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Disease  or  Cause  of  Death 

(Primary  and  Secondary),  { 

Duration  of  Sickness, 


If  rtShlmT1  °!'.nili0,w,'  t If  a Soldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
f 11  Other  than  W lute,  (if.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  ofother  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  September,  1892.-5,000. 


O-V  f 

f Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  « amended  by  Acts  of  iSSS , Chapter  306  ; Acts  of  i8Sg,  Chapter  »*.] 
t . . . . „ , a.  - person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a 

Section  3.  A P1^1™  attC"  1 1 Uef  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of 

certificate  stating.  to  the  best  of  h„  „ aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a 

h„  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  h,s  hecease.  If  ^ wh„  „,„a  in  w„  of  „«  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give 

ittV^e^C-She  ieondary  or  immediate  cause  o,  death  a,  nearly  a,  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuse,  o,  neglect,  to 

make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  U “ ^ ‘ of  a deceased  person 

unliHi^ hasNrecebod°aljpcnnit  so  to  'J?  fie^ssued  undHhere^riaMn^^livered^tl^uchTst^d^i^a^^t'or'clerk^as^the'case 

purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  kf  health  or  any  y^"**** . Jd  Ca,e  of  death  bv  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall, 

?t^r^I^r™4=fac.ory  stat'emen,  ami  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  boan 
if  requested,  make  tne  same,  wuc  . , , reaistrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  sc 

“ -I  Z S'rl:id":,  .0  the  mannered  cause  of  the  death,  a,  the 

SI”  or  regisb  " may  re,ui,e.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provision,  of  this  see, ion  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  no,  exceed, ng  fifty 
dollars.  « 


physicians  certificate. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased, 

Daie  and  Place  of  Death,  - I died  a{ f 

I Disease  or  Cauto  of  Death,  - J „/  / 


’ - •2W"  * (X> 


1 c"‘ify  ,h‘“  *»  v - - _ 

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*0r  Sex  of  Infant  (not 


named). 


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Date  af  Cerifcate^^^,^ £ ^ 


[May,  1888.] 


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[Arts  of  j 888,  Chapter  JoS.] 

Section  i.  Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 
facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  — Section  j.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his 
last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name 
of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

SECTION  2.  Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  furnished,  is 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : — Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the 
body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no 
board  of  health  in  such  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 
board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned 
and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof 
a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained, 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or 
town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician;  and 
in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are 
delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  an  1 trrnsmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  register 
for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  de- 
ceased or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  \_Approved  May  4,  1888. 


— ' - 

PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased* 
Date  and  Place  of  Death,  - 
Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - 


('OJLeCAAfLs  Duration  of  Sick 


Hp 

'fdijMlf, 


I certify  that  the  above  is  true,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 

a ~ ~ ~ 


Name  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician , ttCn'. ^ 


Date  of  Certificate, Cfa/Cfi.. 


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[May,  1888.] 


*Or  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named). 


[Acts  of  1888,  Chapter  Jo6.~] 

Section  I.  Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 
facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  — Section  j.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his 
last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name 
of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

Section  2.  Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  furnished,  is 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : — Section  y.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the 
body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no 
board  of  health  in  such  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 
board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned 
and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof 
a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained, 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or 
town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician;  and 
in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  tire  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are 
delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  register 
for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  de- 
ceased or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [. Approved  May  4,  1888. 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH 
To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town  in  which  the  Death 


[. Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  18SS,  Chapter  306  ; Acts  of  iSsq,  Chapter  234. \ 

Section  , A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a 

eszsssz?  *.  — «. *.  w «*.«*-,  *.  *«.  ***z 

secondary  or  rmmedia.e  cause  of  dea.h  as  nearly  a,  he  can  state  the  sanre.  If  a phystenrn  refuses  or  neglect,  to 
, p y he  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

ma  'section  5 ' No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the  body  of  a deceased  person 
until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  ci  y o 
f the  citv  or  town  clerk  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or  clerk  as  the  case 
m^be  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate 
may  be,  a sausiac  y , , . th  of  this  chanter,  or  in  lieu  thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is 

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and  transmit  th/  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so 
• ° v,  11  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 

clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  y 

dollars.  . . '• 


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PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased* 
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I certify  that  the  above  Is  true,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 

Name  and  ResideTtce  of  Certifying  Pftysician,  p3. 

Date  of  Certificate,  Z^- 


*Or  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named). 


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* If  a Married  Woman  or  Widow,  f If  a Sdldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
t If  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  Nov.  1890—5,000. 


[Acts  of  1888,  Chap.  30G.] 

AN  ACT 

RELATING  TO  THE  CERTIFICATES  AND  REGISTRY  OF  DEATHS,  AN©  THE  BURIAL  AND  REMOVAL  OF 


BODIES  OF  DECEASED  'PERSONS. 


Be  it  enacted,  etc.,  as  follows  t 


Section  1.  Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for 
registration  certain  facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : — Section  3.  A physician  who  has 
attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the 
best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last 
sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease,  If  a physician  neglects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  lie  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  , , , , , 

Section  2.  Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  fur- 
nished, is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : — Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town 
or  remove  therefrom  the  body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  tho  board  of^ liealUi jir  ^its 


phys 

enough  for  the  puiq 
upon  request  of  i 

livcred'tcTthe  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent, ‘the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk 
or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other 
information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to- the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person 
violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a flue  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [_  Approved  Man  4,  IbbS. 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE  OF  THE  CAUSE  OF  DEATH. 

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Name  and  age  of  deceased 


Date  and  place  of  death: 
Disease  or  cause  of  death  : 


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Duration  of  disease:*- 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town,  in  which  the  Death  occurred. 


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* I f :i  Married  Woman  or  Widow.  $ If  a Soldier  who  served  in/lhe  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
t If  other  than  While.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.  J 

Plate.  Ed.  September,  1892. — 5,U00. 


Zu*  si&'Lcr.  2,  if V?v, 

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[Public  Statutes , Chapter  jaflar  amendeJWy  ^ite  ofiSSS \ Chapter  fob  ; Ads  of  iS8g,  Chapter  224 .] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended>ja  person  daring  Ik?  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a 
certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belj^VtWe  natagbf  the  decked, ,hij^ge,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of 
his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a phyyi&^rmileclfebr  ^eftisk  te  makfe^-eertificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  \/is  a soldier  or  a sailor  who^rved  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give 
both  the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he'*can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects  to 
make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the  body  of  a deceased  person 
until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city  or 
town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case 
may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate 
of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is 
no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the 
purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board 
agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shal 
if  requested,  make  the  same  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  boa 
or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is 
given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty 
dollars. 


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PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased* 
Date  and  Place  of  Death , - 
Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - 


Jiio.  XftdC+y 


Age,  ' U? 


died  at 

of 


O^u,  , £jfi  /8?J. 


Duration  of  _ Sickness  & 


I certify  that  the  above  is  true,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 

and  Reside7ice  of  Certf^ing  Physician , obi 


In. 


Date  of  Certificate, 


*Or  Bex  of  Infant  (not  named). 


[Acts  of  1888,  Chapter  306.] 

Section  i.  Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 


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acts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  — Section 3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his 
last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name 
of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

Section  2.  Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  furnished,  is 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : Section  3.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the 

body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no 
board  of  health  in  such  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 
board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned 
and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof 
a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained, 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or 
town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician;  and 
in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are 
delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  register 
for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  de- 
ceased or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [. Approved  May  4,  1888. 


CO  «5  <ffi  (4 


‘f  • f \ 

[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by’ Acts  of  18SS,  Chapter  306  ; Acts  of  iSSg,  Chapter  224^ 

Section  t A physician  who  has  {attended  a person  dMng  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a 
certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died  the  duration  of 
his  last  sickness  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neglects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  oy  a 
fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give 
both  the  primary0 and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects  to 
make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  re»i  es. 

Section  c No  undertaker,  sextoi  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the  body  of  a deceased  person 
until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  ffom  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city  or 
town  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  puch  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or  clerk  as  the  case 
mav  be  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate 
of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  asreqfiredby  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  » 
no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reason,,  early  enough  for  the 
purpose  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  uoard, 
Unt  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall 
lTreauested  make  the  same.  When  sufch  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board 
or  a-ent  shill  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so 
ffiven  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty 

dollars. 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased* 
Date  and  Place  of  Death,  - 
disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - 


I certify  that  the  above  is  true,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 

ame  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician, .... 


*0r  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named). 


Date  of  Certificate, 


[May,  1888.] 


[Arts  of  1888,  Chapter  jo6.] 

Section  i Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 
facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : - J.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  h.s 

L illne  shaVXn  requested  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name 
of  the  decetd,’  his  age,  die  dise’ase  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  . 

S™  2 Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  rs  furn  shed  is 
amendeYso  as  to  read  as  follows : - Section  5 No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the 
body  If  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or  if  there 1 is  n 
loir  A of health  in s!ch  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 
board  or  a-ent  or  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned 
an? Lilted  together vdti  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in then _ hereof 
a certificate^  t hSfer  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  phyMaaii ^emp  oye  . y 

town  for  the  purpose  shall  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  ptysi  > 

section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [. Approved  May  4,  18SS. 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town  in  which  the  Death  occurred. 


1 1.  Name  of  Father 


* If  a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  } If  a Soldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
t If  other  than  White.  (SI.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks. J 
Plate,  lid.  September,  1892. — 5, out). 


