Town of Winthrop : Record of Deaths 1962, Part 22

Author: Winthrop (Mass.)
Publication date: 1962
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 510


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Was autopsy performed?


no


What test confirmed diagnosis Clinical ..... & .... laboratory


5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? no ... If so, specify


(Signed)


Mi. Traunstein


M. Traunstein, Jr./


M.D.


(PRINT OR TYPE SIGNATURE)


(Address)


73 Bartlett Rdate ..


June 719 62


Winthrop Cemetery Winthrop Mass


6


Place of Burial or Cremation


(City or Town)


DATE OF BURIAL


June 9,1962


.19


7 NAME OF


FUNERAL DIRECTOR


Cafel 13 March


ADDRESS


174 Winthrop St Winthrop Mass


Received and filed


JUN 8 1962


19


(Registrar)


8 SEX


male


9 COLOR


white


single


10 SINGLE


(write the word)


MARRIED


WIDOWED


or DIVORCED


10a If married, widowed, or divorced


HUSBAND of


(Give maiden name of wife in full)


(or) WIFE of


(Husband's name in full)


DEATH WAS CAUSED BY : IMMEDIATE CAUSE


(a),


Arteriosclerotic & hyper-


tensive heart disease with


Due To


coronary sclerosis


(b) Generalized arteriosclero-


sis


Due To (c)


OTHER


SIGNIFICANT


CONDITIONS


Chronic bronchitis


If under 24 hours


2 yrs


4 yrs


PARENTS


te Chapter 137, 0 1954. requires tens to print or e cause or of death on rtificates, and 48, Acts of quires Physi- print or type I der signature.


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NR-301A 1


No.


14 Pleasant Park Road


Registered No.


SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION


DATE OF ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE


DATE OF DISCHARGE


RANK, RATING


ORGANIZATION AND OUTFIT


SERVICE NUMBER


LERKI


JUN -81962 AM


RULES OF PRACTICE


The fulfillment of the purpose of these laws calls for the observance of the following 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 un. related 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 occu- pation, 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 impor- tant, 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. Chil. dren 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.


X PLACE OF DEATH


Suffolk (County)


Winthrop (City or Town)


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts JOSEPH D. WARD SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS


STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Registered No.


112 ....


§(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. ( give its NAME instead of street and number)


PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT


2 FULL NAME


Anna K. Green (First Name) (Middle Name) (Last Name) {if so specify WAR)


( If deceased is a married. widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)


90 Highland Ave ..


.St.


(If nonresident, give city or town and State)


Length of stay: In place of death 50 years months.


.days. In place of residence. 50 .. years .months ............ days.


MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS


3 DATE OF


DEATH


June 9, 1962


(Month)


(Day)


(Year)


Female


9 COLOR


White


10 SINGLE


MARRIED


WIDOWED


or DIVORCEDngle


4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,


to.


15 May


, 1962


9


June


19


62


That I attended deceased from


I last saw her .. alive on


9


June


1962


.... , death is said to


have occurred on the date stated above, at 5:30 P. m.


DEATH WAS CAUSED BY : IMMEDIATE CAUSE


(a)


Malnutrition


INTERVAL BETWEEN ONSET AND DEATH 1 year


Due To


(b)


Esophageal Obstruction


Due To


(c)


OTHER


SIGNIFICANT


CONDITIONS


Oral Sepsis


No


Was autopsy performed?


What test confirmed diagnosis?


Clinical


5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? If so, specify/ ...


NO


(Signed


ned Arthur@Murray.D


Arthur C. Murray, M.D.


(PRINT OR TYPE SIGNATURE)


(Addres


Winthrop, Mass. Date 11


June 1962


6 Cambridge Cemetery Cambridge


Place of Burial or Cremation


(City or Town)


DATE OF BURIAL June 12 19.62


7 NAME OF


FUNERAL DIRECTOR


Arthur T, O'Maley


ADDRESS


Winthrop, Mass


Received and filed


JUN 11.1962


19


( Registrar )


PARENTS


17 NAME OF


FATHER


Jeremiah Green


18 BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (City) (State or country) Ireland


19 MAIDEN NAME


OF MOTHER


Emeline L. Beckett


20 BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (City) Cambridge (State or country) Mass


21 Emmeline Green


Informant


....


