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R-302 1
NoGoldions Homo Hospital
3 DATE OF
DEATH
(Nompt.16,1952
(Year)
(write the word)
RECEIVE)
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OF
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O.F.
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OCT17
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1
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk (County)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Chelsea
(City or town making return)
Registered No.
569
2 FULL NAME Baby Girl DoMl
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence. No. 45 ... Towksbury. ............
(Usual place of abode)
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
Santi10,1052
(Month)"
(Day)
(Year)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased from
19.
to
19
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of.
(Husband's name in full)
have occurred on the date stated above, at ..... 05A ... .m.
DISEASE OR CONDITION DIRECTLY LEADING TO DEATH (a)
Stillborn
Due To
ANTE
CEDENT (b)
CAUSES
Intrauterine asphyxia
Due To (c)
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Major findings:
Of operations.
Date of operation
Was autopsy performed?
What test confirmed diagnosis?
INTERVAL BE- TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. stillborn
12
AGE
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:
15 Social Security No.
16 BIRTHPLACE (City).
(State or country)
Chelsea, Lass
17 NAME OF
FATHER
Savino
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Schenectady NY
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Ilary Pagrassa
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Italy
(Addre oval Hospital .... Date) .... 9 .52.19
6 o Maldon or Town) DATE OF BURIAL Sept. 2. 1952
19
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
J. Vincent Hurray
ADDRESS
Rovere Hass
Received and filed.
OCT 17 95
19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
21 lins Savino Delleo
Informant
(Address)
45 Lovicsbury St Winthrop
A TRUE COPY.
ATTEST:
....
Jeph a. Tyrrell.
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
Sept.23,1952
.
19
206
St.
Vinthron
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
Mass.
(write the word)
Fomalol
9 COLOR OR RACE
White
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
Single
I last saw h.
......
alive on
19
death is said to
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 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
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? If so, specify
(Signed). Walter.G.Leonard M. D.
PARENTS
50m-(e)-10-48-24658
R-302 1
No. .U.S.NavalHospital
.....
J(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. [ give its NAME instead of street and number)
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
8 SEX
RECEIVES
TOW
INTH
OCT17 AM
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)-11-49-900,475
PLACE OF DEATH
Essex
(County)
1
Danvers.
(City or Town)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Danvers
(City or town making return)
Registered No.
207
No. Danvers State Hospital, Hathorne.
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution. ... St. [ give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME. Joseph F Haley (If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.) 68 BERCOW ST.
name. v. L. )
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
(a) Residence. No. 104 .Highland Ave.
St. ... inthrop.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death .. years ..... ] ..... months.2 ...
.days. In place of residence.
... years.
.months.
.. days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 DATE OF
DEATH
September
20,
1952
(Year)
(Month)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased from
Aug. 18, 19 52. to Sept. 20,
19.5.2 ...
I last saw him alive on Sept. 20, 152 , death is said to
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of.
Anna E. Quinlan
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of.
(Husband's name in full)
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGES.O.
Years
Months .. 2.8 .. Days
If under 24 hours
Hours .....
Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation:
Accountant
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry or Business:
15 Social Security No.
16 BIRTHPLACE (City).
Charlestown
(State or country)
Mass.
17 NAME OF
FATHER
Joseph F. Haley
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
Boston
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Mass.
19 MAIDEN NAME Catherine Reilly OF MOTHER
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased?
If so, specify
(Signed).
Andrew Nichols 3rd,
M. D.
(Address).
Danvers, Mass
Date 0/25/ 19 ... 57
6 Holy Cross Sem. alden Place of Burial or Cremation (City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL.
September 23, 1958
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
John F. Offvalley
ADDRESS
Winthrop, Miss.
Received and filed.
OCT14 1952
19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
8 SEX
Male
9 COLOR OR RACE
White
10 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
lidowed
have occurred on the date stated above, at 1 0:15 am. INTERVAL BE- TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
DISEASE OR CONDITION DIRECTLY LEADING TO DEATH (a) ·Gerebral Hemorrhage
ANTE
Due To
CEDENT (b)
Encephalomalacia
months
yr3
CAUSES
Essential Hypertension
Due To (c)
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Major findings:
Of operations.
Date of operation.
Was autopsy performed ?.
Yes.
What test confirmed diagnosis ?......
ODSY
PARENTS
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
Boston
(State or country)
Lass.
21
Informant
Mary ..... Sheehan
(Address)
Hathorne, Mass.
A TRUE COPY
ATTEST:
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
September
29
19.
19 52
R-302
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
(Usual place of abode)
RECEIVED
TOWI
OF
11 .12 1
ERK
KINTH
SV
OCT14 AM
+
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
Winthrop (City or town making return)
208
J(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. Į give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME. Annie Rachael Connelly.
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence. No. 91 Bartlett Road
St.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death .... ...... years. ...... .months. .days. In place of residence3.6 ... years. months .days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 DATE OF
DEATH
October 2 1952
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
8 SEX
9 COLOR OR RACE
10 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
married
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY.
That I attended deceased from
March 6
52
to.
October 2
1952
I last saw her
alive on
October 2
19 52
death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at.
9:00
.m.
INTERVAL BE-
(or) WIFE of.
James Henry Connelly
(Husband's name in full)
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE.82 Years.
... ] (Months ...
.4 ... Days
If under 24 hours
Hours. .. .. Minutes
ANTE
To Chimici refinitiv
CEDENT (b)
CAUSES
July 28, 19/0-2
13 Usual
Occupation:
housework
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business:
own home
15 Social Security No ...
025-18-5774-B.