\_Public  Statutes , Chapter  33,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  /SSS,  Chapter  306  ; Acts  of  i88g,  Chapter  324 .] 

SECTION  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a 
certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of 
his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neglects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give 
both  the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects  to 
make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the  body  of  a deceased  person 
until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city  or 
town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case 
may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate 
of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there 
no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  t 
purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  boar 
agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall 
if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board 
or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so 
given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty 
dollars. 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Lt.  /OtPruddS^ Ase’  - •• 

, ' ,.  . 

died  at.  ZJ  ^ y tM*  <J±jL l.Z  Z i&9  3 ■ 

/.fz^zA./Z- 


of  . 


vie  and  Age  of  Deceased,* 
r te  and  Place  of  Death,  t - 
sense  or  Cause  of  Death,  - 

{Primary  and  Secondary. )\ 

fpation  of  Sickness, 

f / certify  that  the  above  is  true , to  the  best  of  m»  knowledge  and  belief  n / * 

[ „ r.  -•  / X^-- ZZ  ZZacAP 

pat  tire  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician,  f 


Date  of  Certificate, 


•^A 


i8q 


)r  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named),  ll  stillborn  so  state. 


t If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state.  % If  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion . 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.  — 5,000. 


^srai^sa£^!!?^f^«  ^”«ssr*5s^s*^^:  s^.o4?ss?,,,^  “r  ^ssrsffissts 

-S~i|p 5S5aH^^S*lE^^ 

sSfe^5rrtrs“;:ss 

physician  employed  by  ad  tv  or  towiffor  tl  reasons-  early  enough  for  the3  purpose  the  Chairman  of^tfp  i*®  atte“d'u»  Physician 


* If  a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J If  a Soldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  th^tebellion. 
t If  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.  J 

Plate.  Ed.  September,  1892.-0,000. 


[• Public  Statutes , Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1888,  Chapter  306  ; Acts  of  i88g,  Chapter  224.^ 


Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a 
certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  ol 
his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neglects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give 
both  the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects  to 
make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the  body  of  a deceased  person1 
until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city  or: 
town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case: 
may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate 1 
of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is 
no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the 
purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,, 
agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall* 
if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board 
or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so 
given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information's  to  The  deceased  ^or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty 


dollars. 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE  OF  THE  CAUSE  OF  DEATH. 


♦It  is  very  desirable  to  be  informed  of  the  duration  of  the  disease. 


UNDERTAKER’S  RETURN— Boston. 


Maiden  named 


Married,  single,  or  widow  of  wife  of 

Age^  years, ^..mos.,^.#ays.  Residence, 

n l / street  and\  S/s/v.  s 


ce  of  death  (*£*,£*), 
'lace  of  birth, 

Mime  of  father 


ward 


l i^/^O Occupation, 

^^fc^/Alaiden  name  of  mother, 

irthplace  of  father^^^ .*/£.  r^<C. J$?Birthplace  of  mother ^Tr 

T„  .4.  s/ry^ 

Place  of  interment, t /K  ^ v - — 


* If  a married  woman  or  a widow.  t Give  the  name  of  the  burial  ground. 
Signature  of  Undertaker  : 


T 


To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town  in  which  the  Death  occurred, 


* I f a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J If  a Soldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 
1 If  other  than  While.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  1R9S.  — 5,000. 


[A******  CKa„ter32,  a,  <,»»«  Act,  of  1838,  <*0*800;  AasoflSSS,  Carter  224;  AC.CJ '1893, 


Sect.os  3.  A physician  who  ha,  attended  a person  ‘'"™S riS 
tration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  ot  Ins  d ^ and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dyin; 

died,  the  duration  of  Ins  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  Ins  dec  , , P forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate 

immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of : « n stillborn child  ,sk  bom  dc;ul“  If  a physician  neg 

stating  to  the  best  oi  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  -act  , statement  therein  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceedm: 

lects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a f..  . - the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  bot 

fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a s*  or  w served  n the  ; physPicfan  refuses  or  neglect 

the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  dc-  ‘ A dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides, 

to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  tl  e ™ , ‘ t remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  li 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  ^ ^ bQard  Qf  healtb  in  such  cit 

has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  u tl”  bas  beeu  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  o 

or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be issued  until  there. has .been  a .e,  ^ to  be  returned  an 

clerk,  as  the  case  maybe,  a satisfactory  written  statement  conta  o jeouired^y  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lie 
recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attendin0  physician,  ‘X’--1  f tbe  certificate  of  the  attending  physic ia 
thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attend.,  g phj  s c an,  " 11  “«a^"aQ  of  the  board  of  health  or  an 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons, , early  < enough  foi  1 ?db^.d  a„cnt  or  cierk,  make  such  certificate  as  i 

physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  up  q ‘ , exarnincr  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same 

required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  vlole^eb^®.d“  f h altb  “ t0  its  a„ent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  fort! 
When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  del  vei  ed  to  the  permit  is  so  give 

with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  ?r^»lht^aaf  the’deceased'  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  tli 
S o?^^  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceec 

ing  fifty  dollars. 


If  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  give  both  the  primary  and  secondary 

cause  of  death.  See  Chap.  224,  Acts  of  1889. 

PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


1- 

flame  and  Age  of  Deceased  * 

• ’//. 

Dale  and  Place  of  Death,  - 

died  at 

Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - 

of l 

lie  Age, 

Cfu£  / 

JjdlD  MpVru 

Duration  of  Sickness 


/ 


: 


I certify  that  the  above  is  true , to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 


aitie  a fid  Residefice  of  Certifying  Physician , . 


Date  of  Certificate, 


’Iff 

[May,  1888.] 


*0r  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named), 


[Arts  of  j 888 , Chapter  po6.~\ 

Section  i Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 
facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : - Section  j.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  dunng  h, 

last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  thence 
of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  ph>sicia  g 

lects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  d 

Section  2 Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  furnished, 
amended  as  to  read  as  follows : - Section  ].  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the 
body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or  1 ere  1 
tatVof  h“.^  city  o,  town,  from  the  ci.y'o,  town  clack.  No  ,uch  pencil  .kail 

board  or  anent  or  clerk  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  b)  this  chapter  to  be  retu 
and  recorded  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu . her 

delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  gi 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [ Approved  May  4 , 1888. 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town  in  which  the  Death  occurred 


SECTION  3-  A ,%>»»»  who  h»  omnileS  M>™  *“•».  . de«,„tl,'Ws  ™ ,he  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of 


„ physician  who  has  attended  a person  dunn0  » d ’hi  the  di3ease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of 

certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  behd,  d e ^thc^  ^ ^ & as  aforcsaid,  be  shall  be  punished  by  a 

bis  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  I fa ™ » sailor  ^ ^ -n  the  vvar  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give 

fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  dec  used wa ^ ^ ^ he  can  state  the  saine.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects  to 
both  the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  lmmcc  la  ^ ^ tgn  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  teas  ^ shaU  b in  a city  0r  town  or  remove  therefrom  the  body  of  a deceased  person 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  o ier  1 Qr  its  dul  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city  or 

until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  t e oan  ^ until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or  clerk  as  the  case 

town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  sue  P<-™  uired  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and  recorded,  together  with  the  certifica  e 

may  be,*  satisfactory  written  statement  containing  *efactsreq, ‘ ^ ^ thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is 

of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  require,  >\  sec  10  cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the 

no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  at ed  b a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board 
purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  phy»  P ' ^ . and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall 

agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 'required ^of  J certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board 

if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  state  d ^ ^ for  reg;stration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so 

or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmi  « : sai  ^ ^ tQ  ^ deceased  Qr  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 

s: zagrz  ^ — °f  tws  section  shai1  be  punished by a fine  not  g y 

dollars. 


If  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  give  both  the  primary  and  secondary 

cause  of  death.  See  Chap.  224,  Acts  of  1889. 

PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased* 
Date  and  Place  of  Death , - 
Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - 


Q./r££iLt^.. Age,  d *V'' 

=(7fj  •'k — <n‘ * 


died  at / / CS/}yiyyiAAsJ'~>.  ~ / ..^dAAcUAAd.  NiAjALf.  S . 

of  )fMymtaDfH,Mkural!on  ¥ Siehtesl  wyetfa 


Name  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician, 


1 certify  that  the  above  is  true,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 

idem , Jfa  (priz/ess  ji~  ) / , y Lyi  ]p 


Date  of  Certificate, 


♦Or  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named). 


j8  f $ 


[Ed.  — 10  M — Oct.  9,  1889.] 


[May,  1888.] 


SECTION  I.  Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Tuhlic  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 
facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  rea  1 as  follows:  — Section  j.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his 
last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name 
of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certifcate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

Section  2.  Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  furnished,  is 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : - — Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the 
body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no 
board  of  health  in  such  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 
board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned 
and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof 
a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained, 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or 
town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician;  and 
in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are 
delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  register 
for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  de- 
ceased or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [Approved  May  4,  1888. 


: 

■■ 


* |fa  Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J If  a Soldier  who  served  m ihe  War  of ftie  llebellion. 
i l t othei  tbaii  \\  liitc.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  llaccs,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Hate.  Ed.  September,  1892.  — 5,000. 


