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SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DATE OF ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE
DATE OF DISCHARGE RANK, RATING
ORGANIZATION AND OUTFIT
SERVICE NUMBER
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PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk (County)
Winthrop Mass
(City or Town)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS STANDARD
To be filed for burial permit with Board of Health or its Agent.
87
Winthrop Community Hospital No. Ernest
BAUM
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
170 Cliff 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:
9 hours 19 minutes
8
.. years months days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 DATE OF DEATH April
(Month)
30
(Day)
1956 (Year)
8 SEX
MAle
9 COLOR OR RACE
WHITE
10 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED WIDOWED or DIVORCED
MARRIED
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY.
That I attended deceased from
June, 1950. to .. April 30 1956
I last saw him alive on
April 30, 1956
th is said to
INTERVAL BE-
have occurred on the date stated above, at. 10:00A.m.
TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE
73
Years Months Days
If under 24 hours
Hours ...
Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation:
Dentist
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business :.
RetiRED
15 Social Security No.
015-28-6795
16 BIRTHPLACE (City).
(State or country)
Poland
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
None
CONDITIONS
Major findings:
Of operations.
None.
Date of operation
What test confirmed diagnosis ?.
Clinical
Was autopsy performed ?. No
No
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? If so, specify. Cheartes Liberman (Signed). M. D. (Address) 1 Deathsup Maso Date 4/30/19570
6 DeTH
ISRael
Place of Burial or Cremation
AARON Golov
7 NAME OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR. 1668 Beacon ST- Brookline ADDRESS
MAY 1 1956 19
Received and filed
(Registrar)
PARENTS
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
CANNOT BE LEARNED
0
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
TOLAND
21 Informant (Address) ITO CILFF Que WinThroi
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued:
Walter . Hakerz. (Signature of Agent of Board of Health-or other)
Thatthe Quete
5/1/56
(Official Designation)
(Date of Issue of Permit)
V.I.v
STRUCTIONS FOR AL CERTIFICATE
In giving E OF DEATH not enter re than one se for each ), (b) and (c)
is does not mean de of dying, such failure, asthenia, means the disease, plications which death.
orbid conditions, giving rise to the ause (a) stating derlying cause
nditions contrib- the death but not to the disease or n causing death.
e :- Chapter 137. of 1954, requires cians to print or he cause or causes eath on death cates.
50M-3-54-911887
J(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. \ give its NAME instead of street and number)
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT
(Was deceased a U. S. War Veteran, if so specify WAR)
No
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
Lena Conten
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)
Coronary Thrombosis
· Arteriosclerotic
ANTE
CEDENT (b)
CAUSES
Heart Disease
Due To (c)
36 hrs
10yrs.
17 NAME OF FATHER CANNOT BE LEARNED
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
P
OlAND
DATE OF BURIAL
MAY 2
1956
EVERETT
Lena Baum
RM R-301A 1
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Registered No.
2 FULL NAME
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 deccased, 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.
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
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 deccased, to the best of his knowledge and belief, served inthe | (so to do from the board of health or its agent appointed to issue such permits, or army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any war in which it has been --- if there is no such board, from the derk of the town where the body is to be buried engaged, insert in the certificate a recital to that effect, specifying the war, and for the funeral is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the shall also certify in such certificate both the primary and the secondary or immer ..!: cemetery or burial ground in which the interment is made. diate cause of death as nearly as he can state the same. For neglect to comply :Chap. 114. Sec. 46, G. L., (Tercentenary Edition). 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-sevent- of said chapter one hundred and fourteen, the word "war" shall include the China RULES OF PRACTICE relief expedition and the Philippine insurrection, which shall, for said purposes; be deemed to have taken place between February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and The fulfillment of the purpose of these laws calls for the observance of the follow- ing rules of practice: ninety-eight and July fourth, nineteen hundred and two, and the Mexican border: service of nineteen hundred and sixteen and nineteen hundred and seventeca. G. L. Chap. 46. Sec. 10.
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.
