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RECEIVED
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YINTHROP
MAY13 AM
I R-302 1
PLACE OF DEATH
SUFFOLK BUSTON
(City or Town)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
BOSTOI
(City or town making return)
Registered No. 3449
99
J(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. [ give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME.
ROSANNA NICHOLS
(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.
15 Dolphin
St.
Winthrop, Mass
(If nonresident, give tity or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death.
.......... years.
1 ... months ... ].9 .. days. In place of residence ... ].5 .. years.
.months
days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 DATE OF
DEATH
April
9
195.3.
8 SEX
F
9 COLOR OR RACE
10 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
widow
4I HEREBY CERTIFY,
2/21
19
to ...
4/9
That
I attended deceased from
19
53
53
death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at 5:550
.. m.
INTERVAL BE-
DISEASE OR CONDITION
DIRECTLY LEADING
TO DEATH (a) Bacteremia Aerogenos
TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH 2wks
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE:74 Years ... 8 Months ... ]2 Days
If under 24 hours
.. Hours.
Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation:
housewife
2wks.
14 Industry
or Business:
At home
15 Social Security No.
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Canada
17 NAME OF
FATHER
Joseph H Renault
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City).
(State or country)
Canada
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER -unknown-
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
·
A TRUE COPY
ATTEST: ....
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
Apr 13
.19
53
(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 P .... Bonnet
(Signed).
(Address)
MMH
Date 4/10 1953
6 Place of Burial or Cremation
Amesbury Mass (City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
Apr .. 13
15.3
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
E .... Jutras
ADDRESS.
Amesbury Mass.
Received and filed
TY 11 1953
.19
25M.(B)-11-51.905807
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 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.)
R Ford-Med. Exam. - 4-15-53
ANTE
Due To
Abscess in peritoneum
CEDENT (b)
CAUSES
& thrombocytopenia
Due To
Decubitus Ulcers
hemorrhagic-gastritis
4wks
OTHER
Intertrochanteric frac-
SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS
Major findings:
Of operations.
Nailing fracture rt hip
Date of operation.
2/24/53
Was autopsy performed ?.
yes
What test confirmed diagnosis? clin-autopsy
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
I last saw h
er
alive on
4/9
(or) WIFE of
Celestin Nichols
(Husband's name in full)
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
(Usual place of abode)
Mass Memorial 8spitals
No.
21
Informant
(Address)
NNichols
St. Joseph's Com
M. D.
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
RECEIVED)
TOM
11 1,2
1
7
6
THROP.
MAY11 APT
M R-302 1
PLACE OF DEATH
SUFFOLK (County) ON
(City or Town)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
BOSTON
(City or town making return)
Registered No.
100
3.9.35
No.
New England Deac des s Hospt.
J (If death occurred in a hospital or institution. St. [ give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME.
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
224 Bowdoin St
St.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death.
.. years ....
months.
11
days.
In place of residence.
.years.
months
.days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 DATE OF
DEATH
(Month)
April ... 22/53
Day"
(Year)
4I HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased from
April 11, 53
to
Apr.il ... 22 19.5.3
I last saw h ....... e.L.alive on
April 22
19.53
death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
10:18A
m.
INTERVAL BE-
TWEEN ONSET
AND DEATH
DISEASE OR CONDITION
DIRECTLY LEADING
TO DEATH (a)
Cerebral thrombosis
15
ANTE
Due To
CEDENT (b)
Cerebral arter io
sclerosi s.
3 Yrs
Due To (c)
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Diabetes mellitus
Major findings:
Of operations.
Date of operation
.Was autopsy performed?
Yes
What test confirmed diagnosis ?.
au top sy.
PARENTS
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
Woodstock N.B.
FATHER (City).
(State or country)
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Julia Marra
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
Canton ... Mass ..
LT-22-53 (State or country)
6 Place of Burial or Cremation
Pine Grove .... Cem
Chyauto Mass.
DATE OF BURIAL
April .... 25/53
19
21
Informant.
(Address)
Ruth Phinney
Daughter
A TRUE COPY
ATTEST:
1
7
ADDRESS.
Received and filed.
MAY 181053
.19.
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
8 SEX
F
9 COLOR OR RACE
W
10 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
Widoved
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
Frank B Phinney
(or) WIFE of.
(Husband's name in full)
11 IF STILLBORN. enter that fact here.
12
AGE
74
Years
3
Months
4
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours
Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation :
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business:
Own Home
15 Social Security No.
None
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
Lynn Mass.
11 Yrs (State or country)
17 NAME OF
FATHER
Charles R Churchill
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased?
If so, specify.
E C Miller Jr.
M. D.
(Signed).
(Address)
New Eng. Deaconess Hospi
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Boston Mass.
J S Waterman & Sons
25M.(B)-11-51-905807
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, CAUSES
Esther E Phinney
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran.
Winth Pop Ma'ss.