- "Mh'  ^o., 

S^KK.  3.  A p*™»  '"'»  '”  -«**  V3S  ri.“.r«4  ’»  age,  i di.ea.a  of  which  I.  died,  «.  *»*»  . 
certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  hno^le  ge  anc  ’ or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  »/ 

his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physic  , who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  giv,  fc 

fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  decea^  was  a^eror  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 

both  the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  lmme  ia  e “ donars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides, 

make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ^ ^ ^ or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the  body  of  a deceased  perse! * 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  p ' duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city  ■ 

until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  he  ^ ^ ^ been  delivered  t0  such  board,  or  agent  or  clerks  as  the  ca  . 

town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  1“  ^ d , this  chapter  to  be  returned  and  recorded,  together  with  the  certifica 

a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  he - — 


may  be 


of  the  attending  physician,  if  any 


tement  containing  the  facts  re^re.  - ^ ^ thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there 
, as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chpter  or  in  leu  early  en0ttgh  for  t 


ee  01  this  cr13.ptv.rj  ur  m * t . i f of  f 

purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  °r^  -f  nftpmH  J Dhvsician;  and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  sha 


1th  or  any  physician  employed  oy  a u.  r r the  medical  examiner  sha 

agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physiaan^  an  m ^ case  o of  health  or  t0  its  agent,  the  boa 

^requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  del.  ^ nprson  t<}  whom  the  permit  is 


if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  sta *“lerk  Qr  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is 

or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  e sa  < {o  ^ deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  t 

given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  o “ i)ro‘visions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fi 


clerk  or  registrar  may  require, 
dollars. 


Any  person  violating  any 


[Acts  of  1888,  Chapter  J06.] 

Section  I.  Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 
facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  — Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his 
last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name 
of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

Section  2.  Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  furnished,  is 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : — Section  3.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the 
body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no 
board  of  health  in  such  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 
board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned 
and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof 
a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained, 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or 
town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician;  and 
in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are 
delivered  to  the  board  <7f  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  register 
for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  de- 
ceased or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [Approved  May  4,  1888. 


(Disease  or  Cause  of  Death, 

\ (Primary  anil  Secondary},  J 

fi.  'Duration  of  Sickness,  . 


\_Public  Statutes , Chapter  33,  as  amended  by  Acts  0/  /SSS,  Chapter  306  ; Acts  of  /SSg,  Chapter  334.] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  s 
certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  a 
his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neglects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by 
fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  gi 
both  the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 
make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  m which  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the  body  of  a deceased  pc 
until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  '.here  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  cn_ 
town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  ca»i 
may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate 
of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is 
no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the 
purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board, 
agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall, 
if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board 
cr  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so 
given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty 
dollars. 


r 


y / 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased* 


me  and  Place  of  Death,  - I died  at 

t m 


'rWU 


s* 


hsease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - of  ‘ -4  ? IdstP'PL  t ^ Duration  of  Sickness 


/ cetlify  that  the  above  is  true,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 

Tame  and  Residence  of  Certify  nig  Physician,  ffn frT^f  7f~tuse//  <c\. 

Date  of  Certificate,  (Cffiy  / (y 


fifM 


♦Or  Bex  of  Infant  (not  named). 


[Acts  of  /8SS,  Chapter  J0<5.] 

Section  i.  Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 
facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  — Section  j.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his 
last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name 
of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

Section  2.  Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  furnished,  is 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : — Section  p.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the 
body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no 
board  of  health  in  such  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 
board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned 
and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof 
a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained, 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or 
town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician;  and 
in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are 
delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  register 
for  registration.  The  person  to  w'hom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  de- 
ceased or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [ Approved  j\[ay  4,  1S88. 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town  in  which  the  Death  occurred. 


* I f a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J If  n Soldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
t If  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  September,  1892.— a, 000. 


/ 


// 

”C 


, c amended  bv  Acts  of  iSSS,  Chapter  306  ; Acts  of  iSSg,  Chapter  224 .] 

\_PubUc  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  . ulness  shall  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a 

SECTION  3-  A physician  who  has  attendee ^P«son  ‘ ^ ^ deceasedf  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  , 

certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowle  g J neglectS  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a 

his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease  If  a physicia  * in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give 

fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  as  be  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects  to 

both  the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immedia  dol,ars  for  the  use  of  tbe  town  in  which  he  resides. 

make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the  body  of  a deceased  person 

SECTION  5-  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  sha  11  7 ^ J d agent>  or>  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city  or 

until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  boar : o t^re  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case 

town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate 

may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  contaimn0  ^ ^ or  in  Ueu  thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is 

of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  y sec  10  . cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the 

no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  • mg  by  & dty  Qr  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board 

purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  heal  V V 7 P Y y and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shal , 

agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  ,s  required  of  the  atten  g P to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  boar, 

/requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit 

or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  ^ ^ or  tQ  tbe  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  a- 

^ of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceedn  | 

dollars.  * _ sf.C 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased,* 
Date  and  Place  of  Death,  - 
Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - 


gADAAtNlr 


jk w /y?u 


3- 


. Duration  of  Sickness / 

firaj  / /u_,  dN/ia  iy 


I certify  that  the  above  is  true,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 


bu 


Physician,  df  ^ ^ 

^ Date  of  Certificate,-  f let?  I 3 ' 


a'f  Jc  and  Residence  of  Certifying 
8D 

' • 3* 


2^C 


ispj 

[May,  1888.] 


*Or  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named). 


[Acts  of  1888,  Chapter  J06.] 

Section  I.  Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 
facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  — Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his 
last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name 
of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

Section  2.  Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  furnished,  is 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows  : — Section  3.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the 
body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no 
board  of  health  in  such  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  sujh  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 
hoard,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned 
and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof 
a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained, 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or 
town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician;  and 
in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are 
delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  register 
for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  de- 
ceased or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [ Approved  May  4,  1888. 


RETURN  OFX  DEATH. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town  in  which  the  Death  occurred, 


* If  a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J If  a Soldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 
1 If  other  than  While.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks. J 
Plate.  Ed.  September,  1892. — 5,000. 


IPublic  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1888,  Chapter  30b  ; Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  224.-] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a 
certificate  stat  ng,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died  the  durahon  of 
his  last  sickness ^nd  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neglects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  sha  gn  e 
tal  “he prim,,,  a., 1, he  «e=onda,y  o,  immediate  cause  of  death  a,  .early  as  he  ca.  state  the  same.  » " 

make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  nhich  he  res' les’ 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the  body  of  a deceased  person 
until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city  o, 
t , , • . t lerk  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case. 

^yLe  ^"satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificat| 
of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  require!} by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  I ^ there  is 
no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the 
purpose  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shad,  upon  request  of  said  board 
Lent  or  clerk  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician;  and  m case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  sh  j 
if  requested  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board 
or  a vent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  1 he  person  to  whom  the ^perm.t  is , so 
given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as 
Lrk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a tme  not  exceeding  . y 

dollars. 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE 


Vatne  and  Age  of  Deceased* 
Od l e and  Place  of  Death,  - 
Oisease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - 


I certify  that  the  above  is  true,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 


*0r  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named). 


[May,  1888.] 


[Acts  of  1 888,  Chapter  306. ~\ 

Section  i.  Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 
facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows  1- — Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his 
last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration, , a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name 
of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

Section  2.  Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  furnished,  is 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : — Section  3.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the 
body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no 
board  of  health  in  such  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 
board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned 
and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof 
a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained, 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or 
town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician;  and 
in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are 
delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  register 
for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  de- 
ceased or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [ Approved  May  4 , 1888. 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town  in  which  the  Death  occurred. 


CO 


CO 


* 1 f a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  } If  a Soldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
t If  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  till  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  September,  1S92. — 5.000. 


,,  hv  Acts  of  jSSS,  Chapter  jo6  ; Acts  of  iSSg,  Chapter  224.'] 

[ Public  Statutes.  Chapter  32.  as  amended  by  A f ^ ^ ^ requestedi  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a 

agent  or  clerk,  make  Uisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  dell  whom  the  permit  is  so 

dollars-  .^*vzy&&r  ' 'y" 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


) 


[Ac/s  of  iSSS,  Chapter  jod.] 

Section  i . Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 
facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : - Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his 
last  illness  shall  when  requested,  forthwith  burnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the 
“eS  his  age,  L di.ehe  of  which  he  .lied,  ihe  dorado,,  of  his  las.  sickness,  and  , he  date  of  h,s  decease.  If  a phys.c.n  n.g- 
lects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  do  ars.  . , . , , • 

Section  2.  Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  furm  , 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : — Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom 
body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent  or  if  there  is  no 
board  of  heaUh  in  sich  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 
board  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  return 
and  rto  ded  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof 
a certlf.clte  as ^hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  ^ 

town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  ,s  required  of  the  attending  physician,  and 
in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are 
delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to' the clerk  or  gi 
?or Z Station.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  u.formation  as  o tne  d 
ceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  regis-rar  may  require  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [Approved  May  4,  iSSS. 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  TowlfThi  which  the  Death  occurred. 