No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose of a human body ?(?)." Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only as those of in a town, or remove therefrom a human body which has not been buried, until he 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. 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. ... (3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths supposably H 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. remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or from one grave of 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 Statement of Cause of Death .- Physicians: see explanatory instructions on face side of standard certificate of death. 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 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. 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
SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DATE OF ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE DATE OF DISCHARGE RANK, RATING ORGANIZATION AND OUTFIT
SERVICE NUMBER
1 R-302 1
Bost.a
(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 this return)
217588
Registered No.
$(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. ( give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
Hilda Beyer
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
250 Shore Drive
St
Winthrop
ass.
(a) Residence.
No.
(Usual place of abode)
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death ........... years.
months 45
.days. In place of residence ........... years. 3 months 2. .. days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
F
9 COLOR
W
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
(write the word)
Married
10a If married, widowed, or divorced HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
Edward I Beyer
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
AGE
54 Years
Months.
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours ........ Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation :
Housewife
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry or Business:
15 Social Security No.
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
17 NAME OF FATHER
Benjamin Gewirtz
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
Hungary
FATHER (City) (State or country)
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
Russia
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
21 Informant (Address)
Edward I Beyer
A TRUE COPY
ATTEST:
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
March 7/56
19
X
WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK - THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD
5
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(b) resided as soon as possible, after the closc of the month in which the death occurred. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.) at the time of death should be transmitted on Form R-302 to the clerk of the city or town in which the deceased Copies of returns of deaths which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased resided in another city or town Due To (c)
7
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk (County)
No.
Carney Hospt.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 DATE OF
March 3/56
DEATH
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
January 18/56
to
That I attended deceased from
March 3
56
19
I last saw h ... @@live on
March .... 3
19 56
death is said to
have occurred on the date stated ahove, at
11:45A
m.
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY: IMMEDIATE CAUSE
(a)
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Due To
Aneurysm right internal
carotid
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Was autopsy performed? Les What test confirmed diagnosis?
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased ?. If so, specify.
(Signed) Nelson .... Xavier M. D.
(Address)
Carney Hospt .
Date ..
3-3
19
56
Tefereth Israel Cem-Everett Mass.
6 Place of Burial or Cremation
DATE OF BURIAL
March 4/56 Town)
.19
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Fall River Mas's.
ADDRESS
Received and filed MAY 21 1956 19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
INTERVAL BETWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
45 Days 12
PARENTS
Chelsea .... Mas.s.
Lizzie Rosenzweig
Fisher Memorial Chapel
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
so specify WAR)
RECEIVE )
TOMA
1/ 12
/THROP
MAY21 AM
I R-302 1
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 CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Boston
(City or Town making this return)
2369
Registered No.
80
S (If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. { give its NAME instead of street and number)
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
23 Sagamore Åte
Winthrop Mass.
St
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death ........... years.
months.
7
days. In place of resident 5
... years ..
.months.
.. days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
March 7/56
(Day)
(Year)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased from
19
56
March 7
19
56
19.
, death is said to
5;30A
m.
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY: IMMEDIATE CAUSE
(a)
Myocardial fibrosis
and adrenal insufficiency
Due To
Hemochromatosis secondary
(b)
to transfusions.
Years
5 Yrs
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
M
9 COLOR
W
10 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED Widowed
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
10a If married, widowed,
HUSBAND of
sirridy
Levine
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of.
(Husband's name in full)
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
48
AGE
Years
9
Months.
27
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours ........ Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation :
Grocery Clerk
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business :
15 Social Security No ...
024-07-8227
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Russia
17 NAME OF FATHER David Staretz
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
Russia
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Fanny Bravanick
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Russia
21 Informant. (Address)
Hogpt Records Boston Mass
A TRUE COPY las 21. Inacka
ATTEST:
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred) March 13/56
DATE FILED
19
(Registrar of City
Town where deceased resided)
PARENTS
(Address) VAH Boston Mass.
Date
3-7
56
19
Sharon Mem. Cem-Sharon Mass.
March 8956r Town) .19
A Golov
Brookline Mass
ADDRESS.
Received and filed .....
