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(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
74 Washington Ave.
St.
Winthrop Mass.
(a) Residence. No.
(Usual place of abode)
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death.
.. years.
months.
days. In place of residence.
.....
.. years.
months
days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
F
9 COLOR OR RACE
W
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
(write the word)
Married
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased
19
I last saw h ....... er .. alive on
Aug. 15/, 19 49
death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
7 PM
.m.
INTERVAL BE- TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
11 IF STILLBORN. enter that fact here.
12
64
AGE
Years
Months.
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours ....
Minutes
ANTE
Due To
? date of origin
CEDENT (b)
CAUSES
Due To
Carcinoma of uterus
(c)
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Cirrhosis of liver (proven)
Major findings:
Of operations
D & C liver biopsy hemorrhoidectomy
Date of operation
June 1939
Was autopsy performed? None
What test confirmed diagnosis ?.
operation
PARENTS H.
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
Boston Mass.
FATHER (City).
(State or country)
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Lucy E Martin
(Address).
(Signed)
P. Bent Brigham Hospt
19
49
6
Place of Burial or Cremation
City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
August 18/49
19
21
Informant.
(Address)
Husband
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
J C Kelly
ADDRESS
East Boston Mass.
Received and filed.
SEP-12-1949
19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
proven)
14 Industry
or Business:
Own Home
15 Social Security No.
None
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Boston Mass,
17 NAME OF
FATHER
James McEnaney
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased?
If so, specify.
NA Wilhelm
Winthrop Cem-Winthrop Mass.
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
St John N.B.
A TRUE COPY,
ATTEST:
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
August 19/49
.19
WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK - THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD
Copies of returns of deaths which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased resided in another city or town at the time after the close of the month in which the death occurred. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12. G. L.) of death should be transmitted on Form R-302 to the clerk of the city or town in which the deceased resided as soon as possible
3 DATE OF
DEATH
August 15/49
(Month)
(Ďay)
(Year)
July .... 12 .... 19.
to
August 15
19
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of.
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
Michael J Hennessy
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
DISEASE OR CONDITION
DIRECTLY LEADING
TO DEATH (a).
site of origin
Carcinomatosis ?
Housewife
13 Usual
Occupation :
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
50m-(e)-10-48-24658
M R-302 1
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran.
( if so specify WAR).
M R-302 1
Copies of returns of deaths which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased resided in another city or town at the time after the close of the month in which the death occurred. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.) of death should be transmitted on Form R-302 to the clerk of the city or town in which the deceased resided as soon as possible
PLACE OF DEATH
SUFFOLK BOSTON
(City or Town)
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.
70103 1
J (If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. \ give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
Stephen Tonry
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
22 Upland Road
St.
Winthrop Mass.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death
.years.
months
1
45
days. In place of residence
years
months.
.. days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 DATE OF
DEATH
August 17/49
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
8 SEX
M
9 COLOR OR RACE
W
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
Married
or DIVORCED
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
August 1719 49
to
August 1719
That I
attended deceased from
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of.
Mary E Motherway
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
have occurred on the date stated above, at
7;05A
.m.
INTERYAL BE-
(Husband's name in full)
DISEASE OR CONDITION
DIRECTLY LEADING
TO DEATH (a)
Coronary thrombosis
3 Hrs
12
AGE
69 Years.
Months.
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours ...
Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation :
Retired Park Laborer
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business:
Winthrop Park Dept.
15 Social Security No.
None
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Boston Mass.
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Major findings:
Of operations.
No operation
Date of operation
None
Was autopsy performed?
No
What test confirmed diagnosis?
Clinical
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased?
If so, specify
CL Clay
(Signed)
Mass . General Hospitate 8-17
19.
6
Place of Burial or Cremation
(City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL. 19
21
Informant
(Address)
M ... E ... Tonry
A TRUE COPY chest
ATTEST:
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred) August 19/49
DATE FILED
19
1
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
PARENTS
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
Ireland
FATHER (City).