0.  Place  of  Death 


* ] f a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J I f a Soldier  who  sctrCnid  in  the  War  ol  the  Rebellion, 
t If  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  September,  1892. — 5.900. 


inu,  aw**  <****■  “ f»  "ifr*'!on’ a 

section  3.  A[  - -£s," 

certificate  slating,  to  tfie  best  o us  ^ If  a iifivsician  neglects  or  refuses  to  ma  .e  a cer  ■ tebellion,  the  physician  shall  give 

rr- r.r tir- rr, 

Section  5-  No  oneler.aker,  seston  or  othen*  ^ ^ ^ (Wy  appointed  agent,  or,  f th'"'-  “ „ clett,  „,  the  ease 

until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  < o ro  be  lssaed  until  there  has  been  de  t\  ere<  0 ’ together  with  the  certificate 

town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  Iso  facts  required  hy  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and  rec provided.  If  there  is 

may  be,  a satiifaC^^  section  three  of  this  chapter  or m heji it  mo  a sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the 

of  the  attending  physician,  it  any,  t attending  physician  cannot  be  obtai-ea,  g ,.  request  of  siul  uoas#, 

no  attending  phy.tcian,  or  * «-  =«  W * <*  “ — * TlZ  o”nt  1 e m dial  «—  ** 


V5Z  shin  foa-thwith  countersign 

given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  ^ ^ vlolating  any  of  the  provisions/of  this jecto 

clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  * > I tfsj 

dollars.  ' 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased  * 
Dale  and  Place  of  Death,  - 


died  at 


Disease  on  Cause  of  Dteatli,  - of  .e^^f  ePjt  e. 


Age,  - ft S ^c{/L 

1 88 (J.  £ 

Duration  of  Sickness 


I certify  that  the  above  is  true,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 

Name  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician , nr  * f. 


Date  of  Certificate, 


1 88 


*Or  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named). 


[May,  1888.] 


[Acts  of  1888,  Chapter  306 .] 

Section  i.  Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 
facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  — Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his 
last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name 
of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

Section  2.  Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  furnished,  is 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows  : — Section  3.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the 
body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no 
board  of  health  in  such  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 
board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned 
and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof 
a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained, 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or 
town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician;  and 
in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are 
delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  register 
for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  de- 
ceased or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [ Approved  May  4,  1888. 


RETTJ  H N OF  DEATH. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Towjr'm  which  the  Death  occuiTed. 


* I f :i  Married  Woman  or  Widow,  t If  a Soldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
t If  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks. J 

Plate.  Ed.  September,  1892. — 5,000. 


- J^P 


ryp('nAX$'~?  ireT^op 

[ Public  Statutes,  Chapter  J2,  as  amended  by  Acts  oj  tSSS,  Chapter  pots ; Acts  of  iSSp,  Citapter  asp."] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration, : 
certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  ot 
his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neglects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  Ip  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give 
both  the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects  to 
make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the  body  of  a deceased  persoi 
until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  cite 
town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  c 
may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and  recorded,  together  with  the  certifi  ■ 
of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  4s  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  the  •< 
no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  ceftificate  of  the  attending  physician  cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  ft 
purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  bo. 
agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  sh 
if  requested,  make  the  same.  Whbn  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  tile  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  bo 
or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  i- 
given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  fegistration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  anvofUie- provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  In  ■ 

nnfQ)  VJ) 


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PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


[Arts  of  1 8SS , Chapter  Jo6.~\ 

Section  i.  Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 
facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows t —Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his 
last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name 
of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

Section  2.  Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  furnished,  is 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : — Section  3.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the 
body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no 
board  of  health  in  such  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  Nd  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 
board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned 
and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof 
a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained, 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or 
town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician;  and 
in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are 
delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  register 
for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  de- 
ceased or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [Approved  May  4,  / S8S . 


[fill  out  with  ink]. 


ate  of  Death,  . . . 

Name, 

(Maiden Name),  . . 

(Name  of  Husband), 
Sex,  and  whether  single, 
Married,  or  Widowed, 
Color,  .... 

Age, 

Residence,  . . . 

Occupation,  . . 

Place  of  Birth,  . 

Name  of  Father, 


Name  of  Mother, 
(Maiden  Name). 


0.</ ; /J~S3 


Birthplace  of  Father,  . 

Birthplace  of  Mother, 

Signature  of  Undertaker  or  other  person  makini 


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PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  of  Deceased ', 

Date  and  Place  of  Death , 

Disease  or  Cause  of  Death , 

Duration  of  Sickness,  

I certify  the  above  is  true,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belie 


Date  of  Certificate, 


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Physician. 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE  OF  THE  CAUSE  OF  DEATH. 


Same  and  age  of  decease i 
Date  and  place  of  a (3 

— *-*- 


Disease  or  cause  of  aeath  : 


Age . 


Duration  of  disease  :* 

Name  and  residence  | 
of  physician.  J 


<£r  T. 

I certify  that  the  above  is  true,  to  the  lest  of  my  knowledge  and  belief , 


\yC(r^> 


M.  D. 


•It  is  very  desirable  to  be  informed  of  the  duration  of  the  disease. 


The  office  of  the  Board  of  Health  will  be  open  for  the  granting;  of  permits  for  burial,  as  follows:  — Saturdays,  9 A.  M.  till 
2 P.M.;  Sundays,  10  A.  M.  till  12  M.;  Holidays,  from  lO  A.  M.  till  12  M.;  other  days,  from  9 A.M.  till  5 P.  IVf . 


UNDERTAKER’S  RETURN.— Bestow 


do  ' 189  <3 . Name, 


Date  of  deaf 
Maiden  name* 

^kmdeeU-  single,  or  widow  of 

Color/?^*  Age,  /years, ^ mos.,^ days.  Residence, 

Place  of  death  (6lnTmb“nrdJ[?  . 

Place  of  birth, 


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wife— of\ 


Name  of  father,  py/sw* 


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Occupation, < — 

Maiden  name  of  nuitTrrfi^p  ^Ho1 


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3r, 

Birthplace  of  fat Birthpjjicc  of  moth.£'/^4~*^^' 


Place  of  interment,! 

* If  a married  woman  or  a widow.  t Give  the  name  of  the  burial  ground. 


£77? 


Signature  of  Undertaker  : 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town  in  which  the  Death  occurred. 


( 


.Disease  or  Cause  of  Death 

\ (Primary  and  Secondary),  { 

G.  Duration  of  Sickness, 


\_Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  /SSS,  Chapter  30b  ; Acts  of  /SSg,  Chapter  224."] 

Section  * A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a 
certificate  statin-,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of 
his  last  sickness, "and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neglects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give 
both  the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects  to 
nmke  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  e No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the  body  of  a deceased  person 
until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city  or 
town  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case 
mav  be  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate 
of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is 
no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  e 
purpose  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board, 
a-ent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician  ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall 
i /"requested  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board 
or  a-ent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so 
given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  tin 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 

dollars.  / 


jName  and  Age  of  Deceased ,* 
'Date  and  Place  of  Death, f - 
Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - 

(Primary  and  Secondary.) f 

Duration  of  Sickness, 


I certify  that  the  above  is  true,  Jo  the  best  of  my  knowledge  an^fbelief. 

Signature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician 


9 

Yfli 


^I‘t  (llot  If  stillborn  so  state.  | If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state//  } If  a solder  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion 

' Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.  — 5,000. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32  as  amended  by  Acts  oj  1SS8,  Chapter  30G ; Ads  of  1889,  Chapter  224;  Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  263.'] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
tration, a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  lie 
died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dying 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate, 
stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 
the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 
to  make  such  certificate  lie  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 
recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 
thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 
required  of  the  attending  physician;  and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same. 
When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  fortli- 
with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 
shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 
ing fifty  dollars. 


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X Public  Statute*,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  /SSS,  Chapter  30b;  Acts  of  iSSg,  Chapter  «*.] 

/ , . . , has  attLed  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a 

SECTION  3-  A physician  who  has  alien.  I ,w«.«d.  his  a<?e.  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of 


l“  , au  ' w the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of 
certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  know  e ge  ant  net,lects  or  refUses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a 

his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  P • j?  -i  who  served  ;n  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give 

fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  ^ as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects  to 

both  the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  ca^  of  de‘ * as  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ;n  which  he  resides. 

make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  le  s therefrom  the  body  of  a deceased  person 

Section  5.  No  undertake,,  sexton  o,  brnym  * ^ ^ u „„  bo„d  ot  health  In  such  city  o, 

until  he  ha.  received  a permit  so  to  do  ,r“‘ 1 ' mta  ,Le  ha.  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case 

town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk,  ho  such  pe  returned  and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate 

may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  con taming  h f * ^ ^ thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  k 

of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  require  >>  sec  < vsician  cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  th 

no  attending  physician  or  ly  physidan  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  boarf 

purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  heatth  1 - di  h ysician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shah, 

agent  or  clerk,  make  such  Cert^^“Jhr2Wact  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  boar.. 

dollars.  . ( 


.1/ 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


[Acts  of  1888,  Chapter  jo6 .] 

Section  i.  Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 
facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : — Section  j.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his 
last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name 
of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid^he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

Section  2.  Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  furnished,  is 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : — Section  j.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the 
body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no 
board  of  health  in  such  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 
board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned 
and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof 
a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained, 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or 
town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician;  and 
in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are 
delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  register 
for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  de- 
ceased or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [ Approved  May  4,  1888. 


Duration  of  disease 


1 certify  that  the  above  is  true^o  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief \ 

Name  and  residence  1 

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/ 


of  physician. 


M.  D. 


♦It  is  very  desirable  to  be  informed  of  the  duration  of  the  disease. 


The  office  of  the  Board  of  Health  will  be  open  for  the  granting  of  permits  for  burial,  as  follows:  — Saturdays,  9 A.  M.  till 
2 P.  >1.;  Sundays,  10  A.  M.  till  12  M.;  Holidays,  from  lO  A.  M.  till  12  M.;  other  days,  from  9 A.M.  till  5 P.  M. 


UNDERTAKER’S  RETURN./ 

;^</.-.i89 J.  Name, 


^mos.,  C^day s.  Residence,  O * A j'  lliM.. 


