winthrop.towndigital almanac

The volume, 1897–1899

Town Clerk, Winthrop · from the Internet Archive · 728 pages · 25.9 MB
open the file ↗ · original at the source ↗

PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE  OF  THE  CAUSE  OF  DEATH. 


The  office  of  the  Board  of  Health  will  he  open  for  the  granting  of  permits  for  burial,  as  follows:  — Saturdays,  9 A.  M.  tlTI 
3 P.M.;  Sundays,  10  A.M.  till  13  M.;  Holidays,  from  lO  A.M.  till  12  M.;  other  days,  from  9 A .M  *JU  5 P.M. 


— 


UNDERTAKER’S  RETURN.— B**en. 

Date  of  dejrtfi^/ 181)^/^ 

Maiden  name,*  ^ Sex,  Y^p.  - 

Married,  simple,  nr  willow  of  wife  of1  ^ 

Color, Age^t^ears,  *>^inos., da)rs.  Residence, 

Place  of  death  (8,J|Jbacnrd),  q , ward 

Place  of  birth Occupation, 

Name  of  father Maiden  name  of  mothei^-^^^^^ 

Birthplace  of  faChef^  f ^^t^^Birthpl  ace  of  mother,  Y&Zj. 

Place  of  interment, f '//cYYs, 

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


Signature  of  Undertaker : 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

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


Jf 

i 


. x 


Q 


tPMUcSUUM,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  18SS,  Chapter  306 ; AcUoflSSS,  Chapter  224;  ActsoflSOS,  Chapter  203.1 

s%  "r  kvku^-  ,oMmiih  »«"•“*  <»  »«•*- 

died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness  and  the  date  of  hu  H >,»,  ,L‘  L ’ ljC  name  °.f  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  lie 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child  d a phy;sl<:lan  "'ho  bas  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dying 

stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledg^^  fortlnV^h  famish  for  registration  a certificate^ 

lects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  afo  ^lt  nr  lt  r . . d d,cd  after  b,rth  fcr  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  neg- 

flfty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldter’or a^ilnr  -h*  ^ there,ni  *haI1  be  Punished  by  a flne  not  exceeding 

n,l  tbo  ™ ‘ ‘.1  “•  Rician  .hall  give  bolt 


?•„“  W-T?!  It  a rera.es  or  «g,eS  , 

! town  in  which  he  resides.  j 


“ n!m“  lerta'S  " °r>"  “f"""  "““3 Ihe  town  l„  which  he  resides.  ‘ 

clerk,  as  the  case  m«v  hr.  •.  a..,,  0 Sl1?!’  ptrn,lt  sba“  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  a~ent  or 

recorded,  togetlier  with  the  certificate  of  thoattnuUn^^}^ c.ont!,.*'lln"  thc  fac,s  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and/ 
thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided  If  there”i/nnh!tta,1’iff  ttll3u  a?  ,requlred  b^  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieut 
cannot  be  obtained  for  eo^  ^l  suS^’rc^onL  Jl  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 
physician  employed  by  a ?cit?  or  to5  tl  I n rl  fortbe  pulpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 

required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  Xath  bv  vbde^e  The°m8aifd  }°ard’  “pCDt  ?r5le,r-k’ make  such  certificate  as  is 
When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  a/e  delivered “ ^ '‘  l’  It  r®que«tcd*  make  the  same, 

with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  ^ ,s  ag“nt-  tbe  board  or  agent  shall  forth, 

shall  t.hproflffor  Aimtiai.  : a t rcir  for  registration.  The  person  to  'whom  the  permit  is  so  given 


shall  thereafter  famish  for  registration  any  otter  InfS  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 

23S3SS" II  io?u^ 

alt  */*(?  -*  <7/ 


<*tr\ 


*& 


% 

« 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased* 


Jiafe  and  Place  of  Death, \ , died  at  y 


SivMAMtd  fioCcJ 


Age,  / ^ -J 


189  , 


Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - | of 

\ ( Primary  and  Secondary .)J 

! /Duration  of  Sickness,  - - | 

r*  j N 

I certify  that  the  above  is  true , to  th0ri>rstyt>f  ffiy  kiffudcdge  and  belief  7 

and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician , Led  ' 


Date  of  Certificate, 


•<  T -’"A: 


Ur  bex  of  Infant  (not  named)*  If  stillborn  so  state.  f If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state*  I If  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 

Plate.  Ed.  October,  1895.  — 5,UU0. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  188S,  Chapter  306  ; Acts  of  2889,  Chapter  224  ; Acts  of  1S93,  Chapter  2463."] 

