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(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 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.
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MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 DATE OF
DEATH
AUGUST (Month)
28 M59 (Year)
(Day)
That I attended deceased from
1954
I last saw
He falive on
. 19
AUG 29
1959. , death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY : IMMEDIATE CAUSE
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCT
(a)
INTERVAL BETWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX F
9 COLOR
W
10 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARTHED
WIDOWED
OF DIVORCED
wilowed
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of CherIps
Charles White
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE
83
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 :
akery
15 Social Security No ..
020-12-8965
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Roland
17 NAME OF
FATHER
Abraham Schwer
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Poland
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
(CBL)
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Poland.
21 Informant for Abraham While
(Address)
71 Hitshere Rd Winthercibo
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued :
(Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other)
2 2 7 3 37
8-79-54
(Official Designation)
(Date of Issue of Permit)
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PLACE OF DEATH
SUFFOLK (County)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS STANDARD
OUT - OF - TOWN
To be filed for burial permit with Board of Health or its Agent. 08199
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Registered No.
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.)
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR).
218
(a) Residence. No.
156 SHIRLEY ST.
St ..
(UINTHRET, MASS.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death years 1 months days. In place of residence
years 10
months
days.
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
AVE 28
54
HAVE 24
Que To
· CORONARY ARTERY DiSORSE
Due To (c)
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT PROBABLE LYMPHOMA
CONDITIONS
Wa> autopsy performed ?
No
What test confirmed diagnosis ?..
Was disease or Dujury in any way related to occupation of deceased? He f so, specify)
(Signed)
336 Brookland Hal Date Quez 79 1959
M. D.
(Address)
6
Titereth Israel of Northrop Everett Place of Burial or Cremation (Cityfor Town)
DATE OF BURIAL August 30 19.54
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Hymen J Torf Service.
ADDRESS 151 Washington que Chelsea.
Received and filed
SEP -1-1959
19
PARENTS
1
BOSTON (City or Town)
BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL No. ETTA WHITE
(Usual place of abode)
615 4
m.
(Give maiden/game of wife in full)
1
s. if any, : rise to ause (a). 'he under. last.
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DEC 1&1959 AM
PLACE OF DEATH
SUFFOLK (County)
BOSTON (City or Town) ~
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS STANDARD
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
OUT -OF - TOWN To be Aled for burial permit with Board of Health 219 or its Agent 08383
Registered No.
f(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).
1/0
(a) Residence. No. 833 Shirley St.
St ..
Winthrop
Mass.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
(['sual place of abode)
Length of stay: In place of death
years
months
days. In place of residence
years
months
days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 DATE OF September
1
1959
DEATH
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
4I HEREBY CERTIFY
That weattended deceased from
August
September
1
59
19
Wolast saw h
imhve on
September 1, 59
have occurred on the date stated above, at
3:20 A
m.
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY: IMMEDIATE CAUSE
(a) Peritonitis
Due To
Perforation of sigmail
(b) .
colon
8d
Due To
Diverticulosis +
(c)
diverticulitis
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Diabetes mellitus
Was autopsy performed?
What test confirmed diagnosis?
Yes
Autopsy
5 Was disease of injury in any way related to occupation of deceased ?
No
If so, specify
(Signed)
-Chillay
, M. D.
Chorles L. Clay, M.D.
9/1/
1959
6 Old Calvary Counting
Place of Burial of Cremation,
(City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
Nept 4
1955
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Frank H. Fally
ADDRESS
196 HaarAnd It Brookline
SEP 4 1959
19
Received and filed
Charles H. IMack gi yer)
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
NI
9 COLOR
n/
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCED
Single
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(Ilusband's name in full)
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AG
74
Years
Months
... Days
If under 24 hours
Hours . Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation :
Prison
Guncola
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business :
HERIsland
15 Social Security No.
None
16 BIRTIIPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Se -Boston
17 NAME OF
FATHER
John J. Tevens
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
Ireland
FATIIER (City)
(State or country)
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Ellen M. (unknown)
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country )
deelund
21
Margery
Informant
s) 18 Westbourne Du Brighter
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filled with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued:
(Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other)
E 21443
(Official Designation)
9-3-55
( Date of Issue of Permit)
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2 FULL NAME.
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
No. Henry PATRICK TEEVENS
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(write the word)
18.59
19-
in
INTERVAL
BETWEEN
ONSET AND
DEATH
8d
?
(Address) Are't Dir, Mass. Can't Hosp.
Date
Boston
PARENTS
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A TRUE COPY ATTEST:
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk Bounty) BOSTON (City or Town)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
OUT - OF - TOWN To be filed for burial -permit with Board of Health 08371220
Registered No.
