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(Month)
Sept .....
18/57
(Day)
(Year)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased from
Sept ...... 16
19
57
to
Sept. 18
19.
57
I last saw himlive on
Sept ...... 18., 19 ... 5.7, death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
1:57A.
... m.
INTERVAL BETWEEN ONSET AND
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY: IMMEDIATE CAUSE
(a) Arterio sclerotic heart diseaseDEATH
2 Yrs
Due To (b)
Due To (c)
OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS
Pulmonary .... emphysema Bronchio pneumonia
2 Yrs
Days
Was autopsy performed?
What test confirmed diagnosis?
clinical
No
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? If so, specify ..
(Signed)
CL. Clay
M. D.
(Address)
Mass. General Hospt
9-18 .19 57
6
Place of Burial or Cremation (City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL.
Sept. 20/57
19
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
H S RENOLDS
Winthrop Mass .
ADDRESS
Received and filed Uli 11, 1957 19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
M
9 COLOR
W
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
(write the word)
Married
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HEfen Fuller
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE
85Years
6.
Months.
23
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours ........ Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation :
Watchman Docks
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry or Business:
15 Social Security No ....
023-10-3451
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
17 NAME OF
FATHER
Asa Hathaway
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Lucinda Barbour
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(Statc or country)
Helen Hathaway Winthrop Mass.
A TRUE Parles 21. Inactie
ATTEST:
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
Sept.20/57
19
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. (Sec Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. L.)
50MI .11 55.916146
02
1
Registered No.
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
(a) Residence. No ..
(Usual place of abode)
No.
Magg. General Hospt.
PARENTS
21 Informant. (Address)
Lowell Mass.
Winthrop Cen-Winthrop Mass.
Cabot Vermont
Cabot Vermont
RECEIVED
TOWI
11 12
10
SLER
OFF
5
WINTHRO
OCT 111957 AM
X PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk (County)
Boston
-
-
No.
Beth Israel Hospt.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Bosta
(City or Town making this return)
865 91.
(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. )
33 Trident Ave.
St
Winthrop Mass.
(a) Residence. No ..
(Usual place of abode)
Length of stay: In place of death ........... years.
months.
x
days. In place of residence
........ years
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
8
months.
days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 DATE OF
DEATH
Sept. 20/57
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased from
Sept. 4
19
57
to
Sept .20
19.
57
I last saw h ....
1Hive on
Sept
.20
1951, death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
1:15PM
m.
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY: IMMEDIATE CAUSE
Pulmonary embolism
INTERVAL
BETWEEN
ONSET AND
DEATH
Due To
Thromboembolic disease
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Diabetes .tuberculosis
myocardial
Was autopsy performed?
What test confirmed diagnosis ?.
Les
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? If so, specify
(Signed)
A Wolff
M. D.
(Address)
330 Brookline Age
9-20
1957
Chai Odom West Roxbury Mass.
Place of Burial or Cremation
(City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
Sept. 22/57
19
21
Informant
(Address)
Nathan Lappin 256 River Rd.Winthrop Mass.
A TRUE COPY
ATTESA arles H. Mackie
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
Sept .25/57
.. 19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
M
9 COLOR
W
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
(write the word)
Married
10a If r
1, widowed,
iRoge Noble
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE.60
Years.
Months .........
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours ........ Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation :
Electrician
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business:
Retired
15 Social Security No.
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Boston Mass.
17 NAME OF
FATHER
Frank Padovitz
PARENTS
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City).
(State or country)
Aus tria
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country )
Aus tria
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
A Golov
Brookline Mass.
ADDRESS
Received and filed.
OCT I: 1957 19
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(a) (b) 6 resided as soon as possible, after the close of the month in which the death occurred. (Sec Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. I .. ) 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 deccased resided in another city or town Due To (c)
.302 idint avo
1
(City or Town)
Samuel Padovitz
Registered No.
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
VKV
RECEIVED
TOWA
F
معجـ
GILERA
OFI
HRO
OCT 111957 AM
302
1
Boston
(City or Town)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF Lovit CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Boston
192 8632
S(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.)
33 WayWay
St
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death ............ years.
11
.. months.
days. In place of residence.
.......... years ....
months
.days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 DATE OF
DEATH
Sept. 22/57
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
August, 40
to
Sept. 22
That I attended deceased from
19
57
I last saw h ... elalive on
Sept. ..... 2119 57,
death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
4:55AM
.m.
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY: IMMEDIATE CAUSE
(a)
Coronary occlusion
INTERVAL BETWEEN ONSET AND 3'EDays
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE ... 8.7 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:
: Ovm Home
15 Social Security No ...
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Russia
17 NAME OF FATHER ---- White
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
Russia
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
Russ ia
MOTHER (City)
Mass
(State or country)
Albert Wechsler
Brockton M 98.