(State or country)
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Francis Sheekey
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Ireland
(Address)
Winthrop Cem-Winthrop Mass.
August 20/49
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
M W Kirby
ADDRESS Winthrop Mass.
Received and filed. SEP 1^ 1949 19
M.
50m-(e)-10-48-24658
TWEEN ONSET
AND DEATH
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
ANTE Due To CEDENT (b) CAUSES
Due To
(c)
Declined by Medical Examiner
(write the word)
I last saw h.
imlive
August 1719 49
death is said to
(or) WIFE of
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
( if so specify WAR)
(a) Residence. No. (Usual place of abode)
No.
Mass.General Hospital
WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK - THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD
17 NAME OF
FATHER
John Tonry
M R-302 1
Copies of returns of deaths which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased resided in another city or town at the time after the close of the month in which the death occurred. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.) of death should be transmitted on Form R-302 to the clerk of the city or town in which the deceased resided as soon as possible
PLACE OF DEATH
Essex (County)
Dan vers (City or Town)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Danvers (City or town making return)
Registered No.
1.32
Danvers State Hospital, Hathorne, MasgIf dcath No.
St. [ give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME. Charles .A. Burke (If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.) 86 Ingleside Avenue, Winthrop St.
(a) Residence. No. (Usual place of abode)
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death ...
.years ..
1
.months.
days. In place of residence .
.. years
.. .. . months
.days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 DATE OF
DEATH
August 23 1949
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
8 SEX
Male
9 COLOR OR RACE
White
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
(write the word)
Widowed
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY, July 2619 49 to ..
That I attended
August 23
19.
deceased
from
49
I last saw h.
imlive on
August 23 .
19
49 death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above. at
8
P .. ... m.
INTERVAL BE-
DISEASE OR CONDITION
DIRECTLY LEADING
TO DEATH (a)
Arteriosclerotid
heart disease
4 yrs
ANTE
Due To
CEDENT (b)
CAUSES
Due To (c)
OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS
Major findings:
Of operations.
Date of operation.
.Was autopsy performed?
No
What test confirmed diagnosis?
Clinical
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? If so, specify (Signed) Julius W. Fryer M. D.
(Address).
Hathorne, Mass .Date
8/26
..... 19.49
6
Mattawamkeag. .... Cemetery Place of Burial or Cremation (City or Town)
Maine
DATE OF BURIAL
August 26
19.
49
Informant
(Address)
Hathorne, mass .
7 NAME OF
NERAL DIRECTO
Howard S. Reynolds
ADDRESS. winthrop, Mass.
Received and filed 19
SEP 12 1949
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
11 IF STILLBORN. enter that fact here.
12
AGE
79Years
Months .. . .
.Days
If under 24 hours
Hours . Minutes
Retired
13 Usual
Occupation:
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry or Business:
15 Social Security No.
None
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Canada
17 NAME OF
FATHER
Samuel Burke
PARENTS
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Canada
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Elizabeth Mclaughlin
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Canada
21 Mary b. Sheehan
A TRUE COPY
ATTEST:
ere death occurred)
....
DATE FILED
August 29
1949
1
WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK - THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD
50m-(e)-10-48-24658
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of.
Cannot be learned
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
Mass.
(Was deceased a U. S. War Veteran, if so specify WAR)
M R-302 1
Boston
(City or Town)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS
Boston
(City or town making return)
Registered No.
7429 3.3.
f(If death occurred in a hospital or institution,
St. \ give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME .. Philip P Manta
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
114 Plummer St (
St.
Winthrop Mass.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death. ....... .years. months. 2 days. In place of residence 50
.years
.. months.
.days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
9 COLOR OR RACE
W
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED Married
or DIVORCED
(write the word)
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased
from
49
I last saw h.
im alive on.
August ... 31 ... 19 419 .. , death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
11;4OP
.m.