MAY 29 1956 19
50M.11.55.916145
2 FULL NAME (a) Residence. No. (Usual place of abode) 3 DATE OF DEATH (Month) Feb.29 to. I last saw h ........ alive on - - have occurred on the date stated above, at (c) OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS (Signed) E Sharton 6 Place of Burial or Cremation DATE OF BURIAL 7 NAME OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR resided as soon as possible, after the close of the month in which the death occurred. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.) at the time of death should be transmitted on Form R-302 to the clerk of the city or town in which the deceased Copies of returns of deaths which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased resided in another city or town Due To Aplastic anemia
No.
Veteran's Adm.Hospt.
Harry Staretz
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
W W #11
INTERVAL BETWEEN ONSET AND DEATH Weeks
Was autopsy performed ?..
yes
What test confirmed diagnosis ?..... autopsy
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased NO. If so, specify.
M. D.
WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK - THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD
RECEIVED
TOIV
OFFICE O
11 12
1
2 PR.
MIN
5
6
Entered Service July 17,1942
Discharged Sept.22,1945 Corporal 0462APmy Service No. 6705798
-
X
Sulllis (County)
Watterol (City or Town) proThrop Community Hospital
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS MEDICAL EXAMINER'S CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
To be filed for burial pormit with Board of Health or its Agent.
Registered No. ........
90
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution,
St. [ give its NAME instead of street and number)
Katherine Baker 2 FULL NAME.
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
77 Read St. Winthrop
St.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
55 years
5
.days. In place of residence.
.months.
.days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
9 SEX
Female White
11 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED Married
11a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of.
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
Alban C Baker
(Husband's name in full)
12 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
13
80
O
Months.
9
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours .......
.. Minutes
14 Usual
Occupation:
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
15 Industry
or Business:
Own home
16 Social Security No
None
17 BIRTHPLACE (City).
(State or country)
Prince Edward Island
18 NAME OF
FATHER
John Mattocks
19 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City).
(State or country)
Ireland
20 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Caroline McNeil
21 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country) Prince Edward Orland.
22
Informant
Alban C Baker
(Address) 77 Read St Winthrop, Lass,
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: Walter & Bakery
(Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other) Theattle Milicer 5/3/56
"(Official Designation)
(Date of Issue of Permit)
Every Item of
N. B. - WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK-THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD.
MARGIN RESERVED FOR BINDING
of Death. See reverse sida for extracts from the laws relative to the return of certificates of daath. DEATH in plain terms, so that It may be properly classified undar tha International Classification of Causes Information should be carefully supplled. MEDICAL EXAMINERS should stata CAUSE AND MANNER OF
50M-10-53.910621
Received and filed
MAY 3 1955
19
....
(Registrar)
PARENTS
M. D. 1956
8 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
ADDRESS
21151
PLACE OF DEATH
RM R-303 A 1
(a) Residence.
No.
(Usual place of abode)
Length of stay: In place of death
.....
.... years ..
months.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 DATE OF
1-1956
DEATH
(Monthy
(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: (If an injury was involved, state fully.)
Fractured Right terne:
......
Cestino Vclerotic MeantDiciare
Myocardial Infarction
5 Accident, suicide, or homicide (specify) Ceccidental
Date and hour of injury.
april-9- 1956
Where did
Writtenop
Injury occur?
(City or town and State)
Did injury occur in or about home on farm, in industrial place, or in public
place?
(Specify type of place)
While at work?
Was autopsy performed?
6 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased?
If so, specify ....
The Brickle, M. D.
(Signed)
(Address)
Winthrop
Winthrop
7
(City or Town)
Place of Burial, or Cremation.
DATE OF BURIAL
May
3
.......
1956
If deceased was a U. S. War Veteran, G.L. Chap. 46, Section 10. requires physicians to insert a recital to that effect.
Ma
fell accidentally at her home
Injury / ..
(How did injury occur?)
Nature of ahr- 9-1956
Injury
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT (Was deceased a U. S. War Veteran, if so specify WAR)
10 COLOR OR RACE
AGE
Years
Housewife
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 scction one, where same was contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last seen alive by the physician of 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 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
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