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,  of  at  the  birtli  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  thqboard  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. 


M 

C3 

c3 


PP 


o 

-p 

3 

p 

’■p 

Jh 

Cg 

ft 

© 

> 


© 

PQ 


o 

o 

»^r 


1 


\ 


[ Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  ahiended  by  Acts  of  18SS,  Chapter  30G ; Acts  of  1S89,  Chapter  224  ; Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  263.  j 

Sioction  3.  A physician  wlii  has  attended  a person  daring  his  last  illness  shall,  wlntn  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
tration, a certificate  stating,  to  tile  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  thejbirth  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,  liej  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  fame.  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  femove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  frfjm  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  attenamg  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  tci  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forth- 
with countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  [ierson  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 
shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  tliie  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.  ■>.  j IJS  /J  // 


' ot  the  provisions  of  this  sect 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


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

{Primary  and  Si-ronda  ry.ft 

XDuration  of  Sickness, 


\ge,  (oO  ''O’  2-<T~ 


/O  .189 


I certify  that  the  above  is  true , to  the  besj^f tnpkno  uyfecjge  ajfd  belief. 

Iw 'gnature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician , 


Off  A- 


Date  of  Certifn 


ti fickle; 


Ur  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named).  11  stillborn  so  state.  I If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state.  I ICV  stfdier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 

Plate.  Ed.  October,  1895.  — 5,0U0. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Ads  of  18SS,  Chapter  30G ; Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  224;  Acts  oflS93,  Chapter  2C3.] 

tr&^nn^rortMra^Jt^ti  cia“  wbo  bas  att®“ded  a Person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
dted  Vle  best  °£  !VS  k,nowlcdge  a,ld  bclief>  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he 

hmmed^atelv tK k ^ th®, date  of,his  decease;  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birtli  of  a child  dying 
statin- S*  I?l.u  tn  1 t^e.b'r  h ^f.a,?tillb0r?  child>  shall>  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate, 

Statius  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  nee- 

lftt  dol l»?eSIn  i.Zkii  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  lie  shall  be  punished  by  a finenot exceeding 
t h^nrinvfr^'nn1)  th  tb  deceased  was '?  soldler  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 
t « y f d l,b«  stco,nda7  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.  ~ 
w JNO  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 

^town  frnm  o > S°  l?  d°  fr?m, the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in’ such  city 
,[om  the  Clt>'  °.r  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
Vi  C,tSe  a sat‘sfact0,7  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 

thprpnf  Wltb  the.  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 

canno/he  T hereiaafte,r  Provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 

bG  btalned’  for  go.od  an(1  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 
remfi^d «?«?<!' * C\ty  <?r.town  for.the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 
wi  '„ed  °l  attending  Pl'J'slcian  5 au(l  In  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same. 
\\  lien  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forth! 
«Vnii  ®°unte^'ga  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 
. hall  thereafter  ftirnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death  as  the 
clei  k or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a line  not  exceed- 


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

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  Dec.,  1895.-5,000. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  188S,  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  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,  ne  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  iu  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  neglect^ 
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  uutil  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  iu  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 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased,* 

v 

Date  and  Place  of  Death  f - 
Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - 

( Primary  and  Secondary.)  | 

Duration  of  Sickness, 


^Signature  and  Residence  of  Certifying 


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

V Physic  ran , ^ ...... 


Date  of  Certificate, 


189. 


* 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.  October,  1895.  — 5,000. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1SSS,  Chapter  30G ; Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  224;  Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  2 G 3.  j 

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  n'otexceeding 
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  ns  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 


OF  THE  CAUSE  OF  DEATH. 


Boston , . 


189.../- 

Name  and  age  of  deceased : <2f££&3idl?.. AgeM.f&...yr» mos dys. 

f-S- 


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


'O 


■ ^ OirArsJZr&ffrr: £..., ; ^VTV.  .i. . 


Duration  of  disease:* Ck.y & THtthS- £_  _ 

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


Name  and  residence ") 
of  physician.  J 


T 


M.  D. 


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

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


' 


Date  of  de athZZ .cf ..y.Znr. Z./. 189/  Name,..*. l/!. /& 

Maiden  narn^C Z.  ....... (Z)Z:: X Sex, 

c - . / y j x 

Married,  GHiglo^r  widow  of. „• rr .rrrrr^"""Wife 

Color,  .-Z  AgeZ /years,  — mos.,.-.  ...days.  ResidenceZ'-j^ 


/ Jy  * s~~y<  / y //  //  ( S-'Cr^  ^ 

Place  of  death  (8tnr^a8nrd),Z^.^/..^.£Z § C ward ^ 

Place  of  birth, 1 Z....Z c J Occupation,! v, 

Name  of  fathei^^^«^^ . . Maiden  name  of  mother, c.-....: £ r^ZZ  ^ 

Birthplace  of  father,  Birthplace  <5f  mother, 

Place  of  interment, f 


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


Signature  of  Undertaker : 

( / 

Z ^..A:Zzx..£. 