(Address)


90 Highland Ave. Winthrop


I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was bled with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued:


(Signature of Agent, of Board of Health or other)


Thatthe Office


6/11/62


Il (Official Designation)


(Date of Issue of Permit)


X


-


ds not mean of dying, eart failure, c. It means or compli- rich caused


os, if any, ve rise to luse (a), The under- use last.


ons contrib- Nath but not tethe terminal dition given


11.C.


Chapter 137, 954. requires ns to print or e cause or Sof death on ctificates, and e 48, Acts of Iluires Physi- t print or type u der signature.


NR-301A 1


No. .......


90.Highland Ave ...


........


[ ( Was deceased a ¿ U. S. War Veteran,


(a) Residence. No. (Usual place of abode)


8 SEX


(write the word)


10a If married, widowed, or divorced 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.


Years.


Months.


Days


If under 24 hours


.Hours.


.. Minutes


13 Usual


Occupation :


At Home


(Kind of work done during most of working life)


14 Industry


or Business :


Mone


15 Social Security No.


16 BIRTHPLACE (City)


(State or country)


2 years


10


years


To be filed for burial permit with Board of Health or its Agent.


CTIONS )R CERTIFICATE n iving OF DEATH it enter han one or each ) and (c)


-6928145


SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION


DATE OF ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE


DATE OF DISCHARGE


RANK, RATING


ORGANIZATION AND OUTFIT


SERVICE NUMBER /10


OF TOWN


GILERA


V


7


HROZ


RULES OF PRACTICE


The fulfillment of the purpose of these laws calls for the observance of the following rules of practice :


(1) Attending physicians will certify to such death HUN at theog gerens to whom they have given bedside care during a last inness H related 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 occu- pation, 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 impor . tant, 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. Chil- dren 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.


X PLACE OF DEATH


SUFFOLK (County)


Winthrop City OF Town)


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts JOSEPH D. WARD 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.


No. WINTHROP COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Northin


[(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.


(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)


129 Cliff Ave., Winthrop


St.


(If nonresident, give city or town and State)


Length of stay: In place of death.


.years.


months.


.days.


In place of residence.5.2.


.years


months ..


.days.


MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH


3 DATE OF


June


9


1962


DEATH


(Month)


(Day)


(Year)


That I attended deceased from


1962


I last saw hMMMalive on


JUNE


9


19 62, death is said to


have occurred on the date stated above, at


1.45 P.m.


DEATH WAS CAUSED BY: IMMEDIATE CAUSE


CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE


(a)


Due To


(b)


HYPERTENSIVE +ARTERIO-


Due To


(c)


SCLEROTIC HEART DAS


OTHER


SIGNIFICANT


CONDITIONS


NONE


Was autopsy performed?


No


Wbat test confirmed diagnosis?


CLINICAL


5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? If so, specify


(Signed)


Ingran b. King


M. D


MYRON N KING


(PRINT OR TYPE SIGNATURE)


(Address) ZUL PLEASANT


WINFA Date 6/9/06/20


6 Blue Hills ..... Cemetery Braintree.,


Place of Burial or Cremation


(City or Town)


DATE OF BURIAL


June .... 12,1962


19


7 NAME OF


FUNERAL DIRECTOR


alfred B. Marsle


ADDRESS


174 Winthrop Street, Winthrop,


Received and filed


JUN 13-1962


19


(Registrar)


8 SEX


male


9 COLOR


white


10 SINGLE (write the word) married


MARRIED


WIDOWED


or DIVORCED


10a If married,


HUSBAND of


Errzabeth Frances Marsh


(Give maiden name of wife in full)


(or) WIFE of


(Husband's name in full)


11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.


12


AGE


.. 6.5 Years.


2


Months.


2 ...... Days


If under 24 hours


Hours.


Minutes


13 Usual


retired traffic manager


Occupation :


(Kind of work done during most of working life)


14 Industry


or Business : ...


wholesale deturgent Mfg


15 Social Security No.


029-12-4995


Bradford


16 BIRTHPLACE (City)


(State or country)


England


17 NAME OF


FATHER


Percival William Marsden


18 BIRTHPLACE OF


FATHER (City)


(State or country)


England


19 MAIDEN NAME


OF MOTHER


Mary Jane Northin


20 BIRTHPLACE OF


Mas MOTHER (City)


(State or country)


England


Mrs. Clarence N. Marsden


21 Informant (Address) 129 Cliff Avenue, Winthrop


I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of deatb was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: Mass. Talkle E. Sereance ....


(Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other) Heutele Afficher 6/11/62


(Official Designation)


(Date of Issue of Permit)


1.V.BV


1


STICTIONS


ACERTIFICATE


iving F DEATH at enter r han one se or each >) and (c)


as not mean of dying, gart failure, c. It means or compli- rich caused


s, if any, ve rise to zuse (a), he under- luse last.


naions contrib- of wrath but not the terminal dition given


:el Chapter 137, 011954. requires iens to print or e cause


or Bof death on ctificates, and te 48, Acts of qquires Physi- I print or type uder signature.


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R-301A 1


113


Registered No.


2 FULL NAME Clarence/Marsden (First Name) (Middle Name) (Last Name)


(a) Residence, No. (Usual place of abode)


1 hr . 5min.


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS


4 I HEREBY CERTIFY


APRI1


19 .. 59,


JUNE


INTERVAL


BETWEEN


ONSET AND


DEATH


1 DAY


3 YRS


PARENTS


5


SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION


DATE OF ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE


DATE OF DISCHARGE OF


RANK, RATING


1.7


ORGANIZATION AND OUTFIT


S


SERVICE NUMBER


7 ..


JUN 1 31962 PM


RULES OF PRACTICE


The fulfillment of the purpose of these laws calls for the observance of the following 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 un- related 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 occu- pation, 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 impor- tant, 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. Chil- dren 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.


X


SUFFOLK (County) BOSTON (City or Town)


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts KEVIN H. WHITE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS


OUT - OF - TOWN


(City or Town making this return)


58.75414


Registered No.


f(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. Į give its NAME instead of street and number) PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT


2 FULL NAME.


Joel Ginsberg


(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)


47 Summit Avenue


Winthrop,


Mass.


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


June 11 1962


DEATH'


(Month)


(Day)


(Year)


IHEREBY CERTIFY,


19 ....


62


to .....


June ...


.1.1


19 ... 62 ...


XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX000


have occurred on the date stated above, at


4:45A.


DEATH WAS CAUSED BY: IMMEDIATE CAUSE


(a) Acute ..... Renal ..... Failure.


Due To


Meningococcal Meningitis


(b)


with Waterhouse Friederikson


Due To (c)


Syndrome.


3days


14 Industry


or Business:


AT SCHOOL


15 Social Security No .. .


NONE


16 BIRTHPLACE (City).


(State or country)


BUSION


MAS5


17 NAME OF


FATHER


BENJAMIN GINSBERG


PARENTS


18 BIRTHPLACE OF


BOSTON


FATIIER (City).


(State or country)


M. 455


19 MAIDEN NAME


OF MOTHER


JEANE ADELMAN


20 BIRTHPLACE OF


MOTHER (City)


CHICAGO


(State or country)


ILLINOIS


BENJAMIN GINSBERG


21 Informant


( Address)


42 SHORE DRIVE WINTHROP


I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: I. THC Havana (Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other) 907621 6/11/42


(Official Designation)


(Date of Issue of Permit)


A TRUE COPY ATTEST:


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS


8 SEX


MALE


9 COLOR


WHITE


10 SINGLE


MARRIED


WHOWWF.D


DAL'ORCED


UNKNOWN


SINGLE


11 If married, widowed, or divorced HUSBAND of (Give maiden name of wife in full)


(or) WIFE of.


(Husband's name in full)


12


AGE./. S.Years ...


Months .. ..


.Days


If under 24 hours


.Hours ..... Minutes


13 l'sual


Occupation :..


( Kind of work done during most working life)


OTHER


SIGNIFICANT


CONDITIONS


Was autopsy performed ?


What test confirmed diagnosis ?


Clinical


5 W'as disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased?


If so, specify


(Signature) M. D. ROPERT O'NEILL BLACKBURN, M. D. (Print or Type Name)


(Address)


LIBERTY PROGRESIVE EVERETI 6 Iface of Burial or Cremation


(City or Town) 62


DATE OF BURIAL


6-12


7 NAME OF


, TOBF


FUNERAL DIRECTOR


ADDRESS


CHESCA


Received any filed


JUN 12 1962


Charles if Macke


19


( Registrar)


62-932382


sket Must Be Closed


ORM R-301


for burial permit pard of Health its Agent.