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Langevin Funeral Home Lawrence Mass.
Received and filed.
OCT 11 65.
19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
F
9 COLOR
W
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
(write the word)
Widowed
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of.
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
Due To
General coronary and cerebral
(b)
arterio sclerosis
10 Yrs
OTHER
Aneurysm descending aorta-
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
history healed duodenal
ulcer
Mos.
Was autopsy performed? What test confirmed diagnosis ?.
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased ?.... NO. If so, specify.
(Signed)
H Morrison
M. D.
(Address)
Boston Mass
Date
9-22 .19 .
5
Cong.Anshe Sfard Cem-Lawrence
Place of Burial or Cremation
DATE OF BURIAL
Sept. 22/57
wn)
21
Informant
(Address)
A TRUE COPY , les H. Mack
ATTEST:
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
Sept.25/57
19
X
6 resided as soon as possible, after the close of the month in which the death occurred. (Sec 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 ot returns of deaths which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased resided in another city or town Due To (c)
SON1-11.55.916145
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk
(County)
No.
Ross-Corey Rest Home
Sarah Meister
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
Winthrop Mass.
(a) Residence. No ....
(Usual place of abode)
Registered No.
(City or Town making this return)
PARENTS
19
ADDRESS
RECEIVED
TOWĄ
OF
in
OFF
MIN
CLERK
S.
4
15
NTHROP
OCT 111957 AM
X
PLACE OF DEATH
Middlesex (County)
Woburn
(City or Town)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Woburn
(City or town making return)
Registered No.
193
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. [ give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME
JEAN LOUISE MURRAY (BABY GIRL)
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
280 Revere St.
St.
Winthrop
(a) Residence. No. (Usual place of abode)
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death.
.. years.
.. months.
6 ... days. In place of residence.
.......... years.
months.
.. days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 DATE OF
DEATH
September
25,
1957
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
8 SEX
F
9 COLOR OR RACE
W
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
S
(write the word)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
9/19
19.
57
to
9/25
19
57
I last saw h ... er ..... alive on.9/.25.
19.5.7 ... death is said to
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE
Years
Months.
6
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)
.Woburn, .... Mass ..
17 NAME OF
FATHER
James Murray
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
E.Boston, Mass.
Date of operation
Was autopsy performed?
What test confirmed diagnosis ?.
Autopsy
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? If so, specify, Daniel I. Joyce
M. D
(Address) Hoburn , Mass.
Date
9/25/
5%
6 Winthrop
Place of Burial or Cremation
(City o. lown)
Winthrop
DATE OF BURIAL ..
September
27,
19.5.7
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Arthur J. O'Maley
ADDRESS
Winthrop, Mass.
Received and filed.
OCT 11 195/
19
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
PARENTS
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Catherine Masterson
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Winthrop, Mass.
21 James Murray
Informant
(Address)
280 Revere St., Winthrop, Mass.
A TRUE COPY
ATTEST:
Francis O. Ryan
Agent
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
9/26
19
57
X
1
ANTE
Due To Marginal Placenta
CEDENT (b)
CAUSES
Previa
9/10
Due To (c)
OTHER
Broncho Pneumonia
9/25/57
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Major findings:
Of operations
Yes
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.)
DISEASE OR CONDITION
DIRECTLY LEADINGImmaturity
TO DEATH (a)
Prematurity
9/19/57
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
have occurred on the date stated above, at
11:00
INTERVAL BE-
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR).
No.
Choate Memorial Hospital
R-302 1
(Signed) ..
Main St.
That I attended deceased from
RECEIVED
TOWA
11 12. 1
١٣٠
CLERK
福:
IN
THROP
OCT 11 1957 AM
302
1
Boston
(City or Town)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS . OVIETEM COPY OF
Boston
(City or Town making this return)
194 8919
$(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. { give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME John J DeCost or DeCoste
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
35 Billows St.
St
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death ........... years.
months.
6
days. In place of residenceL .?...... years.
months.
.days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 DATE OF
DEATH
(Month)
Sept.29/57
(Day)
(Year)
4 I
HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased from
Sept. 29
57
Sept .. 2319. 57
to
I last saw h.IMalive on
Sept .28
, 19 ..... 57
death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
6 .; 20.AM ....... m.
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY: IMMEDIATE CAUSE
(a) Broncho pneumonia
INTERVAL BETWEEN ONSET AND DEATH 1 Week 12
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
AGE
8.7 Years.
.Months.
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours ........ Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation :
Retired Callender Man
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business :
Rubber .... Industry
15 Social Security No ..
None
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Havre Boucher N .S.
17 NAME OF FATHER Frederick DeCoste
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City).
Nova Scotia
(State or country)
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Margaret Begin
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
Nova Scotia
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
John DeCost
21 Informant. (Address)
A TRUE COPY
ATTEST: arla & Macks
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred)
Oct.3/57
DATE FILED
19.