INTERVAL BE-
10a
I, widowed, or divorced
Doris H Loring
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
DISEASE OR CONDITION
DIRECTLY LEADING
TO DEATH (a)
Chronic nephritis
TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH 1 Yr Plus
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE .. 7.0
1
Years
Months
17
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours ....
Minutes
10 Days
Plus
13 Usual Occupation:
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
Ships Chandler
10 Days-plyBusiness:
15 Social Security No.
013-03-3417 ::
Provincetow Mass.
Coronary arterio sclerosis ólFLATE City).
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
diabetes mellitus
12 Yrs plyNAME OF
FATHER
Joseph Manta
Date of operation.
Was autopsy performed?
No
What test confirmed diagnosis?
P.E.Lab.Data
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? If so, specify.
(Signed)
A P Joslin
(Address)
Boston Mass
Date 9-1
49
19
St Peter's Cem-Provincetown Mass.
Place of Burial or Cremation (City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL. Sept. 3/49
19
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
R C Kirby
ADDRESS
Boston Mass.
Received and filed. SEP 20 1949
19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
PARENTS
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Portugal
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Philomena Frada
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Portugal
21
Informant
(Address)
Wice.
A TRUE COPY
ATTEST Lechal
DATE FILED
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred) Sept. 6/49
.19 ..
X
WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK - THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD
3 DATE OF
DEATH
ANTE
CEDENT (b)
CAUSES
(c)
Major findings:
Of operations
6
Copies of returns of deaths which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased resided in another city or town at the time
after the close of the month in which the death occurred. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.)
of death should be transmitted on Form R-302 to the clerk of the city or town in which the deceased resided as soon as possible
CONDITIONS
50m-(e)-10-48-24658
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk (County)
COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
No.
New England Deaconess Hospt
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
(a) Residence. No. (Usual place of abode)
August 31/49
August .... 29
19 ..
49.
to
August 31
19
Due To
Uremia
Due To
Coronary occlusion
country)
IM R-302 1
Copies of returns of deaths which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased resided in another city or town at the time after the close of the month in which the death occurred. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.) of death should be transmitted on Form R-302 to the clerk of the city or town in which the deceased resided as soon as possible
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk (County)
Boston
(City or Town)
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.
749331
Mass. General Hospital
J(If death occurred in a hospital or institution. St. [ give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
John Walters
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
100 Terrace Ave
St.
Winthrop Mass.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death. .. years. ..... .months .. ...... .days. In place of residence. ........... years. .months. days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 DATE OF
DEATH
Sept.2/49
(Month) (Day)
(Year)
8 SEX
M
9 COLOR OR RACE
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
(write the word)
Widowed
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY .
August 26
19
49
to
Dept.2
That I attended deceased
.from
49
19
19
49 death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
8;05P
m.
INTERVAL BE-
TWEEN ONSET
AND DEATH
12 Days
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE
65
Years
Months.
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours.
Minutes
ANTE
CEDENT (b)
CAUSES
Due To
Lower nephron nephrosis
12 Days
Due To (c)
Adynamic ileus
10 Day'
BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
17 NAME OF FATHER John Walters
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Germany
Date of operation
8-31-49.
Was autopsy performed ?.
Yes
What test confirmed diagnosis ?.
autopsy
No
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased ?. If so, specify.
(Address)
(Signed)
F Haase Jr.
Mass. General Hospit 9-3
.19.49
M., D.
Winthrop Cem-Winthrop Mass.
6
Place of Burial or Cremation (City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
Sept.5/49
19
21
Informant
(Address)
Winthrop Welfare Dept.
A TRUE COPY
ATTEST:
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred)
DATE FILED Sept.8/49
.19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
PARENTS
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Frances Wallet
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Germany
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Maurice W Kirby
ADDRESS Winthrop Mass.
Received and filed. .19
SEr 20 1949
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
Alice J Baybutt
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of.
