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DATE FILED
June
16
19 52
302
1
Rovere
(City or Town)
No. .
Revere .... Memorial ... Hospital
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, after the close of the month in which the death occurred. (See Chap. 46. Sec. 12. G. L.)
25M.(B)-11-51-905807
ANTE Due CEDENT (b) Chronic Myocarditis I mo CAUSES
Due T
General Arterio-
(c)
sclerosis
vrs
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
DISEASE OR CONDITION
DIRECTLY LEADING
TO DEATH (a)
Cerebral Embolus
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
RECEIVEA
6
JUL29
PLACE OF DEATH
Essex (County)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS HT COPY OF
Darvers
(City or town making return)
1
Danvers.
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
J(If death occurred in a hospital or institution,
St. [ give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME. Arnie Louise Forgan (If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
(a) Residence. No.
90 Fremont
(Usual place of abode)
St.
Winthrop
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death.
4 years.
8.months.
12.days. In place of residence.
......
.years ..
months ..
.days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 DATE OF
DEATH
June
15.
1952
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
Female
White
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCEDSingle
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased from
April 10
50
19
to
June 16,
19
52
I last saw h ..... @.T ... alive on
June 16.
., 19 ....
5,2death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at.
12:10 am.
INTERVAL BE-
(Husband's name in full)
TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGB?
Years.
Months A Days
If under 24 hours
Hours ..
Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation:
UnRibeor done Glfing most of working life)
14 Industry or Business:
15 Social Security No.
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Lingland
17 NAME OF
FATHER
Samuel Morgan
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City).
(State or country)
England
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Ellen Seario
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
21 Informant ... (Address) Hary . Shechan
A TRUE COPY
ATTEST:
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
June
23,
19
52
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
PARENTS
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased?
If so, specify
(Signed) .....
Andrewnichols 3.
M. D.
(Address).Danvers _ass.
te 6/201 1952
6
DATE OF BURIAL.
June 15
18.2
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR.Hoard.S ....... Reynolds
ADDRESS
"inthron"
Received and filed.
JUL. 1 6 1352
19
........
.....
yrs.
ANTE
CEDENT
CAUSES
Due To
(b)
Due To (c)
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
.Bronchial .... Asthma
Frs
Major findings: Of operations.
Date of operation
Was autopsy performed ?. NO
What test confirmed diagnosis ?..
Clinical & Lab.
25M (E)-6.50.902253
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 after the close of the month in which the death occurred. (See Chap. 46, Ser 12, G. L.)
(City or Town)
No.
Danvers State Hospital, Hathorne
Registered No. 141
302
DISEASE OR CONDITION
DIRECTLY LEADING
TO DEATH (a).
heart disease
Arteriosclerotic
8 SEX
9 COLOR OR RACE
(write the word)
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of.
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of.
1
JUL 1 C 1."
PLACE OF DEATH
Middlesex (County)
Tewksbury ..... Mass.
(City of Town)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
TEWKSBURY STATE HOSPITAL AND INFIRMARY (City or town making return)
Registered No.
162 142
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. [ give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
Frank E. Edwards
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence. No.
(Usual place of abode)
65 Plummer Avenue
St.
Winthrop
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death.
1.4years ...
.O.months ... 2.3.days. In place of residence.
......
.years.
months.
.. days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 DATE OF
DEATH
June
30
1952
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
8 SEX
Male
9 COLOR OR RACE
White
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCEDIarried
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
June 7
19 ... 3.8 ,
to
That I attended deceased from
June
30
52
I last saw h
im.alive on.
June .30
19.52
death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at ... 3 ..
p.
.. m.
INTERVAL BE-
(Husband's name in full)
DISEASE OR CONDITION
DIRECTLY LEADING
TO DEATH (a)
Arteriosclerotic
Heart Disease
TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE ..
81 Years
8
Months.
15 Days
If under 24 hours
Hours.
Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation :
Locksmith
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business:
15 Social Security No ..
None
16 BIRTHPLACE (City).
(State or country)
Mass.
17 NAME OF
FATHER
Charles 0. Edwards
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
Boston
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Mass.
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Louis Glines
Gray
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country}
Maine
21 Informant (Address)
A TRUE COPY
ATTEST:
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred)
Received and filed.
19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
PARENTS
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased ?.. If so, specify.
(Signed)
H. B. Grainger
M.D.
(Address)
T. S. H ... and. I., Tewksbury.
Date
7/1/
19 .. 5.2
Winthro.p.
6 Place of Burial or Cremation
Winthrop (City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
July 11
152
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
John F. O'Maley
ADDRESS
Winthrop ..... Mass.
DATE FILED
June 30
19
52
×
302
after the close of the month in which the death occurred. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.)
25m-(b)-11-49-900,475
Due To
Generalized
ANTE
CEDENT (b)
CAUSES
Arteriosclerosis
Yrs .
Due To (c)
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Major findings:
Of operations.
Date of operation.
.Was autopsy performed ?.
No
What test confirmed diagnosis ?.
Clinical
NO
Yrs.
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
Minnie Hannah
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of.
Chelsea
Hospital Records.
1
No. ...... TEWKSBURY. STATE. HOSPITAL and. INFIRMARY
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
(write the word)
RECEIVES
12
1
-3
MIN
6
JUL 31
52
1
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk (County)
Winthrop (City or Town)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
To be filed for burial permit with Board of Heaith or its Agent.