D'AUCTIONS FOR


IL' OR TYPE S OR CAUSES O DEATH & not enter ie than one cae for each Q. (b) and (e)


posolo eque


hudaes mot meon ide of dying, () heart failure. etc. It means. disse, or compli- ny which caused; 6.7 ions, if any. his gave rise to at cause (a), ati the under- in) couse last.


Ciditions contrib; death but not do the termind. j secondition rium


057 23


h


No.


BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL


STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH


) (Was deceased a


U. S. War Veteran,


NO


if so specify WARI


(a) Residence. No.


(Usual place of abode)


(write the word)


4


June.


8


INTERVAL


BETWEEN


ONSET AND


DEATH


3days


STUDENT


.Date.


6-11-62


A TRUE COPY ATTEST: Charles Ht Mackie City Registrar


1.


KLERK


6


ITHROP.


JUL=61962 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


Registered No. 115


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)


no


(a) Residence.


No.


10 Orlando Ave.,


(Usual place of abode)


St.


Winthrop


(If nonresident, give city or town and State)


Length of stay: In place of death .years. months2 2


2,4


days. In place of residence.


.years


months.


.. days.


MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH


3 DATE OF


DEATH


(Month)


(Day)


4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,


That I attended deceased from


-


Nov.


1955,


to


June 14


1962


I last saw himmalive on


June


$2, 1962, death is said to


have occurred on the date stated above, at


11:30 P.m.


INTERVAL


BETWEEN


DEATH WAS CAUSED BY : IMMEDIATE CAUSE


(a) Reticulum Cell Carcinoma


of Skin.


DNSET AND


DEATH


5 yrs


Due To


Carcinomatosis, que


(b)


to (9)


Due To (c)


OTHER


SIGNIFICANT


CONDITIONS


Was autopsy performed?


No


What test confirmed diagnosis? Clinical, Pathological


5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? ho If so, specify.


(Signed)


, M. D.


(Address) WINTHROP, MAS Date 6/14 19/62


6 Riverside Cemetery, Saugus


Place of Burial or Cremation


(City or Town)


DATE OF BURIAL ...


June 18,


196.2


7 NAME OF


FUNERAL DIRECTOR


Alfred B. Marsh


ADDRESS 174 Winthrop St .Winthrop


Received and filed


JUN 19 1962


19


(Registrar)


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS


8 SEX


male


9 COLOR


white


10 SINGLE


(write the word)


MARRIED


WIDOWED married


or DIVORCED


10a If married, widowed,or.divorced


Lillian F . Hatch


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


77


Months


Years


11,


. Days


If under 24 hours


.Hours ....... Minutes


13 Usual


Occupation :


Agent


(Kind of work done during most of working life)


14 Industry


or Business:


Insurance


15 Social Security No.


015-20-4866


16 BIRTHPLACE (City)


(State or country)


Mass


Winthrop


17 NAME OF


FATHER


Arthur Wolcott


18 BIRTHPLACE OF


FATHER (City)


(State or country)


Conn.


19 MAIDEN NAME


OF MOTHER


Julia L. Brace


20 BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (City). (State or country) Conn.


21 Mrs. Lillian F. Wolcott


Informant


(Address)


10 Orlando Ave., Winthrop


I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was fled with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued : Ralph 6. Percavene, (Signature of Agent of Board of Health .or other)


(Official Designation)


(Date of Issue of Permit)


6/18/67


RIR-301A 1


41


N RUCTIONS FOR IC. CERTIFICATE


, giving S: OF DEATH


drnot enter o than one ute for each a (b) and (c)


hi does not meon ale of dying, heort foilure, li etc. It means liuse, or compli- s which coused


cions, if any, gove rise to v i


couse (o). the under- g couse


lost.


c'itions contrib- death but not cto the terminal condition given


1- Chapter 137, 1954, requires ans to print or the cause or of death on certificates.


PARENTS


To be filed for burial permit with Board of Health or its Agent.


No. Winthrop Convalescent Home


2 FULL NAME Truman G ... Wolcott


(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)


June


14


1962


(Year)


50M-1-58-921876


-


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 imine- 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 carly 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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