J(If death occurred in a hospital or institution. St. { give its NAME instead of street and number)
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT
2 PULL NAME
REBECCA
COHEN
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
170 CLIFF AVE.
(a) Residence. No.
(Usual place of abode)
Length of stay: In place of death
years
2
months
1
days. In place of residence 50 years
months
days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 DATE OP
DEATH
SEPT.
(Month)
2 1959
(Day)
(Year)
8 SEX
female
9 COLOR OR RACE
white
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
of DIVORCED
widowed
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY.
JULY 3. 159
to
SEPT. 2
1959.
I last saw hER alive on
SEPT. 2 . 1.51, death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above. at 520 P. m.
INTERVAL BE- TWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
11 IP STILLBORN. enter that fact here.
12
AGE
Years
Months
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours
Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation :
HOTEL KEEPER (RETIRED)
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business:
HOTEL
15 Social Security No.
NONE
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
RUSSIA
17 NAME OP
FATHER
(UNKNOWN)
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
PATHER (City)
(State or country)
RUSSIA
19 MAIDEN NAME
OP MOTHER
(UNKNOWN)
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
RUSSIA
21 Lena Baum
Informant
(Address)
170 Cliff Ave. Winthrop, Mass.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: Claire Baldwin
(Signature of Agent of Board of Health of other)
E 043 45
2/3/59
(Official Designation)
(Date of Issue of Permity
+
-
-
---
(write the word)
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(Husband's name in full)
DISEASE OR CONDITION
DIRECTLY LEADING
TO DEATH (a) ARTERIOSLEROTIC HEART
DISEASE
YEARS
ANTE
Due To
CEDENT (b)
CAUSES
Due To (c)
OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS
Major findings:
Of operations
Date of operation
Was autopsy performed?
What test confirmed diagnosis?
S Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased?
Il so, specify ....
george Cloutier
M. D.
(Address)
(Signed)
74/ FENWOOD Rd.
Date
9/2 1951
Puriton-Mt.Sinai (Lebanon). W. Roxbury 6 Place of Burial or Cremation (City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL September 4, 1959
1 NAME ofenJ.F.Solomon
Valor Funeral chapel. PUNERAL DIRECTOR ..
ADDRESS
420 Karvoll St. Brooklin
Received and filed
SEP .4 1959
19
Charles H. Mack(jura)
PARENTS
ODM.8-55-915025
R-301A -
CTIONS ERTIFICATE
ving DEATH enter ian one or each ) and (c)
es NOI mean dying. such are. asthenia. I the disease. L'ions which
i conditions. et rise to the J (a) stating 420 URS Contrib- Heath but not disease or using death.
Chapter 137. 154. require. e: to print or · use or ceuses on death ...
No. .
GLENSIDE HOSPITAL
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran. no .
(if so specify WAR)
WINTHROP, Mass.
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
That I attended deceased from
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(or) WIPE of
JACOB COHEN
99
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A TRUE COPY ATTEST: Charles i. Mackie Cit: Petrar
F.
DEC 1 41959 AM
Copies of returns of deaths which occurred in your city or town in case the deceased resided in another city or town resided as soon as possible, after the close of the month in which the death occurred. (See Chap. 46, Sec. 12, G. I .. )
25M-2-58-922072
7 NAME OF
Schlossberg xem. Chapel
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Mattapan
ADDRESS
Received and filed.
DEC 23 1959
59
(Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided)
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
9 COLOR
Wht.
10 SINGLE
(write the word)
MARRIED
WIDOWEndowed
or DIVORCED
-
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
Israel Leventhal
(or) WIFE of
(Husband's name in full)
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
A
Years.
Months ..
Days
At home
13 Usual
Occupation :
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business :
034-14-3660 D
15 Social Security No .:
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)a. (State or country) Dithuantu
17 NAME Morris A. Smaller FATHER
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (Citp),thuania
(State or country}-
19 MAIDEN NAMEheins R. OF MOTHER
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (Citylithuania
(State or country)
21 Tillie Richards
Informant.
(Address)
Mattapan
A TRUE COPY
, no
ATTEST!
(Registrar of City or Town where death occurred)
DATE FILED
12-18-
19
59
2
R-302 1
PLACE OF DEATH
Middlesex
(County) Everett
(City or Town)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts EDWARD J. CRONIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
-
EVERETT
(City or Town making this return)
221
Registered No.
$(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. ¿ give its NAME instead of street and number)
(Smaller)
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
-
St
Winthrop
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
.days. In place of residence.5.
... years
.... months.
.days.
Eva Leventhal
2 FULL NAME
(a) Residence. No ...