(Husband's name in full)
Upholstering
13 Usual
Occupation :
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business:
Upholsterer Retired
15 Social Security No ..
None
New Haven Conn.
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Major findings:
Of operations.
Cecostomy
50m-(e)-10-48-24658
+
WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK - THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD
No.
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
(a) Residence. No. (Usual place of abode)
I last saw h
im.alive on
Sept. 2
DISEASE OR CONDITION
DIRECTLY LEADING
TO DEATH (a)
Uremia
×
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk ....
(County)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN, SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
To be filed for burial permit with Board of Health or its Agent.
Registered No .. 1.35
No.
50 Marshall Street
J(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. [ give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME. Nina (Kean) Kempton
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence. No.
St.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death 6.0 years. months days. In place of residence .years months days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 DATE OF
DEATH
Jest
(Month)
(Day)
1949 (Year)
8 SEX
Female
White
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
Widowed
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I Jattended deceased from
3. 194$
10a If married, widowed, or divorced HUSBAND of (Give maiden name of wife in full)
I last saw h
alive on
The 3, 19 2 death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at ... m.
INTERVAL BE-
TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE 8@
,82 Years 8 Months 5
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours . Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation :
Housewife
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business:
At Home
15 Social Security No. None
16 BIRTHPLACE (City) (State or country) Novia Scotia
17 NAME OF
FATHER
William Kean
18 BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (City) (State or country) Novia Scotia
19 MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER Annie M Mackenzie
20 BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (City) (State or country Novia Scotia:
21 Informant Richard M Kempton 50 Marshall Street Winthrop
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: Walter S. Bakery (Signature of Agent of Board of Health or othery 1 healthe Stick
(Official Designation)
(Date of Issue of Permit)
9/5/40 16/
50M-2-19-25666
Received and filed.
19
S.E.P.8 .1949
(Registrar)
PARENTS
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased?
If so, specify ..
(Signed)
(Address)
M. D.
9-5-1945
6 Winthrop
Winthrop
Place of Burial or Cremation
(City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL ..
Sept 6 949
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
Forward S Pernell
ADDRESS Winding mas
What test confirmed diagnosis ?.
Due To cutero solecasio
ANTE CEDENT (b) CAUSES
Due To (c)
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Cugina
Major findings:
Of operations
Date of operation
Was autopsy performed?
(write the word)
9 COLOR OR RACE
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT SWas deceased a U. S. War Veteran, if so specify WAR)
N.RUCTIONS 1 FOR CL CERTIFICATE
giving OF DEATH not enter than one te for each , (b) and (c)
's does not mean e of dying, such failure, asthenia,. eans the disease, lications which eath.
bid conditions. iving rise to the use (a) stating derlying cause
ditions contrib- the death but not o the disease or causing death.
IM R-301A 1
Winthrop
(City or Town)
50 Marshall Street (Usual place of abode)
60
(or) WIFE of
Herbert Kempton
(Husband's name in full)
DISEASE OR CONDITION
DIRECTLY LEADING
TO DEATH (a) Cacht hemoch
19
to .....
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 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. 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, specifying the war, and shall also certify in such certificate both the primary and the secondary or imme- diate 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 section 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 nineteen 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 shallexhume 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 inter- ment, 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 physician 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 required of the attending physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical 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, 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 registra- tion. The person to whom the permit is so given and the physician certifying 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 require .- Chap. 114, Sec. 45, G. L., (Tercentenary Edition).
Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of the dead bodies of persons as are supposed to have died by violence, or by the action of chemical. thermal or electrical agents or following abortion, or from diseases resulting from injury or infection relating to occupation, or suddenly when not disabled by recognizable disease, or when any person is found dead. . - General Laws, Chap. 38. Sec. 6., as amended by Chap. 632, Sec. 4. Acts of 1945.
No undertaker or other persons shall bury a human body or the ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until he has received 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 follow- ing 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 physician is absent from home when the certificate of death is needed.
(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths supposably 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.
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