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
M
9 COLOR
W
10 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
Widowed
Sugan Patten
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
Due To (h) 6 resided as soon as possible, after the close of the month in which the death occurred. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, (i. L.) Copies ot returns ot deaths which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased resided in another city or town Due To (c) at the time of death should be transmitted on Form R-302 to the clerk of the city or town in which the deceased
50\1.11.55.915145
X
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk
(County)
No.
New England Deaconess Hospt.
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Registered No.
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
Winthrop Mass.
(a) Residence. No ..
(Usual place of abode)
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
A J O'Maley
Winthrop Mass.
ADDRESS
OCT 15 box 19
Received and filed.
PARENTS
(Signed)
Dr.Steinke
M. D.
(Address)
N.E.Deaconess Hospt.
9-29
57
19
Winthrop Cem-Winthrop Mass.
Place of Burial or Cremation
(City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
Oct. 1/57 19
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.
Years
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Congestive heart failure
19
TOM
6
OCT 1 81037
X 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 Health or its Agent.
.95
Registered No.
[(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. [give its NAME instead of street and number)
HELLING
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT
(Was deceased a
(If deceased is a married, widowed or Hvorted woman, give also maiden name.) ( Perking U. S. War Veteran,
f so specify WAR) ...
NO
(a) Residence. No. 147 Cottage Park Road St.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death years months 8days. In place of residence .. 1Gears .... 6-months. days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 DATE OF OCTOBER
21
1957
DEATH
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
That I attended deceased from
JAN-8, 1957 to OCTOBER 2, 1957
I last saw hERalive on
OCT. 2,, 1957, death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
6:30 Pm.
INTERVAL
BETWEEN
ONSET AND
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY: IMMEDIATE CAUSE
CARDIAC DECOMPENSATION DEATH
(a)
2.wKS
Due TO CEREBRAL
(b)
HEMORRHAGE
2 WKS
Due To
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
(c)
GENERAL-CEREBRAL
PARTIAL PARALYSIS
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
BOTH LEGS.
2 WKS
Was autopsy performed?
100
What test confirmed diagnosis?
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased MO If so. specify .
(Signed)
a.n. Caplan
M. D.
(Add 56 PRINCETON ST
FAST BOSTONDate 10-2, 1952 Woodlawn Cemetery Everett Mass. 6 Place of Burial or Cremation
DATE OF BURIAL October-5.1957 19
7 NAME OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR Alfred B. Marsh ADDRESS 174 Winthrop St. - Winthrop, Mass.
Received and filed 10VL 4 7957 19
(Registrar)
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
9 COLOR
10 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
widowed
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of.
John William Helling
(Husband's name in fully
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE 81 Years.
5 Months 1.1 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.031-05-8436-D
1 YEAR16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
Bermingham
(State or country)
England
17 NAME OF
FATHER
John William Perkins
PARENTS
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City) (State or country) England
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Curtis
20 BIRTHPLACE OF MOTIIER (City) (State or country) England
21
Informant Mrs. Frank M. Pulson
(Address)
147 Cottage Park Road
1 HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued : VPax/2h
(Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other)
(Official Designation)
(Date of Issue of Permit)
V 10/4/97
301A 1
ONS
IFICATE
1g DEATH ter one each nd (c)
ot mean dying. failure, It means compli- caused
f any, rise to (a), under- last.
contrib -- but not terminal on given
ter 137, requires print or use or ath on tes.
-
SOM-5-36-917573
ConvalesCENT
No. Mount 's Nursing Home FRANCES
2 FULL NAME.
(Usual place of abode)
female
white
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 dicd, 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 cffect, 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, nincteen hundred and two, and the Mexican border service of nineteen hundred and sixteen and nineteen hundred and seventecn. 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 chapter forty-six. that the deceased served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such statement and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit it to the clerk of the town for registra- tion. The person to whom the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require .- Chap. 114, Sec. 45, G. L., (Tercentenary Edition).
Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of the dead bodies of persons as are supposed to have died by violence, or by the action of chemical, thermal or electrical agents or following abortion, or from diseases resulting from injury or infection relating to occupation, or suddenly when not disabled by recognizable disease, or when any person is found dead. . - General Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6., as amended by Chap. 632, Sec. 4, Acts of 1945.
No undertaker or other persons shall bury a human body or the ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the cemetery or burial ground in which the interment is made.
Chap. 114, Sec. 46, G, L. (Tercentenary Edition). 1.
RULES OF PRACTICE
The fulfillment of the purpose of these laws calls for the observance of the follow- ing rules of practice:
(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury.
(2) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only as those of persons who, though disabled by. recognized, disease unrelated to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attendance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of death is needed.
(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), and, by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons) thermal, or electrical agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease resulting from injury dr 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.
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