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17 NAME OF
FATHER
Patrick J, Canavan
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City).
(State or country )
Cannot learn
Ireland
(Address)
Not. State Hospital May22, 63ª
11 If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of.
(Husband's name in full)
(a)
Coronary Thrombosis
Bookkeeper
13 Usual
Occupation:
(Kind of work done during most working life)
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
22
1963
(Moifth)
(Day)
(Year)
......
Lexington
(City or Town making this return)
Lexington
(City or Town)
No ..
Metropolitan State Hospital
Received and filed
JUL 1- 1963
19
Records , Metropolitan State
50M - 10-61-931673
3 DATE OF
DEATH
Disease
SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DATE OF ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE DATE OF DISCHARGE RANK, RATING ORGANIZATION AND OUTFIT SERVICE NUMBER
RECEIVER
ENK
6
THROP.
JUL 1 1963 AM
X 1 PLACE OF DEATH
Worcester (County )
Worcester
(City or Town)
No.
St. Mary's Hall,
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts KEVIN H. WHITE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
109
To be filed for burlal permit with Board of Health or its Agent.
Registered No.
1315
f(If death occurred in a hospital or institution.
(Providence House) ... St. 1 give its NAME instead of street and number) PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT
2 FULL NAME
Miss Katherine L. Devereux
( First Name)
( Middle Name)
( last Name)
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name. )
It Was deceased a
I. S. War Veteran,
if
wo sportify WAR)
(a) Residence. No.
Park Avenue,
St
Winthrop, Mass.
(L'sual place of abode)
( If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death
1
years.
... months
... days. In place of residence
[30
y cars
...
months
day4.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 DATE OF
DEATH
May
27
1963
(Month)
(D)ay)
(Year)
HEREBY CERTIFY
That
1
attended deceased from
63
I last saw h .. Lisalive on
have occurred on the date stated above. 1 6 5/ 265
197
, death is said to
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY : IMMEDIATE CAUSE
CORONARY HEART
(a)
İHIERYAL BETWEEN ONSET AND DEATH
Due To
Duxcassa
(b)
YRS
Due To
(c)
OTIIF.R
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
NONE
Was autopsy performed?
40
W'hat test confirmed diagnosis?
5 W'as disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? If so, specily
(Signedy
MICHAEL B FOX.
Dr ...... Michael .B. Fox ....
( Address?
rint pr Type Nge)
390 MAINST
.Date ..
5/27
1º 63
PARENTS
6
Holyhood Cemetery,
Brookline , Ma
Place of Burial or Cremation
(City of Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
May 29,1963
19
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Arthur R. Nordgren
ADDRESS
300 Lincoln Street,
Received and Blod
MAY ... 2 .. 8.1963
19
Robert J. O'Kefe
(Registrar)
8 SEX
female
9 COLOR
white
10 CITIZEN
OF US.
YES X]
NO
11 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIIX)WED
DIVORCED
UNKNOWN
Hla li married, widowed, or dirorred_
HUSIIAND of
(('ve maiden name of wife in full)
(or) WIFE of
(llashand's name in full)
12 DATE OF BIRTH
May 29, 1889
13
A(:E.73
11
28
Years
Months
Days
14 Usual
Retired (about 10 yrs)
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
15 Industry
or Business :
Winthrop School Dept ..
16 Social Security No. Boston
17 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Massachusetts,
18 NAME OF
FATIIER
Joseph J. Devereux
19 TIRTIIPLACE OF
FATHIER (City)
(State or country)
Boston
Mass.
20 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Margaret A. Dolan
21 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Mass.
Boston
22
Informant
(Address)
Old Colony Rd, ShreRSBBER
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory Woncenter, Mass wayAked with me 1157 & Found rennes (Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other) COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(Official Designation)
(Date of Issue of Permit)
5/25/65
TIONS
RTIFICATE
ing DEATH enter in one each and (c)
Not mean of dying. failure. It means or campli- ·h caused
if any, rise to se (.). se last.
contrib. · terminal tion given
Chapter 137, 54 requires s to print or cause of death on ifcstes, and 1. Acts of gires Physi- Fint or type r signature.
12 1963 7
9213
5.8
R-301
-
-
If under 24 hours
.Ilour ..
.Minutes
Occupation :
Mrs ... John E. Foote, mister
A TRUE COPY ATTEST:
M. D.
4 1
3/18
16.3. 10 ....
5
51/97
1
1
U
INTERNI
JUN 121963 AM
R-301
1
Winthrop
(City or Town)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts KEVIN H. WHITE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
(City or Town making this return)
[(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. ( give its NAME instead of street and number)
2 FULL NAME.
Rocco Vaccaro
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
94 Everett Street
East Boston
(a) Residence. No ..
(Usual place of abode)
25
(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.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
male
9 COLOR
white
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
DIVORCED
UNKNOWN
(write the word)
married
11 If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
Victoria Malvarosa
(or) WIFE of.
(Husband's name in full)
12
77
AGE
Years
Months.