58 Summit Ave.
(Usual place of abode)
Length of stay: In place of death ........... years ....
months 7
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 DATE OF
DEATH
Hor.
17
1959
(Year)
(Day)
(Month)
11-17
I last saw ___ alive on
have occurred on the date stated above,
3.552.
.. m.
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY: IMMEDIATE CAUSE
Infarction of intestina
(a)
Due Atherosclerosis of Aorta
(b)
Due To
(c)
Hypertensive-A-S Heart Dia
OTHER
Bronchopneumonia
SIGNIFICANT
Was autopsy performed?
yUS
What test confirmed diagnosis ?
(Address)
Malden
Date ..
Sharon Mem. Park
6
Place of Burial or Cremation
DATE OF BURIAL
at the time of death should be transmitted on Form R-302 to the clerk of the city or town in which the deceased
CONDITIO
plastic Anemia
nos.
That I attended deceased from
4 1 HEREBY CERTIFY,
11-3-
1959 to
159
17
18G .... , death is said to
INTERVAL BETWEEN ONSET AND DEATH dy .
yrs,
È aks.
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased ?.. 0 If so, specify.
(Signed)
Peter Sapienza
M. D.
11-17-
15.9
(Gity or Town)
59
No ..
Whidden Hospital
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
PARENTS
If under 24 hours
.Hours ........ Minutes
Own home
THROP
DEC 2 31959 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
To be filed for burial permit with Board of Health or its Agent.
222
Registered No.
$ (If death occurred in a hospital or institution,,
St. { give its NAME instead of street and number)
Hayward
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
21 Grovers Ave
St
....... (If nonresident, give city or town and State)
60
days. In place of residence
.. years.
months.
.. days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
Female
9 COLOR
White
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
or DIVORCEDdowed
10a If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of ...
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
William J. Clark
(Husband's name in full)
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE
78
Years
Months .........
.Days®
If under 24 hours
.Hours ......
.Minutes
13 Usual
Housew'fe
Occupation :
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
Own Home
or Business :
15 Social Security No ..
Charlestown
Mass
17 NAME OF
FATHER
Henry E. Hayward
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
Charlestown
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Mass
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Mary McCloskey
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City).
(State or country)
South Boston
Mass
21 Miriam C. clark
Informant.
(Address)
21 Grover Ave., Winthrop
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: Talkle @ fireaung .
(Signature of Wgent of Board of Health or other)
Thealete Officer
15/8/59
(Official Designation)
(Date of Issue of Permit)
V
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SIFICATE
ng DEATH nter one each and (c)
not mean dying, 4 failure, It means r compli- caused
if any, rise to (a), under- ie last.
years
-
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
None
CONDITIONS
Was autopsy performed?
no
What test confirmed diagnosis ?
clinical
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? no If so, specify .......
Arthur@. murray
M. D.
Arthur
C. Murray
(Address) Nathrop
Boston
6 Calvary
(City or Town)
Place of Burial or Cremation
December 9
19.59
DATE OF BURIAL
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Winthrop. Mass
ADDRESS
DEC 8 1959
19
Received and filed.
(Registrar)
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 DATE OF
December 6, 1959
DEATH
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
December 19 55,
to.
6
December,
19
59
That I attended deceased from
I last saw hey alive on
6 December, 1959, death is said to
have occurred on the date stated ahove, at
2:30 p.m.
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY: IMMEDIATE CAUSE
Cerebral Hemorrhage
(a)
INTERVAL BETWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
6 days
(b)
Generalized Arteriosclerosis
Due To (c)
100M-11-55.916145
2 FULL NAME
No. 21 Grover. Ave
Miriam H. Clark
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
(a) Residence. No.
(Usual place of abode)
Length of stay: In place of death ........... years.
... months.
(write the word)
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
PARENTS
Date Dec
1959
Arthur J. O'Maley
tapter 137, , requires to print or cause death on ricates.
contrib. h but not terminal tion given
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- te 'n, 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
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).
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 front disease unrelated to any form of injury. .. 6
(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 Examinera will investigate and certify to all deaths supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused directly or indirectly by traumatism (including betting septicemia), and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons) thermal. or electrical agents, and deaths following abortion. but also deaths from disease resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, and those of persons found dead.
Statement of Cause of Death .- Physicians: see explanatory instructions on face side of standard certificate of death.
Statement of Occupation .- Precise statement of occupation is very import- ant, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person aged 10 years or over. If the occupa- tion had been given up or changed, or if the deceased had retired from business, report the kind of work done during most of working life even if retired. Children not gainfully employed may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose only occupation was that of home housework, write housework. For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper-private family, cook-hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation whatever write none.
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