■ 


h S 
£ p 
3 • 

O TJ 
•-I  M 

c3  o 
& * 


© 

> 

© 


[Public  Statutes , Chapter  32 , as  amended  by  Acts  of  1888,  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 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  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  anv,  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  chairmau  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 
phvsician  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. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased* 

Date  and  Place  of  Deaths  - died  at 


Please  or  Cause  of  Death,  - [ 0f  f__ 

(Primary  and  Secondary.)^ 

Duration  of  Sickness , 


4ge,  / 


I cet  tify  that  the  a hovels  trite , to  the  best ofijny  knowledge  and  belief. 

Signature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician, 


Date  of  Certificate, 


^u..r. Z 

* Or  bex  of  Infant  (not  named).  Inborn  so  s«a.e.  , “ alidic7or  saUor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion^ 


/ 


/ 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amende*  by  Acts  of  1SSS,  Chapter  30G ; Acts  of 1889,  Chapter  224;  Acts  of  1S93,  Chapter  2(75.] 
tration^a'cerUflca^e^staUn^'t^H^^fpaf^f1^0^8  PT^n  duri“?  his  last  illness  sha11-  "’hen  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 

th%S?rTand“Kerona“^e?  “**?  soldlcr^ 'orVsilor  who ^r^Ko'wnf’S  ttcl3»mooj^^ 

« T*  0t  d“ih  ” «"»  “ l'»  «»"  Mate  the  same.  If  i phjslcL  refese”  or^lccts 

Sectiov  r No  u^dertnS  fv treasurer  ll!e  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides, 

has  received  a permit  soto^nfrnmth")  Per?f°Kn  sha11  ^l,r-v  in  a-city  or  towl1  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 

or  town  from  the  f ? , theJ?oard  °f  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  Is  no  board  of  health  In  such  city 

clerk  "as  the  else  SK.Sf't  S"t'  permit  sha11  be  issued  unliI  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
recorded  tmrei  her  wf/h  m ’ ^factory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  he  returned  and 
thereof  a °f,  *he  a«e"ding  Physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 
cannot  be  offiS?  tor  S' FJm  de*d‘  lf  therc  if!  no  lending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 
n n l g ,?d  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  anv 

required  of the' attendfnt  purp°sf  sh^V  l,p?u,  rc('ut'st  ot'  said  board>  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 

Whon  ttnnh  enti  f P*J5slc,an>  and  *n  case  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same 

« ™ * satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent  the  board  or  a-ent  shall  forth  ’ 

SS  ZSKmcW8"111  th,e  sre  t0  the  clerk  °r  re"istrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom X permit  is  so  gTven 
derk  oi^r e'ds tr a^m a v lsJratl 0 n any  ot,‘er  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 

ing  fifty  dollars  7 q Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 


_ 


o 

o 

o' 


u ° 

^ o 

Is 

U . 
c3  o 
a ~ 


© 

w 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Ads  of  1S8S,  Chapter  306  ; Ads  of  1889,  Chapter  224  • Acts  of  1893  Chanter  9 fit  V 

- nf  when  requested,  tothwi.h  to „hh  to  regU., 

,he  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  ids  rli>wK,..  • *P  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he 


tration. 


lectsOT  refuses  to  make  a certificate  a^for^^id6^  makes  “ Cwd  ^ie<^  ^fter  birth  or  was  bom  dea^  If  a physiciim 
fifty  doiiars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  serSdKe^^f  tf  ^ w pllnjshe('  b-v  a fluo  not  exceeding 
^ J,rrarylaDd  tbf  sccondary  or  immiliate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  statc°M  £berebelbon> the  physician  shall  give  both 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  doll^l  f at,V  samP;,  I£  a Physician  refuses  or  neglects 
Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shaft  burv  in  » d l Z I the  USC  °f  tbe  ,town  in  which  he  asides, 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  if*  rink*  m • i or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 

or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such Verm  sha  ?be  * *1?  to  "2  b°ard  °f  hpalth  *»  -Sb cl* 

clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  conSn“thi  tbe^e  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  o'r 
recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attendin'--  physician  if  ! f l!  r?qaired  by  th's  chapter  to  be  returned  and 
thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  thereis  no at  te  d L Z’  • ,required  k section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons  earl  1 f ? Pksician,  or  / tbe  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  mi^nms^sliidl^^^^rpnneif-^f  UI"^Sk’  chairman  o£  the  >^ard  of  health  ’or  any 

wCn'f  o£th«a«cnding  physician ; and  in  case  of^  a»eHt  ^ ^ake  such  certificate  as  il 