Married,  single,  o 

*y)  23v! 

Color,  /y  Age,^^ears^mos.,r  .-..aays.  

Place  of  death  ■■***&  

Place  of  birth,  (Aa^lAbw:^. Occupation, ,4&£qa^Q^. 

Name  of  father,  . AyV..  j Maiden  name  of  mother, CLLxY. Y. . . . /o  T 

fi/J Birthplace  of  mother,^. . 

/ Qu.  Y4 . . 


Birthplace  of  father, 
Place  of  interment, t 


* If  a married  woman  or  a widow.  t Clive  the  name  of  I e burial  gro 


Sl/hr:. 


Signature  of  Undertaker  : 


* ] f a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  f If  a Soldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 
( if  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races, Specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.  J 


[. Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1888,  Chapter  306  ; Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  224 .] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a 
certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of 
his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neglects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give 
both  the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects  to 
make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the  body  of  a deceased  person 
until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city  or 
town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case 
may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate 
of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is 
no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the 
purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board, 
agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall, 
if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board, 
cr  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so 
given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  a^to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  sectiop-^Jaall  Ire  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty 
dollars.  1 ~ - 


•/ 


0 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


[Arts  of  1888,  Chapter  J06.] 

Section  I.  Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 
facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:- — Section  j.  A physician  who  his  attended  a person  during  his 
last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name 
of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

Section  2.  Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  furnished,  is 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : — Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the 
body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no 
board  of  health  in  such  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 
board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned 
and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof 
a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained, 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or 
town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician;  and 
in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are 
delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  register 
for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  de- 
ceased or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [ Approved  May  4 , 1888. 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE  OF  THE  CAUSE  OF  DEATH. 


Somerville, 

Xame  of  Deceased,  ^ ^ 

Place  and  Bate  of  Death:  Died  at  ( 


iso  3 


Disease  or  Cause  of  Death 

/If  a Soldier  who  served  Id  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  both \ 
^thc  primary  and  secondary  causes  of  death  must  be  given./ 

Duration  of  Disease  ,t 


Age,  S&Yrs.,  Mos.,  Days 

, £^189  3 


U1  UCOlll  UIUOI  UO  giv  till*/  . . 

fZA-v^A:  iuj/Czr 


1 certify  that  the  above  is  true,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief, 
Signature  of  Physician, 

Residence, 


Date  of 
Death . 


UNJJUK'I'Akkkk  kkiUKN. 

}S.  ' /„//  A.- 

1 89 $.  Mame,^f J... ■ ..r:^c. ' 1 ‘ 

yMame  of  j* 

Husband,  j rr. : 


Maiden  Maine, * 

Sex,  C Color, t / }}  Single,  Married  Widowed, 

Age,  (eg  Yrs.,  Mos.,  — - Days.  Residence,  glA 


^ . (jno.j  istreet.;  f (lown  or  City  and  State.) 

Place  of  Death  (SNumbe"d),  thA <Aj - Ward 


Occupation, 
Maine  of 
Father. 
Birthplace 
of  Father. 


A* 


Place  of  Birth, 

Maiden  Marne  ) 7 

of  Mother.  j , 

Birthplace 


Place  of  Interment, 


l ^^Jjl life 

V4Ar  c .£  c //<* 

((/emttery.)  (1 


‘Ot  x'Of.  of  Mother.  1 ^C^aJL  f>'CH*.'6'C. 


*t  ^ 

(Town  or  City  and  State.) 


* If  a Married  woman  or  a Widow.  t If  other  than  White,  (A)  African,  (M)  Mulatto,  (I)  Indian;  If  of  other  races,  specify  what. 


Signature  of  Undertaker, 

Residence,  0 ^ — 


(No.) 


(Street.) 


(Town  or  City.) 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town  in  which  the  Death  occurred 


* 1 f a Married  Woman  or  Widow,  t If  a Soldier  who  served  in  tile  War  of  the  Rebellion. 
I If  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  olliei'  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  September,  1892.— o,0oi). 


[ Public  Statutes , Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  sSSS,  Chapter  306  ; Acts  of  /.STi}),  Chapter  22p.] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a 
certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of 
his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.'  If  a physician  neglects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  nunished  by  a 
fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  tie  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give 
both  the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects  to 
make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  whS:h  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the  body  of  a deceased  person 
until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  tjhe  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  ^ no  board  of  health  in  such  city  or 
town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such 'permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  ooard,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case 
may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate 
of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  asrequiredby  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof  a certificate's  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is 
no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  oflhe  attending  physician  cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the 
purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  healtl^  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board, 
agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  Violence  the  medical  examiner  shall, 
if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board 
or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so 
given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  mar  1 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  pm 
dollars.  j ^ 


ner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
■fished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


* Or  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named).  If  stillborn  so  state.  f If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state.  f If  a soldituwr  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  t lie  Rebellion- 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.  — 5,000. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Ads  of  IS SS,  Chapter  306;  Acts  of  1SS9,  Chapter  224  ; Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  263.  J 
Section  3 A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested, 

t 'HM)  iiinrv  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  lie  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  ncg 

thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician  or  .^e  fe ‘tih°ate  of  the 5 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  J 

physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk, _mahe  sucn  cert. fa 
required  of  the  attendin'*  physician;  and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  mane  tne  same 
When  such  satisfactory” statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  t - h<  ‘ 

with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration  The  Person  to  whom l the  pe mnt  ^ » 

w.-ai  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  mannei  and  cause  or  tne  aeatn,  as  wie 
:SS  or°  regis  trarmayrequi  re.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fane  not  exceed- 
ing fifty  dollars. 


' 1 1 ;i  Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J li  a Soldier  wlio  served  in  ilie  War  oi  liie  Uebeliiou. 
( If  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Knees,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.  — 5,000. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1S8S,  Chapter  306;  Acts  of!8S9,  Chapter  224;  Acts  oflS93,  Chapter  263. ] 

f Physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  re<d«- 
th’ A rtificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  whiclThe 
died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dvhnr 

SST  °[  “ *fe,blrth  ft*”  "‘I.  Wh»  reqSJted,  Sh  L r^Stll  . 

‘ f»to  ^he  best  of  bls  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  dead  If  a physician  ne°-’ 
flftv  SeTn°r  I a ?ertlica,te  as  at°resaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceedin'* 

fty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion  the  physician  shall  <rive  hr.th 
|;°Prird  ^ sf°ndaly  « -immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  . fame If a 

Srmrw  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides.  ° 

& pcriON  o.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  borlv  until  ho 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  oitv 

th°m  the  °lty  °v5  t0Wn  c-leik‘  No  Sllch  Permifc  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board  or  a-'ent  or 
clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 
lecorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chanter  or  in  li  n 

cSno.  bVoSS  “ tbere  ls,  "»  *“«■«“”«  PMW».  or  If  The of ISSj  ph  “ic£ 

nSior  obtame<k  for  »ood  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  anv 
rermired  ofThi0  a C1ity  °r-tOWn  fo.r.the  PurPOse  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 

When  such  ^ ia?rm"  Ph/Slcian5  and  111  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same 
With  eon  nr  ®a*lsfact°17'  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  a «ent  shall  forth  ’ 
sTv  rS a transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  perm"  tisso  Sen 
: furmsh  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death  as  the 

ing  fifty  dollars  m3y  reqlUre-  Any  Persou  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 


[Acts  of  1888,  Chapter  Jo6.~\ 

Section  I.  Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 
facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : — Section  j.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his 
last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name 
of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

Section  2.  Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  furnished,  is 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : — Section  p.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the 
body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  thwre  is  no 
board  of  health  in  such  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 
board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned 
and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof 
a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained, 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or 
town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician;  and 
in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are 
delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  register 
for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  de- 
ceased or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [ Approved  May  4,  1888. 


Extract  from  Section  2 of  Chapter1  306  of  jjje  Legislative  Spfcf  of  1888. 


No  undertaker,  sexton,  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town,  or  remove  therefrom  the 
body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly 
appointed  agent,  or  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk. 
No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent,  or  clerk,  as  the 
case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  re- 
turned and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  sec- 
tion three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  at- 
tending physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained,  for  good  and 
sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health,  or  any  physician 
employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such 
certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence,  the  medical 
examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  de- 
livered to  the  board  of  health  or  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit 
the  same  to  the  clerk  or  register  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall 
thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause 
of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 


O' onimontur.'illh  of  ,i$ns6!ubusctfs. 


* 1 f a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  } li  a Soldier  wlio  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
t If  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

(Be  very  particular  to  All  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.-5,000. 


A. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32.  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1SSS , Chapter  306 ; Acts  of  1S89,  Chapter  224;  Acts  of  1S93,  Chapter  263.'] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
tration, a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he 
died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dying 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate, 
stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 
the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  Its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 
recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 
thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 
required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same. 
When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forth- 
with countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 
shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 
ing fifty  dollars. 