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Mass
17 NAME OF
FATHER
David Callahan
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
So. Boston
(State or country)
Mass.
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Jennie Foster
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
Framingham, Mass
MOTHER (City) ... ebbexxxxxob.vadx-
(State or country)
21
Informant
Mrs ...... Frank.E. Fraser
(Address)
37 Bellevue Ave, Winthrop.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued:
ADDRESS ..... ] 74 ... Winthrop St .Winthrop Mass.
Walter f Haber
Received and filed.
6-1952
19
(Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other? Health signature of fiche 10/4/154 ....
""(Official Designation) (Date of Issue of Permit)
A TRUE COPY ATTEST:
(Registrar)
PARENTS
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to'occupation of deceased ?.
If so, specify ...................
(Signed)
Dorothy Cheney Ipfalz
No
M. D.
(Address) 197 Warleider The Date Oct of
1952
6 Winthrop Cemetery, Winthrop Mass Place of Burial or Cremation (City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL October 6 1952 19.
June 13
Due To (
Cerebral Semanas.
with Bladder tresis!
(c)
195-2.
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Major findings:
Of operations.
Date of operation.
Was autopsy performed ?.
What test confirmed diagnosis?
SOM (A)1-51 903586
R-301 1
IONS TIFICATE ng DEATH nter n one each nd (c)
not mean ring, such asthenia, e disease, ns which
nditions, ise to the ) stating cause
contrib- h but not isease or ng death.
DISEASE OR CONDITION DIRECTLY LEADING /remece
TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH 3 days
TO DEATH (a)
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
female white
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
(Usual place of abode)
Registered No.
No. 91 .... Bartlett ... Road
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Wefeel B. March
Worcester
...
5
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 belicf 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 samc. 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 relicf expedition and the Philippine insurrection, which shall, for said purposes, be deemed to have taken place between February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and nincty-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 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 chaoter 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.
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 of burial ground in which the interment is made.
Chap! 144.12 Seq 46. G. L., (Tercentenary Edition).
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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 an formofduty .. Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only as those of persons though disabled by recognized disease unrelated to any form of injuryin Thars 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 trapyatism (including resulting septicemia), and by the action of chemical (drugs of 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
-301 A
Suffolk (Count, )
Winthrop (City or Towh)
No. 93 Almont Street
The Commonwealth cf lassachusetts 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. 209
Registered No.
St. § (If death occurred in a hospital or institution, { give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
William Hinchcliffe
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
PHYSICIAN-IMFORTANT (Was deceased a U. S. War Veteran, if so specify WAR)
(a) Residence. No ..
93 Almont Street
(Usual place of abode)
(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 45
yrs.
mos.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 SEX
Male
4 COLOR OR RACE
White
5 SINGLE (write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
Married
5a If married
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
widowed or dirgget Ann Jennings
(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.
71
Years
4
Months.
16 Days
If less than 1 day
Hours.
Minutes
Usuai
Machinist
Industry
10 or Business:
Railroad
11 Social Security No.
023-10-6817
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or Country)
England
13 NAME OF
FATHER
John Hinchcliffe
14 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City) ..
(State or Country)
England
15 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER Rose Ann Tingle
16 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City).
(State or Country)
England
17 Informant Mary Ann Hinchcliffelat Selationgifegy) 93 Almont St. Winthrop (Address)
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filled with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: Wattiet Rapino
(Signature of szent of Board of Health or other)
H.C
(Official Designation) (Date of Issue of Permit)
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
DEATH
Detoler
2 1952 (Year)
Fejet 5 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
1951 to ...
That Latter ded deceased from Queria 2,52
I lastsaw hatte alive on. Cect.2, 1952 death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
Duration
Immediate cause of death .. Carcinoma left lung 0
· General Concinnatores
Due to.
Other conditions.
Uremia
24 hours
(include pregnancy within 3 months of death)
IMPORTANT Major findings: Bropey (Carcino Physician Of operations.
of lung time ate of Cet 1951 Underline Of autopsy. muove e cause to which death should.be charged sta- clinical & What test confirmed diagnosis ?. tistically.
20 Was disease or injury in any yay related to occupation of deceased? If so, specify LO OGvaupo .M. D. (Signed) CHO C (Ad 50562 Flurday Dy 10/3/2
21 ....
Winthrop
Winthrop
Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal.
OctoberWB
19 ..
52
DATE OF BURIAL
22 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
ADDRESS
Received and Filed.
OGT 6 1952
19
(Registrar)
If deceased was a U. S. War Veteran, G. L. Chap. 46 , Section 10, requires physicians to insert a recitai to that effect. PARENTS
100M-10-47-22153
1
PLACE OF DEATH -
St.
(Month)
(Day)
9 Occupation:
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 ar.y 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 tlie 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-scven of said chapter one hundred and fourteen, the word "war" shall include the China relict expedition and the Philippine insurrection, which shall, for said purposess; 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 ninės teen hundred and seventeen. G. L. Chap. 46, Sec. 10.
No undertaker or other person shall bury cr 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 aforeseid or from the clerk of the town where the body is buried. No such permit shall ! c issued until there shall have been delivered to such board agent or clerk, as the case may be, a satisfactory written statement containing the fatis 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 rc- quired of the attending physician. If death is caused by violence, the medi- cal examiner shall make such certificatc. 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 sconer 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).
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