Registered No.
143
J(If death occurred in a hospital or institution,
St. Į give its NAME instead of street and number)
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT (Was deceased a U. S. War Veteran, if so specify WAR) -
(a) Residence. No.
9.7
Toodside Ave
St.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death .years.
months. 13 days. In place of residence 40years
.months
.days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 DATE OF
DEATH
July
(Month)
(Day)
1
1952
(Year)
8 SEX
Male
White
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
Ma maCED
(write the word)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
Sept.
19.0.7
to.
That I attended deceased from
Valy
19-2
10a If married, widowed_or divorced
HUSBAND of.
Adelaide L
Mulloy
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE
6 Bars
Months
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours .. ... Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation.
Guard
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business:
Bank
15 Social Security No.
020-14-3277
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
East . Boston
(State or country)
Mass
17 NAME OF
FATHERchael
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
East
Boston
(State or country)
Mass
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Elizabeth
Mc Laren
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (East.
B.o.s.ton
(State or country)
Mass
21
Informant
Adelaid Larkin
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the buriahor transit permit was issued:
V
Watter H. Bakery
Signature of Agem of Board of Health or other)
Health Officer
7/1/52
(Date of Issue of Permit>
(Registrar)
10 hrs
ANTE
Due To
CEDENT (b)
CAUSES
Heart Disease
4 yrs
Due To
(c)
Coronary
OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS
Major findings:
Of operations.
Date of operation.
Was autopsy performed?
What test confirmed diagnosis?
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? ne-
If so, s
Vysapli esperone
M. D.
(Signed)
(Address) You Wishampla unt Date 7-1
196
6 Winthrop
Winthrop
Place of Burial or Cremation (City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
7 NAME OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR
tomaty
ADDRESS
79
Atlantic
St
Received and filed.
1950 19
SOM (B)-1-51 903586
01A 1
NS ICATE
ATH er ne ch i (c)
mean g, such thenia, . liscase, which
itions, to the stating cause
ontrib- but not ase or death.
No.
2 FULL NAME.
William Jankeri
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(Usual place of abode)
I last saw himy alive on Ske 30, 1952 death is said to have occurred on the date sched above, at 5: 20 Am INTERVAL BE- TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
DISEASE OR CONDITION) DIRECTLY LEADING TO DEATH (a) formany
9 COLOR OR RACE
PARENTS
3
1952
.19
(Address)
97
Woodside Ave
(Official Designation)
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 cleath 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 «leceased, 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-cight 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 (lied; 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 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 ce 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 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.beld, or from a person appointed to have the care of the cemetery or. burial ground in which the interment is made.
Chap 114, Ser. 46 .. G. L., (Tercentenary Edition).
6 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.
JU Berry of Health(physicians will certify to such deathsonly 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.
Statement of Cause of Death .- Physicians: see explanatory instructions on face side of standard certificate of death.
Statement of Occupation .- Precise statement of occupation is very import- ant, 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 occupa- tion had been given up or changed, or if the deceased had retired from business, report the kind of work done during most of working life even if retired. 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, however, 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
1A
1
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk. (County)
Practicole (City of Town)
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 ita Agent.
Registered No.
144
2 FULL NAME ..
04 Highland ane Pest Thome Maly a De Casta ( Carta)
J(If death occurred in a hospital or institution,
St. Į give its NAME instead of street and number)
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
(a) Residence.
No.
(Usual place of abode)
Length of stay: In place of death
years.
months /4 days. In place of residence.
25 years
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
.. months
.days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
Hnul
9 COLOR OR RACE
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
i
oplidad.
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of.
LeandroAll'asta
(Husband's name in full)
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE
75 Years
Months
.Days
If under 24 hours
Hours ..
Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation :
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business :.
Theme
15 Social Security No.
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
atorin
17 NAME OF
FATHER
Manuel Carta,
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
Chores
FATHER (City) (State or country)
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Jessie Cabral
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Chaves
-
21
Manuel Du Gosta
Informant
(Address)
97 Court Tid
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: Walter A. Bakerg V
(Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other)
Realthe Office 7/3/52
(Official Designation)
(Date of Issue of Permit)
(c)
mean such enia, sease. which
ions. o the ating cause
utrib- t not e or eath.
une
Date of operation
.Was autopsy performed?
clinical .
What test confirmed diagnosis ?.
lab
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased?
If so, specify ...
(Signed Hace a. Chai
(Add) Ste Peverlag en Date
M. D.
7/3/2
6 Thaty Crise Place of Burial or Cremation
(City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
195 2
7 NAME OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR ..
ADDRESS
Received and filed
19
(Registrar)
2yrs.
artenoschematic heart disease
3 yrs
OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS
TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH 1 hr
ANTE
CEDENT
(b)
angina Pectoris
CAUSES
47
to.
That I
July 2/57
July 1, 1950 death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at ... . m.
INTERVAL BE-
DISEASE OR CONDITION
DIRECTLY LEAPLeute Commany
TO DEATH (a)
Jumboais
2
1952 (Year)
(Month)
(Day)
attended
deceased from
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
Jan. 10
19
I last saw her.
.alive on.
(write the word)
3 DATE OF
DEATH
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.) y Court PPd. St.
-
CATE
TH
100M-(D)-10-48-24656
Major findings:
Of operations.
PARENTS
To Micono
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 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.
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