PHYSICIAN'S  CERTIFICATE 


[Acts  of  188S , Chapter  306.  ] 

facts  delating  to  d attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  reg{#tration  certain 

last  illness  shall,  when  requested  forthwith  furnish  Jor  rli  tS  n ~ rf  ? 3'  A PhyS,C,an  Wh°  haS  attended  a P*™"  during  his 
of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease rf ^hichTe  did the  Eon h"  t , f **  °fhis  k”ow1^  “d  the  name 

iect~r°  s a,;e  a rmr-r^ he  *Ln  be  decease- if  a »** 

amended  so  as  to  ^ °f  a h™  ***  until  a proper  certificate  is  furnished,  is 

body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  dTfromTl  eV^  bUry  & C'ty  °f  .t0Wn  °r  remove  therefrom  the 

board  of  health  in  such  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerh  N 1 h ° ^ °r  ^ dU'y  aPPointed  agent,  °r,  if  there  is  no 

board,  or  agent  or  clerk  as  the  case  Zv  hP  a T SUCh  P6rmlt  ShaU  be  isSUed  untiI  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 

and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attend^ nh™"  ‘ " ®tfatement  containmg  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned 
a certificate  as  hereinafter  provLed.'  If there  * ^ thre?  °f  th»  chaPter>  « - lieu  thereof 

for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  numose  ?thp  ~h  ' ’ ' r 6 Certl  lCate  °f  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained, 

town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  LTboard  T?  1 t T t °f  health  °f  Ph>'sician  employed  by  a city  or 

in  case  of  deathby  violent Te  meS  1%’  "tT*  “ is  of  the  Ending  physician;  and 

delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent  the  board  or  'n  f ^ ^ *ame'  ^hen  sucb  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are 

for  registration.  The  person  “ "ho^h^mU^ 1^™^!^^  «»  **»=  «-  •>>=  clerk  or  register 

ceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  Heath  s ° t t urntsh  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  de- 
sertion shall  he  punished  hy  a fmeVi  1^1, mg'  ^ * **  * <* 


t I f jJtheTthaVwhTte11  J lf  ;l,?°‘dTiei.who  sei  ve‘i  ">  Wo  of  the  Rebellion, 

oilier  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.  — 5,000. 


[ Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32  as  amended  b 


SSS,  Chapter  306;  Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  224;  Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  263.] 


stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  t c statement  therein  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 

iects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  af°resaid,  or  ma  wlio  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sai  state  tbe  game_  jf  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 

the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  di.ath  a ? ^ tbe  use  Qf  the  town  in  which  he  resides, 

to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  su  . t or  rem0Ve  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  Person  shall  bury  m a ^or  tm  or  icmove  tjere  ^ <>f  in>such  dty 

has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  boai  d of  healtti  or  its  ffi  iJSUed  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  g uired  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 

clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  conta  » iredqbv  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 

recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  P^sician,  l ^ 7-  « or  }f  {[e  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 

thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  theie  is  no  atten  g p y ’ cbairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 

cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  eaily  < e°ou»h  fc  ? s?dd  board  a<mnt  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 

physician  employed  by  a city  or  tovvn  for  the  purpose  shall,  up  1 lne‘c|ical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same. 

required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  « e i mec tQ  Ug  a<rent’  the  board  or  agent  shall  forth- 

jps: 

violating0 any1  of  the^ro  visions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 
ing fifty  dollars. 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


lame  and  Age  of  Deceased* 
late  and  Place  of  Death,  - 
lisease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - 


died  at  SdJ 


» V Age,  oQ/dpiQ  / ')?Vb  2d$ch 

tflff  ~j2  / y r>  . - j f AIM. 


A /?  / ?_  / ' 

Duration  of  Sickness < CO'UXa^,  *efLi. u. i^ct/ku  ,f£^ ~ 


^ /^X-pLt  'X _<C52sl-^- 

I certify  'that  the  above  is  true,  to  th'e  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 

a me  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician,  r^~i ^ CfLffAL.  / O \dj HOlI. i~ $ 'i' 

Date  of  Certificate,  Qe^h^-  4-  / i8^S- 

<r  ~ 


•Or  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named). 


[May,  1S88.] 


[Acts  of  j88S,  'Chapter  po6.~\ 

Section  i.  Section  three  of  chapter  thirty-two  of  the  Public  Statutes,  requiring  attending  physicians  to  furnish  for  registration  certain 
facts  relating  to  deceased  persons,  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows  : — Section  j.  A physician^vho  h is  attended  a person  during  his 
last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name 
of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

Section  2.  Section  five  of  said  chapter,  prohibiting  the  burial  or  removal  of  a human  body  until  a proper  certificate  is  furnished,  is 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : — Section  3.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  the 
body  of  a deceased  person  until  he  has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no 
board  of  health  in  such  city  or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such 
board,  or  agent  or  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned 
and  recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu  thereof 
a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  can  not  be  obtained, 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any  physician  employed  by  a city  or 
town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is  required  of  the  attending  physician;  and 
in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.  When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are 
delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forthwith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  register 
for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given  shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  de- 
ceased or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the  clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  [Approved  May  4,  1888. 


Tame  of  Deceased,* 
nge  of  Deceased, 

Dale  and  Place  of  Death, 

Disease  or  Cause  of  Death 


Cambridge , vP  18 

aged  3 years,  ./  months y.  / P days, 

died  al  tfym-f,  (J  * / 3 

fZy* 


C^cJtjPe^r  f 


of 


The  Duration  of  Sickness  was  ftrey-r"  's'-c:  ; ' y 


Duration  of  Sickness, 

I certify  that  the  above  is  true,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief- 
Name  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician , .... 


*Or  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named) 


A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  sh  11  vhen  requested,  forthwith 
furnish  for  registration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the 
deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he  died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his 
decease.  If  a physician  neglects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  punishe  d 
by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town  in  which  the  Death  occurred. 


10.  Place  of  Birth, 


•*  If  a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  | If  a Soldier  who  served  in  the  \Va i'  of  the  Rebellion, 
t If  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  till  all  Blanks. 1 
Plate.  Ed.  May,  1883.  — 5,000. 


-<-T 

[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  18SS,  Chapter  30G ; Acts  of  18S9,  Chapter  224;  Acts  of  1893,  Chaptei  2 33. ] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
tration, a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  ^Se»  the  of  ^ Mch  e 

died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at biith of : a i c l 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration certificat 
stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  bom  dead.  II  a physic _ e 

lects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  Shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceedm. 
frffy  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  bi\e  bot. 
the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  nea 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  whidine  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  untU  he 
h^-eceived  a permit  so  to  do  frota  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  heaith  in  suchmt} 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  boaid,  or  a„eiit  or 
clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 
recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  reqmred  by  section  three  of  thm  chapter,  or  m 1 cu 
thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter!  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  andlsufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  boaid  h..ntp  ^ 

physician  employed  by  a city  or  tdwn  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  ot  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  ®"ch ™ l 
required  of  the  attending  physiciai ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall, 

When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agem,  the  board  or  a^ent  slia  - 

with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  tne  permit  is  so  gi  e 
shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  t e 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  J 
ing  fifty  dollars.  j ■ l ( , 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


9U 


ne  and  Age  of  Deceased  * 

•© 

; pa/e  and  Place  of  Death,  t - 

i 

Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - 

{Primary  and  Secondary.)  J 

duration  of  Sickness , 


— ■ Age,  C 6 

died  at  (dSArL Zj2l.1L.i89  3 . 

of m 

khif  Sn  flet  ^ 


Signature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician , 

f ' 


I certify  that  the  /hove  is  true , to  me  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 

^aie  °f  Ceri'ficate>  - ^dftyvib^L  vt/'A  /l?  " r8g  S . 

Or  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named).  If  stillborn  so  state.  f If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state.  J.  If  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion . 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.  — 5,000. 


♦ 


\ Public.  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1SSS,  Chapter  30G  ; Acts  of  18S9,  Chapter  224  ; Acts  of  1S93,  Chapter  2 G 3.] 

Suction  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
tration, a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  lie 
died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dying 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate, 
stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 
the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  oi 
clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 
recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  liei 
thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physiciar 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  auj 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  h 
required  of  the  attending  physician;  and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same 
When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  orto  its  agent,  theboard  or  agent  shall  forth 
with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  give) 
shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  th 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed 
ing  fifty  dollars. 


RETURN  of  a death. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town  in  which  the  Death  occurre 


/ Disease  or  Cause  of  Death 

\ (Primary  and  Secondary),! 

Duration  of  Sickness, 


* If  a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J If  a Soldier  who  served  in  the  Warol  ihe  ItcbuiUou. 
t If  other  than  White,  (M.)  Mulatto.  (X.)  Indian.  If  of  other  kaces,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.-5,000. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1S88,  Chapter  306;  Acts  of  18S9,  Chapter  224;  Acts  of  1S93,  Chapter  263.] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
tration a certificate  statin0'  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  ^ Inch  1 c 
died  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dying 
immediately  thereafter  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate, 
statin <>■  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
fifty  dollars In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 
th/primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  nealects 
SSSSe  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  5 No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  boc^  until  he 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such ^ city 
or  town  from  thecitv  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
clerk  as  the  case  maybe,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 

£&&<&£  wKec.rtiOc.te  J the  attending  physician  if  a,  requl^d  by  »e three' K'S  °ph  siS 

thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  tbe  certificate  of  the ’ a, 

cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  cha  rman  *he  J 

physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  °r  f 

remiired  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same. 
When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to^^e^-tbe  board  ora^e°tsh^11  f 
witli  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration  The  Person  to  whom  the  perm  t S 

shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed 


ing  fifty  dollars. 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased* 
Date  and  Place  of  Death  f - 
Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - 

(Primary  and  Secondary .)^ 

Duration  of  Sickness , 


lAAj 


Age,  d (p  fJfQAAL> 


died  at  / f OP Z dfiADstP'fo  JqJ/ d 6*  / 8 (?  3 . 

of  


I certify  that  the  above  is  true , to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 

Signature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician £ 

Date  of  Certificate 


* Ur  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named).  If  stillborn  so  state. 