(a) Residence.
No.
(Usual place of abode)
29
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
............
April 27/53
.19.
Housework
VECCIV
1
T21
D
6
MAY 1C AM
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.)
25m-(c)-11-49-900.475
PLACE OF DEATH
SUFFOLK
(County) BOSTON
(City or Town)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF MEDICAL EXAMINER'S CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Boston
(City or town making return)
Registered No.
4217
101
J(If death occurred in a hospital or institution. St. [ give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
60 Waldemar Ave. E .B .
(Was deceased a U. S. War Veteran, if so specify WAR)
WWII
(a) Residence. No. (Usual place of abode)
St.
(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
3 DATE OF
April 30, 1953
DEATH
(Month) (Day)
(Year)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have investigated the death of the person above-named and that the CAUSE AND MANNER thereof are as follows: Off an injuryas inykreditssfullybrain
external & internal hemorrhage for-investigation(UNDER INVESTIGATION)
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
9 SEX M
10 COLOR OR RACE
11 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
married
11a If married, widris edrine Rais
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
12 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
13
AGE.
Years
38
.Months ..
.. Days
If under 24 hours
Hours ......
.. Minutes
14 Usual
Occupation :
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
15 Industry
or Business:
16 Social Security No.
17 BIRTHPLACE (City).
(State or country)
Italy
18 NAME OF
FATHER
Domenic Paci
19 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City).
(State or country)
Italy
20 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Eliz. Donale
21 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Italy.
22
Mina Paci
Informant :?..
(Address) 18 Yaino St. Winthrop-sister
A TRUE COPY.
ATTEST:
Hay5.7.953
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred) Charles H. Mackie
DATE FILED
19
X
5 Accident, suicide, or homicide (specify).
Date and hour of injury 19
Where did Injury occur? (City or town and State)
Did injury occur in or about home, on farm, in industrial place, or in public place?
Manner offound sh Specify type pf plage) own bed
Injury
(How did injury occur?)
Nature of
Injury
While at work?
.Was autopsy performed?
yes
6 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased ?.
If so, specify
(Signed)
W. J. Brickloy
M. D.
Boston
4-30-53
(Address) Date ..
Winthrop Com. Winthrop
7 Place of Burial, or Cremation. (City_or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL. May 4, 1953 .19
8 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
William ... E ... Peni
ADDRESS
971 Saratoga St. E. B.
Received and filed
MAY 19 1053
19
of death should be transmitted on Form R-305 to the clerk of the city or town in which the deceased resided as soon as possible
IR-305 1
No.
60 Waldemar Ave. E.B.
Angelo Paci
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
PARENTS
shoe maker
(write the word)
-
:1
....
Y
6
C:THROP.
MAY 19 PH
VETERANS INFO : -
NOT KNOWN WILL MAIL
X
PLACE OF DEATH
SUFFOLKL (County) Boston (City of Town)
No. Mass . Mem.log.pt.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
(City or town making return)
Registered No .....
402 1182
1(If death occurred in a hospital or institution. St. [ give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME ..
(If deceased is Janmi widowed ordlifewoman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence. No.
(Usual place of abode)
7.Vine Ave.
St.
Winthrop Moss
(If Homresident, 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
(write the word)
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCENidoved
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY. That I attended deceased from
April L'
19 ..
53.
to
April 30
0
53
I last saw h.
e
... alive
on
Apr11 30/53
... death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
7:35PM.
INTERVAL BE- TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
DISEASE OR CONDITION
DIRECTLY LEADING
TO DEATH (a)
Congestive heart failure
8 Hr
ANTE
Due To
CEDENT (b)
Hypertensive.arterio
sel erotic cardio vascular
Due To
disease
8 Yrs
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Major findings:
Of operations.
None
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.
P-Bonnet
(Signed)
750 Harrison Avete
5-1 19
Winthrop Cem Winthrop Mass.
6 Place of Burial or Cremation (City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
May 2/53
19
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
H S Reynolds
ADDRESS
Winthrop Mass.
Received and filed.
MAY 18 1953
19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
PARENTS
18 BIRTHPLAC
Joseph Englis
FATHER (City)
(State or country) Gloucester Mass".
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Mary U.
"akes
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Gloucester Mass.
21
Informant
(Address)
Old Age Bureau
A TRUE COPY
ATTEST:
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
May 4/53
.19
25M-(B)-11-51-905807
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.)
T.
M R-302 1
3 DATE OF
DEATH
CAUSES
(Address)
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,
(c)
10a
If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of.
Charles Sprinmy
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE ..
Years.
69
20
Months 12
... Days
If under 24 hours
.Hours
Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation:
Handorwirt @one during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business:
At Home
15 Social Security No ...
None
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Gloucester Lass .
17 NAME OF FATHER
M. D.
........
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
(Month)
ARS+1 30/52Year)
GECE !!
.
