, Seotion 10, requires physicians to Insert a recital to that effeot


extracts from the laws relative to the return of certificates of death.


so that it may be properly classified under the International Classification of Causes of Death. See reverse side for


should be carefully supplied. MEDICAL EXAMINERS should state CAUSE AND MANNER OF DEATH in plain terms,


Industry


Penal Institutions


50m- (f)-6-43-12056


I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed, with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was Issued: Haller & Wahler-


XSignature of Agent of Board of Health or other) Health officer 5/5/48


(Official Designation) (Date of Issue of Permit)


MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH


18 DATE OF


DEATH


august -3-1948


( Month)


(Day)


(Year)


19 | HEREBY CERTIFY that I have Investigated the death of the person above-named and that the CAUSE AND MANNER thereof acute Cardiac are as follows: (If an injury was involved, state fully.) Facture :


Probably Coron are Scherores


Hypertensive Heart Disease


20 Aooldent. suleide, or homlolde (specify)


Date of oooufrenoe.


19


Where did Injury oogur? Kur ?


(City or town and State)


Did Injury ooour in or about home, on farm, in Industrial place, or In publlo


place ?


(Specify type of place)


Injury


Ellabred while walking on


Manner


Injury


Nature


beach + died quicker


While at work ?.


Was there an autopsy ?.


1


21 Was disease or Injury In any way related to occupation of deceased?


If so, speolfy.


In Buckler we Do


(Signed) ...


(Address)


Boston


Wisseling


22


Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal.


(City or Town)


6


23 NAME OF


FUNERAL DIRECTOR


John t. Omaley


ADDRESS


Reoelved and filed.


AUG 5


1948


19


(Registrar)


7


PLACE OF DEATH


(City or Town) Winthrop Beach wear Brewsterare


St. [ { If death occurred in a hospital or institution, ( give its NAME instead of street and number)


PHYSICIAN-IMPORTANT (Was deceased a U. S. War Veteran, If so speolfy WAR)


would War21


years


17 Informant Sua T Ford Relation, c/7 DATE OF BURIAL


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 lie has attended during his last illness, at the request of an umlertsker or other authorized person or of any meniber 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 divil, defined as required by section one, where same was contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of his death ... Gen. Laws, Chap. 16, Sec. 9.


A physician or officer furnishing a certificate of death as required by the preceding section or by section forty-five of chapter one hundred and four- teen, shall, if the deceased, to the best of his knowledge and belief, served in the army. navy or marine corps of the United States in any war in wbich 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 priniary and the secondary or immediate cause of death as nearly as be can state the sante. 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 inclinte the China relief ex- pedition and the l'hilippine insurrection, which shall, for said purposea, be deemeil to have taken place between February fourteenth, eighteen bundred and ninety-eiglit and July fourth, nineteen hundred and two, and the Mexi- can border service of nineteen bundred and aixteen and nineteen buudred 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 perinit froin the board of health, or ita 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 recelving tomb to another in the same cemetery, until be has received a permit from the board of health or its agent aforesaid or front the clerk of the town where the body is buried. No such permit shall be Issued until there ahall bave 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, bis certificate cannot be obtained early enough for the purpose, or is insufficient, a pbysi- cian who is a member of the board of health, or employed by it or by tbe selectmen for the purpose, shall upon application make the certificate re- quired of the attending physician. If death is caused by violence, tbe medical examiner shall make such certificate. If such a permit for tbe removal of a human body, not previously interred, from one town to an- other within the commonwealth cannot be obtained early enough for the purpose, the certificate of death made as above provided and in the pos- session of the undertaker desiring to make such removal shall constitute a permit for such removal; provided, that such body shall be returned to tbe town from which it was removed within thirty-six hours after such re- moval, unless a permit in the usual form for the removal of such body haa been sooner obtained hereunder. If the death certificate contains a recital, as required by section ten of chapter forty-xix, that the deceased served in the army. navy or marine corps of the United States in sny war in which


it has been engaged. such recitsl 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 regis- tration. The person to whom the permit la so given and the physician cer tifying the cause of death shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary 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 re- quire .- Chap. 114, Src. 15, G. L., (Tercentenary Edition).


No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the ashes thereof which have bren brought into the commonwealth until he has re- ceived a perntit 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 boily is to be buried or the funeral is to be lield, or from a per- son appointed to have the care of the cemetery or burial ground in which the interment is made. .. . Chap. 114, Sec. 46, G. L., (Tercentenary Edi- tion).


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 sanie; ... - General Laws, Chap. 3S, Sec. 6.


... He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar In the place where the deceased ilied his name and residence, if known; otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner of death .- General Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7.


... The medical examiner certifies the cause and manner of death to the best of his knowledge and belief.


RULES OF PRACTICE


The fulfillment of the purpose of these laws calla 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 forın of injury.


(2) Board of Health physlolans will certify to such deatbs only aa those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease unrelated to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attendance or whose physi- ciau is absent from hoine when the certificate of death is needed.