I If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state.  J If  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 
Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.  — 5,000. 


rP“T  Tzl::zci^:zss‘^‘::soa:  **«**•  ***“*>  **«»»■  «~«*i 

tration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and ' belief^the^am8  Wl,'Cn  rc(luested>  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
(hed,  the  duration  of  liis  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decc^i  V 1 -°-f  theIde9easedI  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he 

immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child  sha^whe  m,  SThT  T,ho.h,a®  attende(l  !lt  a birth  of  a child  dying 
fthe  be.st  of  bis  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  - ch  Id  d mV  ' * fl,ru!sh  for  registration  a certificate, 

lects  or  lefuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid  or  miw  o of  * cl,c^  after  birth  or  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  ne^. 
lifiy  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  wlm^  w-  ? therein,  be  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed  in% 

the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  ocn  ^ec  1,1  ^be  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  °dve  both 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  ^ the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  o'netdecS 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shVil  hn  ° *?f1,ars  {or  the  use  of  tbe  town  in  which  he  resides, 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  dulv  inti  • ' ? ->r  t0VV11  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  lie 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk  X,rdV'  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  citv 
clerk,  as  the  case  may  he,  a "“l'1  tJ!ere  has  bce"  delivered  to  such  board,  or  a"  ent  oV 

recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician^ ami rn^  r^>Ki]  b-yr  tllis  chapter  to  be  returned  and 

thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  thmTisno  attend  - .re<*aired  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 

cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufiieient  reaso ns e-rlv  enoiS  w vllT  ’ °r+lf  th,e  ccrtif,cate  <>[  the  attending  physician 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  iiilrw®  S f the  PurP°su>  t]>e  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  anv 

required  of  the  attending  physician™  nd  in  ca^  h UI,?n,  reQuest  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as is 

^fhcoUCf  sa.tisfact°ry  Statement  and  certificate  ire sha11’  if  requested,  make  the  same. 

rrilSSS~ 

may  req"ire-  any  Of  the  %£%-££ 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town  in  which  the  Death  occurred. 


* 1 f a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  { If  a Soldier  who  served  in  Iho'War  of  the  Rebellion 
t If  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

(Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 
riate.  Ed.  May,  1893.  — 5,000. 


[. Public  Statutes, 


Chapter  32  as  amended  by  Acts  oj  1888,  Chapter  306;  Acts  of  1S89,  Chapter  224;  Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  263.-] 


Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  liis  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
te  stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  h- 

of  hlS  last  SlP.knftSS.  nnrl  tha  rlato  • : * . , P \ 7.  7 . . L‘ 


tration,  a certificate  

died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease 


ry1  ,v;,y;' — Tf'"'*.'':00.’  uilt;  'laLC  ^ uecease;  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dvin  r 

immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate’ 
stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  ne°-- 
fiftv  rtnibfr- USCTn°rfla  a certl&cate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceedin’®' 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 
the  primaiy  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  orne<dects 
1 WT.nv  - Vn!fe  ,'etS  ,la  forff  fc  to  the,  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides.  ° 

oec.iion  N<? undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 
or  town  from  S°  “?  C ° fr®m  the  ^oard  of  hea1^  or  Sts  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city 

««  r,°“  ie  y 7’ t0Wn  P.lePk\  No  su.ch  Permlt  sha11  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 

vicm-Hon  w c7i  -7  7’  a S7«fa5t017  v7ntten  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 

twlnla’ 1 T?lt  ,1  the.  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 

cannotfbe  ohPdn^f  herel“after  Provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 
nhvskdmi  ll  *8  - ^ an*  suffl°ie“*  masons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 

rermb^H  nf  fhi  r l7  or.town  ff°r.the  Purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 

When7!7h  7 " Ph/Slclan  5 and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.  ] 

with  ^ 1 ^ sa.tlsfact,°7  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forth-7, 
slmd  tl7r7?ftSlf  f an-  wnsmlt  thf  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 
7:7  tk  ,reaf tfr  furmsh  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and-eause  of  the  death,  as  the 

P fif?l^f7iStrar  may  requlre-  Auy  person  violating  any  of  the  provisionsof  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 
ing nny  dollars.  ^ 'f 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased \* 

Date  and  Place  of  Death , t - 

Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - of  // l 

{Primary  and  Secondary .)  J 

Duration  of  Sickness,  - - 

I certify  that  the  above  is  true,  to  the  best  of  m y knowledge  and  belief. 

Ifcigvit/u re  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician, 

Date  of  Certificate,  *0  fidf?.  “ x ^ t&9  3 


* Or  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named).  1 1 stillborn  so  state. 


1 If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state. 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.  — 5,000. 


J.  If  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town  in  which  the  Death  occurred, 


If  a M arried  Woman  or  Widow.  J If  a Soldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
t If  other  thau  While.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  189.".  — 5,000. 


-f 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1SSS,  Chapter  30G  ; Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  221 ; Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  263.] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
tration, a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he 
died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dying 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate, 
stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 
the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  In  such  city  j 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 
recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  lequired  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 
thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 
required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same.. 
When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forth  ■ 
with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  give 
shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  t1  j 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating, aKvoajahe  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  excer  f 
ing  fifty  dollars.  J I 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


/ certify  that  the  above jy  true,  to  the  beyt  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 

Signature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  I*Jtysiciany 


vmtcc:  7 . dcsiA  - 2?zm, Mm, 

Date  rf  Certificate,  _ (Qc'f  7^ 


i89  3 • 


Sex  of  Infant  (not  named).  If  stillborn  so  state. 


I If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state.  { If  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion 
Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.  — 5,000. 


I Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Ads  of  1SSS,  Chapter  30G ; Acts  of  1SS9,  Chapter  224  ; Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  263.] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  lias  attended  a person  during  his  las,t  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
tration, a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  nanfl%pf  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he 
died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a phyfirlan  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dying 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate, 
stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physiciau  shall  give  both 
the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  lias  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
, clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 
recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  lequired  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 
thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 
required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same. 
When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forth- 
with countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 
shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 
ing fifty  dollai's. 


‘ ] f a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J If  a Soldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 
| If  Other  lhau  While.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

[Bo  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  May.  1893.  — 5,000. 


.2  (z/9  totem 

W 

[Pub  lie  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  18SS,  Chapter  30G ; Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  224  ; Ads  of  1893,  Chapter  26, 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  re® 
tration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which 
died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dyi 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certifica 
stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  m 
lects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  notexceedi 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  be 
the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglei 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  ntyd 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  ir, 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  lias  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  ^ 
clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  return  | 
recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  lequired  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in 
thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physi' 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  . 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as 
required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  sar 
When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  fori 
with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  giv 
shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  1 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exce< 
ing  fifty  dollars. 

_ 


\ime  ami  Age  of  Deceased,* 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


'tale  anil  Place  of  Death,  f - 


*'  is*"  or  Cause  of  Death, 

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r m of  Sickness, 

. iii 


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mature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician , 

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■ 


I certify  that  the  above  is  true , to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 


Date  of  Certificate, 


(ScA-/^ 


i893 


Or  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named;.  1 1 stillborn  so  state. 


f If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state. 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.  — 5,000. 


J If  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion* 


[ rnhlic  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  18S8,  Chapter  306 ; Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  224  ; Acts  of  1S93,  Chapter  263.] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  sliarfj  \Vheh  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
tration, a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he 
died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dying 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate, 
stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 
the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sextou  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  lie 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 
recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 
thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  tire  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 
required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same. 
When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forth- 
with countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 
shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 
ing fifty  dollars. 


■ I f a Mari  n il  Woman  or  Widow.  } li  a Soldier  who  served  m the  War  id  the  liebelliou. 
f If  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  ltaces,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.-5,000. 


, f 18S9  chapter  224 ; Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  263.] 

-rrr 

ss» 

SSSf-^seW;^ 

the  primary  and  the  secondary  forfdt  t0  the  treasurer  the  su  & city  or  town  or  y?“0^®V«  no  board  of  health  in  such  city 

has  received  a P®rm^  ®°  ^j0wnclerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  n<r  the  facts  required  by  this  cl lap  ^ chapter,  or  in  lien 


No  such  permit  shall  facts  required  * or  in  lien 

thereof  a certificate  as  h n sPuffl|ient  reasons,  ea^/11(fi  request  of  said  board,  agent  br  ' r > requested,  make  the  fl 
cannot  be  obtained,  f or  .^ci  the  purpose  shali,  upon  r q medical  examiner  shall,  . £ <1  agent  shall 

physician  employed  by  a city  or  tow  case  o£  death  ^y  violence  lIie  heaithorto  its  agent,  the  noar  ^ is  p, 

isi^l^^issssisss^^ : 

ing  fifty  dollars.  r / 


R ETT 


PHYSICIANS  CERTIFICATE. 


/ certify  that  the  above  is  true , to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 

*nd  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician,  H,  f edjtf 

Date  of  Certificate , ..  IL ~ i8g  / . 