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours ........ Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation:
Retired
14 Industry
or Business :
*****
15 Social Security No ..
none
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Italy
17 NAME OF
FATHER
Michael Vaccaro
PARENTS
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Italy
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Pasqualina Barbera
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City).
(State or country)
Italy
21 Informant
Victoria Vaccaro (wife)
( Address)
94 Everett St., East, Boston, Mass.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: Ralph & Leriana (0) (Signature of, Agent of Board of Health or other) Health Office 466220 5 1963
(Official Designation)/
(Date of Issue of Permit)
A TRUE COPY ATTEST:
(Day)
(Year)
Į HEREBY CERTIFY
That I attended deceased from
4
APRIL
1963
to ..
JUNE
2
1963
I last saw hahalive on
MAY 28
1965
death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
99º A
.m.
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY: IMMEDIATE CAUSE
(a)
Due To
(b)
PRIMARY CARCINOMA
Due To
RIGHT LUNG
(c)
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Was autopsy performed?
NC
What test confirmed diagnosis ?
X- Rays-BRONCHOSCOPY
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased NO If so, specify
(Signature)
Francis 8. Schraffa
M. D.
Francis P. Schraffa, M. D
(Print or Typs Name)
104
Bennington St.,?
.Date
6/4
196.3
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
6
Place of Burial or Cremation
(City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
June 5,
19.
63
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Anthony P. Rapino
ADDRESS
9 Chelsea St., East Boston, Mass.
Received and filed
JUN 5.1963
19
(Registrar)
382
'YPE USES H ter one ach d (c)
t mean dying, failure, t means compli- caused
any, ise to (a), under- last.
contrib- but not terminal n given
PLACE OF DEATH
Suffolk
(County)
120/020 €7-11-7
Mayflower Nursing Home
No
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
(if so specify WAR)
no
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 DATE OF
DEATH
June
2,
1963
(Month)
INTERVAL
BETWEEN
ONSET AND
DEATH
24hrs
6mos
Registered No.
rial permit Health ent.
3
FICATE -
St
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
(Kind of work done during most working life)
SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DATE OF ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE
DATE OF DISCHARGE.
RANK, RATING
ORGANIZATION AND OUTFIT
SERVICE NUMBER.
RULES OF PRACTICE
The fulfillment of the purpose of these laws calls for the observance of the following rules of practice : - = (4) 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.
OFFICE OF 6
(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 personis found dead.
7 62 State ort, of Cause of Death .- Physicians: see explanatory instructions bryneside of standard certificate of death.
Statement of Occupation .- Precise statement of occupation is very impor- Ihre thofflative healthfulness of various pursuits can be known. Make O 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.
R-301
al permit Health t.
1
Nenchron (City or Town) 48 Bellevie
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts KEVIN H. WHITE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
(City or Town making this return)
S(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, St. ¿ give its NAME instead of street and number) PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT
2 FULL NAME
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
48 Bellevue avec
St
15
Length of stay: In place of death ...... years .......... months.
.days. In place of residence.
.years.
........ months.
days.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 DATE OF
DEATH
JUNE
8
1963
(Year)
(Month)
(Day)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY , That I attended deceased from
DEC 4
1954
to ....
JUNE 5,
I last saw hel alive on
JUNE
2
196., death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
7.20 11m.
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY: IMMEDIATE CAUSE
(a)
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL
INPARCHIN
Due To
(b)
ARTERIO-SCLETLETIC
HEART
DIS
Due To
(c)
GENERAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
5 YRS
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
DIABETES MELLITUS
&YRS
Was autopsy performed ?
NO
What test confirmed diagnosis ?
CLINICAL
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased ot If so, specify
(Signature)
M. D.
MYRIN N. KINGM.D
(Print or Type Name)
(Address) 222 PLEASANT SI
Date ..
WINTHUA
SHARON MEM PR
SHARON
Place of Burial or Cremation
(City or Town)
DATE OF BURIAL
JUNE
9
19
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
TORE funeral Service
ADDRESS
15/ Washington Ave Chelsea
Received and filed
JUN 11 1963
19
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
mali
9 COLOR
White
10 SINGLE
MARRIED
WIDOWED
UNKNOWN
MARRIED
11 If married, widowed, or divorced
HUSBAND of
LEATURE SEGAL
(Give maiden name of wife in full)
JENNIE
(Husband's name in full)
(or) wirpof.
INTERVAL
BETWEEN
ONSET AND
12
AGE SS.
DEATH
1 HR.
ears 0 Months.
28
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours ...
Minutes
13 Usual
Occupation
SALESMAN
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business
AUTOMOTIVE
15 Social Security No ..
024-05-7097
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country )
BOSTON MASS
17 NAME OF
FATHER
BARNETT GILLER
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City) ..