(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths sup- posably due to Injury. These include not only deaths caused directly or in- directly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), and by the action of chenrical (druga or poisons), thermal, or electrical agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease resulting from Injury or Infeotion related to occupation, the sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized diseasa, and those of persons found dead.


STATEMENT OF CAUSE OF DEATH


Medical Examiners in certifying to a deatb will state the cause and manner thereof, and will specify : (1) Under cause, the nature of an injury and of ita consequences; and (2) under manner, the mode of its production together with the circumstances when these are known. For example: "Com- pound fracture of the femur with ensuing septicemia (gaa bacillus) caused by a steam railway sccident." "Pistol shot wound of the chest with asso- ciated hemorrhage, homicidal." "Asphyxiation by suspension, suicidal." "Syncope while under the influence of ether adininistered as a aurgical anaesthetic." "Fracture of the skull with associated internal injury sus- tained under circumstances unknown."


If disease or injury was related to occupation, specify. If investigation shows the death to have been due to disease, specify : (1) Under cause ita known or presumahle nature; snd (2) under manner, Indicate the circum- stances leading to medico-legal inquiry. For example : "Hemorrhage spon- taneous of the brain (hasal ganglia ) ( found dead in bed)." "Heart disease, presumably coronary sclerosis. (Sudden death.)"


Ent Dis


DESCRIPTION (for unknown person)


Contenter muito 20 U.S. Leave


# 1511246 ...


NOTICE TO UNDERTAKERS: No embalming fluid, or any substitute therefor, shall be injected into the body of any person supposed to have met his death by violence, until a permit, signed by the Medical Examiner, has first been obtained .- General Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 14.


THIS CERTIFICATE CONSTITUTES SUCH PERMIT


R-301


Suffolk


(County)


Winthrop


(City or Town)


9/40/ 48


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.


153


Registered No.


st.


§ (If death occurred in a hospital or institution,


{ give its NAME instead of street and number)


PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT


2 FULL NAME


Charles ..... Edward ... Meighan


( If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)


(a) Rasidence. No.


96 .... Florence .... A.v.e ...........


St.


Revere


(If nonresident, give city or town and State)


Length of stay: In hospital or Institution.


( Before death)


.....


years


months


14 days.


In this community


yrs.


mon.


5


days.


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS


MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH


3 SEX


male


4 COLOR OR RACE


white


MARRIED


widowed


WIDOWED


or DIVORCED


5a If married, widowed, or


HUSBAND of


Elizabeth ... A.Burke


(or) WIFE of


(Give maiden name of wife In full)


( Husband's name in full)


6 Age of husband or wife if alive years


7 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.


g


AGE 73 .... Years


Months


.. Days


if lass than 1 day


Hours.


Minutas


Usual


9 Ocoupation :


......


superintendent ..


Industry


10 or Business :


metar


iron works


ker


11 Social Security No. none


12 BIRTHPLACE (City)


( Siate or country)


Wisconsin


13 NAME OF


FATHER


John Meighan


14 BIRTHPLACE OF


FATHER (Clty)


Ireland


(State or country)


15 MAIDEN NAME


OF MOTHER


Bridget O'Neil


16 BIRTHPLACE OF


MOTHER (City)


(State or country)


Wisconsin freland


17 Marie Gavin


Informant


(Address)


96 Florence Ave, Revere


d'auenter


DATE OF BURIAL


Aug . 6 ,1948


19


I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard oartifioate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit parmit was Issued : Walter At. 19 aleled-


(Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other) Health Office


8-15/48


Received and fled.


AUG 9 1948


19


(Official Designation)


( Date of Issue of Permit)


(Registrar)


1


IMPORTANT


Dua to arteriosclerosis


Dua to


Other conditions.


( Include pregnancy within 3 months of death)


Major findings:


Oi operations


Data of.


Of autopsy.


........


Electro car


mnogia


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 occupation of deceased ?........ If so, spaolty.


(Signad)


Estimada Gally


M. D.


(Addrass)


9. 8-5


19 ... 1.8


21


St.Johns


Worcester


Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal.


(City or Town)


22 NAME OF


FUNERAL DIRECTOR .... J.Vincent .... Murray


ADDRESS


Revere Mass ...


100m- (g)-1-45-15510


extracts from the laws on back of certificate. terms, so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of OCCUPATION is very important. See instructions and If deceased was a U. S. War Veteran, Q. L. Chap. 46, Section 10,requires physicians to insert a recital to that effeot. Marie Theyhave


PARENTS


18 DATE OF


5 SINGLE


( write the word)


DEATH


august


3


1948


(Month)


(Day)


(Year)


1 I HEREBY CERTIFY,


they 20


1948.


That I attended deosased from


to.


Circa 3


19


48


hem


(Toft saw h


......


.allve on


aug


3 0 44


death Is sald to


S.P.


hava occurred on the data statad abova, at.


m.


Duration


Immediato causa of daath.


Coronary Thrombose.


Javier - aug. 9, 1948>


1 L


PLACE OF DEATH


No. Winthrop ..... Community .... Hospital


(Was deceased 2


U. S. War Veteranno


if so specify WAR)


(Usual place of abode)


( Specify whether)


Retired


"Portage


...


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 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 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 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




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