C rf 

«int  (noi  named).  If  stillborn  so  state.  | If  child  died TnlTftediately  after  birth  so  state.  f If  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion- 
^ Plate.  E4.  May,  1893.  — 5,000. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32  as  amended  by  Acts  oj  1SSS,  Chapter  300;  Acts  of  2880,  Chapin  222,  Ails leA l 
Section  3.  A pl.ysidta  who  to.  Mi  a person  d°rb>. tUtol SES'to 

tration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  J11®  . and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dying 

died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  d > ' ) fortliwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate, 

immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the .birth  of  a ■ Jllbon dead!  If  a physician  nog- 
stating  to  the  best  of  Ins  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a ch  Q thc|.eit)i  lie  shan  be  punished  by  a fine  notcxceeding 
lects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  afoiesa  d,  ‘ dlor  who' served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a £,„!?,  _ J!  ° „rlv  ,,s  ,.e  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 
the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  > ‘ A ‘ . (i0u.u  s "for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides, 

to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  tome  ^the Nuin ot  tc  \i  ■ I rcm0ve  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bu  y in  a city  01  town  or  amuv  hoard  of  ht,aith  in  such  city 

has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  c u y ^ £ j delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 

or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  ^g^J“('by  thjs  chaptcr  to  be  returned  and 
clerk,  as  the  case  maybe,  a satisfactory  written  statement  co  . =>  reeuired  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 

recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  musician  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 

thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  ,s  no  attend,!  £ ;s/the  chalrman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 

cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  ea}1y  e°°’1»h  f ° t ■ „ board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  ° Jal  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same, 

required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  v lolence .the  - c - board  or  agent  shall  forth- 

When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delr whom  the  permit  is  so  given 
with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  r ^ - ^ » d eCeased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 

of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 
ing fifty  dollars. 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town  in  which  the  Death  occurred, 


ll  :i  Married  Woniau  or  Widow.  | ff  a Soldier  who  served  m the  War  ol  the  kebeiliou. 
1 If  oilier  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Uaces,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.-5,000. 


, , , 7 ooo  chapter  224 ; Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  266 

w ha  ids  of  1888,  Chapter  306  ; Acts  of  1889,  Chapt  , furnish  for  reg 

recorded,  together  with  the  cerun  If  there  1S  no  attending  pnj  the  chairman  ?*  Such  certificate 

•sfassst  sJssrJSf  «V“  -sa  4.  -s-s ,* 


clerk,  as  the  the  attending  or  if  the  certificate  or  or 

recorded,  together  -n after  provided.  If  there  is  n - +ke  purpose,  the  chairm  , ave  such  certificate  1 

thereof  a certificate  Efficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the^  agent  w derk.^e^^  ^ gg 

cannot  be  obtained,  £ or  town  for  the  purpose  y11’ up?”,p!1^e  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if : fi  ^ agent  shall  fo 

clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  p 

ing  fifty  dollars.  _ 


PHYSICIANS  CERTIFICATE. 


' and  A-e  °f  Deceased*  | Cil CMrtfA . ,. 

and  Place  of  Death; f - j died  at...  fifty.  /%» / ' 


ease  or  Cause  of  Death , 

( Primary  and  Secondary.)* 

'.ration  of  Sickness, 


°f  

I certify  that  the  above  is  true , A;  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 


Age, 


Qfure  and  Residence  of 


&£ 


.189  d> 


d Certifying  Physician, C f’/^L<^lf  fj  ff  f fA  f)  \ 

/:^C)  " *-  l-CTL  C S</Cw)f’/£  & y/  "™ 

Dale  of  Certificate, (Qp^/-  '2—fo.  ^ - 


r0f,‘‘U“t(n^me<i)-  lfit,“b0rnS0^C-  t Ifa  soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  tteVVarof  the 


Rebellion 


[ Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32  as  amended  by  Acts  oj  1S8S,  Chapter  306  ; Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  224  ; Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  263. ] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
tration, a certiticate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  lie 
died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dying 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate, 
stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 
the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 
recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 
thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 
required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same. 
When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forth- 
with countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 
shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 
ing fifty  dollars. 


* ] f a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  } If  a Soldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
t If  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

(Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.-5,000.  Q 


l Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32  as  amended  by 
Section  3.  A physician  who  has  a 
tration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best 
died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness*  a 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth 
stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  a;  id 
iects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  w 


FlSSS,  Chapter  300;  Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  224;  Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  203] 

nCfSpn  during  his  last  illness  shall  S which^he 

attended0 at  a birth  of  a child  dying 


rSSMEttSt  suc^a  child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  oeau. 
ssahl,  or  u l¥lA  both 

' '—or  a sailor  whored  m-the  '^^Ln  refuses  or  neglects 


fifty  dollars:  In  case  the  deceased  'y  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  ref  uses  or  neglects 

the  primary  and  the  secondary - or dollars  for  the  use  of  the 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit .to  le • 1L^  , ,,  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  t 


wimsmimmm 

ing  fifty  dollars. 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  a ' Age  of  Deceased, 


Date  and  Place  of  Death  fi 


y (Primary  and  Secondary.)  j 

Duration  of  Sickness, 


27aC- 


I certify  that  the  afiove  is  i>yifi  to  rtf  e best  of  my  knowledge  and  be  fief. 

t ig nature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician , £/ 

Date  of  Certificate, * j8q  3 . 


\ T x aa 


■ Sex  of  Infant  (not  named).  If  stillborn  so  state.  J If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state.  I If  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.  — 5,000. 


[ Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Ads  oflSSS,  Chapter  30G ; Acts  of  1SS9,  Chapter  224;  Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  263. 

, . i j «ii..  . _ "u  ^ -f l-i txti f fnrru’oK  VP  tri y 


Section  3 A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis-4 
Ue  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age  the  disease  of  which  he 

- , . , & . . , n ^ i . l . J C 1,!™  r*  i oin-n  U'llA  Kfl  <2  « 1 1 PTlfl  Ol'l  fl.f,  fl.  hi  Pt.h  Ol  ZL  CllllCl  (1Y1112 


tration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  or  Ins  Knowledge  ana  Denei,  me  name  oi  uieuew»cu,  ^ .r  To 

died  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dyin0 

immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested 

statin"  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  alter  birth  or  w as  born  dead.  If  a phyacian  ne^ 
iccts  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  lie  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed.n 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  toi\  e both 
the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 
lo  h„  shall  forfeit  to  the  Insurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  ih.  town  in nn.il  l.e 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  tlieiefrom  a human  body mntil  he 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  hoard  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  In  such  cit} 
or  town  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
clerk  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 
recorded  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  lequired  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 
thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  it  the  certificate  of  the  .^of ‘w t h *0-  anv 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  boaid  of  health  o.  any 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  ceituicate  as  i 
Sired  of  tile  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same. 
When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  boai  d or  agent  sha  for  t - 
with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  pernnt  is  so  «iven 
shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceei  - 
ing  fifty  dollars. 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town  in  which  the  Death  occurred. 


■ If  a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J If  a Soldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
f It  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  189S.  — 5,000. 


[. Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  18SS,  Chapter  30G;  Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  221;  Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  263.] 

Suction  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
tration, a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  y hich  he 
died  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dj  , 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate, 
statin"  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
fifty  dollars  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 
th/primarv  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neBlects 

to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  1 "ZV™! ‘him  bmJv  unti'  he 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  tlieiefrom  a human  body  uuti  he 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  boaid,  °r 
clerk  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  a d 
recorded,  to"ether  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  lequired  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 
thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the : attend ing  PhJ  Rician 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  o.  an j 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  a^is 
required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested  make  the  same. 
When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  boaid  or  agent  shall  forth- 
with countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 
shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  qf^ejifo^iou^  c^liia.sQctpm  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 
ing fifty  dollars.  '>  }•'  y ^ f/n 


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PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


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find  Place  of  Death  f - died  at  -yf  / 

-se  or  Cause  of  Death,  - 0f 

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tion  of  Sickness, 


Ag‘>  /*fA  ///r/jc^j 

2— ,,  y. 


7 certify  that  the  above  is  truest o tfefest  of  my  knowledge  anil  belief 

re  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician, 


of  i n fam  (not  named ) . I f stillborn 


so  state.  f If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  sn  ciotA  t if  „ t j-  , 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893  — 6,000.  ’ a soldier  or  sadorwho  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion- 


ss§i!l^ 

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mrnmmmsmM 

clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person 
ing  fifty  dollars. 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Town  in  whicli  the  Death  occurred, 


• 1 f a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J II  a Soldier  who  served  m the  War  of  the  iiebcliiou. 
f If  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  ltaces,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  All  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  May,  1893.-5,000. 


Sfction  3 A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  \ M , u: , »,,.  rHc»»<A  of  which 

OEOIlU-iN  O.  a , . v:,,  TmArnlorlo-P  STlfi 


Section  3 A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  liis  last  lUnesssnai^^  IjjjHj  his  ^ge>  the  disease  of  which  he, 

tration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  Ins * ^T5dgf8 “cewe ^and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a chiid  dying 
died  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  deceas e ■,  ai  u i i > forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate, 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child  shall .when or  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  neg- 
stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  tbe  fact  that  sue  ch  M therein)  be  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 

loots  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a fal  t t „ of  therebeUion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 

fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  s state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 

the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  dea;t  l a^ar‘y  a , ,,  for  tbe  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides, 
to  ma™  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  ^of  to  ^Dan  reaove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 

Section  5 No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  . Z j no-ent  or  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city 

has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  1*™%*%* delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
or  town  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be issued  unh  ,)y  th,s  chapter  to  be  returned  and 

clerk  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  con  tap  nn^  e ^ q S(;ction  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 
recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  p lay  X’  sicjaa  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 

thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  chiiirman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 

cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  «“ons,  eai  y „ reauest  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk  make  such ^certificate  as  i

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