(State or country)
Russia
19 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
LENA ((BE) GARDER
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Russia
21 Informant
MRS JENNIE GILLER
(Address)
48 BELLEVUE Ave Winthrop
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: luiph 8 Hereanna (3)
(Signature of,Agent of Board of Health or other)
Dewith Offices
Lines 10,1963
(Date of Issue of Permit)
1
A TRUE COPY ATTEST:
(Registrar) (Official Designation)
553
-
zny, e to (a), der - last. ontrib- ut not rminal given
PLACE OF DEATH
X Suffolk (County)
No ... Robert Siller
Registered No.
II
(a) Residence. No. (Usual place of abode)
(City or town and State)
PE JSES 1
r ne ch (c) mean dying, ailure, means ompli- caused
S
CATE
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
(if so specify WAR) ..
(write the word)
PARENTS
6/8/63
6
,63
5YRS
SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DATE OF ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE Sent 1 1943
July 4 1944
DATE OF DISCHARGE
Put
RANK, RATING
MED. Section Hatrs 620 Service Lin
ORGANIZATION AND OUTFIT
SERVICE NUMBER 3/419943
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 bad 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.
G
INTHROI
JUN 1 11963 AM
PLACE OF DEATH
X 508801K (County) WINTHROP 1 (City or Town) BasTon 6-20-63
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.
St. [give its NAME instead of street and number) No. Winthrop Convales CENT Home
2 FULL NAME
CARMEN SANTUCCI
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.)
(a) Residence.
No
90 Rieffmond St
St
Boston Mass
(If nonresident, give city or town and State)
Length of stay: In place of death
1 years.
months.
days. In place of residence
... years
months.
days.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
8 SEX
Male
9 COLOR
White
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
Unknown
(Husband's name in full)
11 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here.
12
AGE & Years.
6 Months
2.3
Days
If under 24 hours
Hours .......
Minutes
Occupation :
13 Usual
Information unavaible
(Kind of work done during most of working life)
14 Industry
or Business:
15 Social Security No ..
113-07-16.38
16 BIRTHPLACE (City)
(State or country)
Italy
17 NAME OF
FATHER
Information unavailable
18 BIRTHPLACE OF
FATHER (City)
(State or country)
Italy
19 MAIDEN NAME
E Information unavailable
OF MOTHER
20 BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTHER (City)
(State or country)
Italy
21
Informant
.
Unavacbale
(Address)
Nursing Home Records
7 NAME OF
FUNERAL DIRECTOR OrNest PCAGGIANO
ADDRESS
147 Winthrop St Winthrop
Received and filed JUN 14 1963 19
(Registrar)
PARENTS
Joseph Palermo M. D.
(Signed)
(Address) REVERE
Date JUNE 12 1963.
6 FAIRVIEW
Place of Burial or Cremation DATE OF BURIAL
June
19 63
Boston Mass
(City or Town)
18
60M-1-58-921876
A
S
CATE
ATH
h (c) mean dying. failure, means ompli- caused
any, 10 (a). der- last.
Due To (c)
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
CONDITIONS
Vo
Was autopsy performed?
What test confirmed diagnosis? CLINICAL
5 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased ? (VC
If so, specify
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 DATE OF
DEATH
JUNE
(Month)
(Day)
12
1963
(Year)
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY,
FEB. 15
, 1959
to ...
JUNE 12
That I attended deceased from
19.63
I last saw hh alive on
JUNE
11
. 19 6 2, death is said to
have occurred on the date stated above, at
730P
m.
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY: IMMEDIATE CAUSE
CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE
(a)
INTERVAL
BETWEEN
ONSET AND
DEATH
2 DAYS
Due To GENERALIZED ARTERIOSCLEROSIS (b)
15 YRS
Registered No.
f(If death occurred in a hospital or institution,
No
PHYSICIAN - IMPORTANT
1
(Was deceased a
U. S. War Veteran,
if so specify WAR)
(Usual place of abode)
I HIEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: Ralph E Serianni (R) (Signature of Agent of Board of licalth or other) Wealth Officer June 14, 1963
(Official Designation ))
(Date of Issue of Permit)
strib- t not minal given
₹ 137, quires Int or e or b on
EXTRACTS FROM THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNING THE
RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH
A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forthwith, after the death of a person whom he has attended during his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, where same was contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of his death. . . Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9.
A physician or officer furnishing a certificate of death as required by the preceding section or by section forty-five of chapter one hundred and four- teen, shall, if the deceased, to the best of his knowledge and belief, served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any war in which it has been engaged, insert in the certificate a recital to that effect, specifying the war, and shall also certify in such certificate both the primary and the secondary or imme- diate cause of death as nearly as he can state the same. For neglect to comply with any provision of this section, such physician or officer, shall forfeit ten dollars. For the purposes of this section and of sections forty-five, forty-six and forty-seven of said chapter one hundred and fourteen, the word "war" shall include the China relief expedition and the Philippine insurrection, which shall, for said purposes, be deemed to have taken place between February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and July fourth, nineteen hundred and two, and the Mexican border service of nineteen hundred and sixteen and nincteen 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 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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