6
MAY 18 : AM
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,
25M-(B)-11-51-905807
PLACE OF DEATH
L.SUFFOLK BOS for
1
(City or Town)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
BOSTON
(City or town making return)
Registered No.
42021.03
J(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. { give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
Nellie V Paul
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
.
St.
Winthrop
Mass
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death.
.......... years.
months1.
days. In place of residence. .73 years. months. .days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 DATE OF
DEATH
(Month)
May
2653
(Year)
8 SEX
F
9 COLOR OR RACE
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWEDSingle
or DIVORCED
(write the word)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY.
That I attended deceased from
April 13 19 53.
to
May 2
1953
I last saw h
.alive on
May 2
19.3 .. , death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above. at .OSA
m.
INTERVAL BE- TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE77
Years.
Months
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours ......
Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation:
Retired Mill ner
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry or Business:
15 Social Security No.
16 BIRTHPLACE (City).
(State or country)
Brookline M-ss.
17 NAME OF
FATHER
Shubael M Paul
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Solon Maine
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Flora A Kincaid
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
East Madison Maine
(State or country)
21
Informant
(Address)
G ... E.B.Paul ....... Jr ..
A TRUE COPY
Charles H. Mackie
ATTEST:
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred) May 5/53
DATE FILED
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
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)
Myocardial
infaret
ANTE
Due To
CEDENT (b)
CAUSES
Due To (c)
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Gastro intestinal
Days
Major findings:
Of operations.
bleeding
Date of operation.
.Was autopsy performed?
What test confirmed diagnosis ?.
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased?
If so, specify.
(Signed)
No
(Address)
Beth Israel Hospt
.. Date
5-2
19
5$
6 "Place of Burial Forest Hills Boston, PRO
DATE OF BURIAL
May 5/53
19
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
R J Belyea
Dorchester Mass.
ADDRESS
Received and filed.
MAY 1. 195.
19
M R-302 1
No.
Beth Israel Hospt.
-
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR).
(a) Residence.
No.
125 Cliff Ave.
(Usual place of abode
Days
PARENTS
H Greenbaum
M. D.
19
X
1.
INTEROP.
MAY 18
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk (County)
Winthrop
...
(City or Towy 3 Pauline No. .
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.
Registered No.
104
[(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. [ give its NAME instead of street and number)
Donald Raymond Perez
2 FULL NAME
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT
(If deceased is a married, widowod or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
3 Pauline
St.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
3 .years ... -... . months .. ... days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
Male
9 COLOR OR RACE
White
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
(write the word)
Married
or DIVORCED
10a If married, widowed, or divorced HUSBAND of .- Clarvida C. Dallo (Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE
33 years
Months
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours ... ... Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation :...
Longshoreman. (Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business:
15 Social Security No ....
012-16-4840
16 BIRTHPLACE (City).
(State or country)
Halifax Canada
17 NAME OF FATHER Emanuel Perez
18 BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (City) (State or country)
Spain
19 MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER Unknown
20 BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (City) (State or country)
Canada
21 Informant Clarinda C. Perez (Address) 3 Pauline St, Winthrop
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit perant was issued:
ADDRESS Y Proctor Que Severe, mais Walter & thaler8
Received and filed. MAY 7 1353 19
(Registrar)
>
Due To (c)
OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS
Major findings:
Of operations.
Date of operation Privaly - Ne glary
What test confirmed diagnosis?
PRIVATELY
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? No If so, specify. (Signed) (Address) 186 Pringetan_SB Date 5-7-53/19
En Caplan mi M. D.
6 WinthropCemetery, Winthrop Place of Burial or Cremation 4 (City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL. Malay 8
1953
100M-(D)-10-48-24858
May
4,
1953
(Year)
(Month)
(Day)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased from
May 3 % 1953.
to
may Y, 1953
I last saw him alive on.
may 3
195 J. death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at 12 45 Am.
DISEASE OR CONDITION
DIRECTLY LEADING
TO DEATH (a)
Conway
Themanis
INTERVAL BE- TWEEN ONSET ANO DEATH 24hrs
Due To
Carmeny
ANTE
CEDENT (b)
CAUSES
Heart Durant
.
PARENTS
1
(Signature of Agent of Board of Health of other)
Freakthe Office 5.7.57
(Official Designation)
(Date of Issue of Permit)
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran.
if so specify WAR)
no
(a) Residence. No. (Usual place of abode)
Length of stay: In place of death. 3 years ..
... months - .days. In place of residence
3 DATE OF
DEATH
CTIONS R RTIFICATE ing · DEATH enter an one r each and (c)
s not mean dying, such e, asthenia, the disease, ions which
conditions. rise to the (a) stating ng cause
is contrib- ath but not disease or sing death.
45
7 NAME OF
Charles Bruno +Som
.. Was autopsy performed? yes
-
R-301A 1
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.
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 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.
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