When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the"ho  trd^>r  h in  -er  sha  *’  f recluested,  make  the  same, 
w'th  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  re-dstrar  f^  5ts  agent’ the  board  or  agent  shall  forth, 

sh.all  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  tn  tr  t lV  The  Person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  persoii  violatin'-  anv  offhfnmJi-  d *s5,d.  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
ing  fifty  dollars.  y P vioutina  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased ,* 


'As' 


..^r l89  '7  ’ 

d / y-  /A  / fcn*  . ' fr 


ti  MuZs 

I , ' 

\pate  and  Place  of  Death, t - died  at 

Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - of 

{Printary  and  Secondary .)  + 

Duration  of  Sickness,  - - 

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

(1;  OdfAHSA' \j\fir.  .At't 

signature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician,  l (//*■ 

f 

Date  of  Certificate, S7  PI 


Age, 


M.M 


i*9  y 


T.  T.,J  ,•  A'  Mk  .IWUrth  so  state  t If  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 

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


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  IS  88,  Chapter  30  G ; Acts  of  IS  SO,  Chapter  224  ; AclsoflS93,  Chapter  203.] 

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  lie  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. 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

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


11.  Name  of  Father. 


o 

o 

o' 

I 


d 

a> 

Q 

§ 


d 

s 


r- 

[P«SIie  ».»,  Ctaj.Kr  &3, «,  oiBeiJi  «J  AM  »/  I««S.  Chapter  306;  AMoflSSO,  Chaplir22t;  AcU  0/1863,  Chapter  S63.  ■ 

Section  3.  A physician  >vho  ha.  attended  a person  wte?E 

tration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  besj ; of  his  ^“°w^dgf  • and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dying 

died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness  and  thedateofhis  d * ; , fortbwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate, 

immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  w hen *vas  born  dead.  If  a physician  nog- 
stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  s t thereln  i,e  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 

iects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  tnerem,  ‘ physician  shall  give  both 

fif  ty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  w ™ °*  or  neglects 

tlm  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  near ly as  he can  “™ihe^ffShlch  he  resides. 

to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  th®trea^er  shaU  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remJve  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 
Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  tow m or  feu  board  of  health  in  such  city 

has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  ^^l^^Jcued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  jNo  such  peimit.hal  ...  .,  f ts  requjred  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 

clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  cont..  «,  • dqb  secqpn  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 

recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  atte™bnS  » physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  atteuumg  physician 

thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  ther® qI®  the7  purpose  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 

cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  ea  ^ eI)  u»  t l sJ]d  byard  a^ent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 

physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  P a rp°Sr?  ® , ^-Vol Jn oeThc  n edicaf  c x^miner  s?ml  1 , if  requested,  make  the  same., 

required  of  the  attending  physician;  and  m case  of  death  ' ‘^le^e,  , f h ,altb  or  to  itsa<mnt,  the  board  or  agent  shall  fortli- 

When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  deln  ei i cd  to  tl  e ■ ^ person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 

with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  ejer h or  and  cause  of  the  dealli,  as  the 

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


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased,  * 

Date  and  P/ace  of  Death,  t - died  at  QjUiNff, 

Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  of 

^ {Primary  and  Secondary.)  j 

If  nation  of  Sickness,  - - j ('  It  fyutfcf  fC}'  X-'/- 

I certify  that  the  above  is  true,  to  the  best  of  m y Jui o iNpiyefy n d beffef. 

; gnature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician 


Date  of  Certificate 


,L- 


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


t If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state. 

Plate.  Ed.  October,  1895.-5,000. 


J If  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the 


irubhc  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  2888,  Chapter  30G ; 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  rcric 
lhe  best  oi;  bis  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  dece^ecl?  his  ag?  the  toe  of  whicdW.e' 
!tdi  m hls  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birtli  of  a child  dvin- 

so.Hni  tl  l'i  °f  Ut  tie1b,rth  fl,a1?t!  buorn  chlld>  sha11*  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate” 

. tatins  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  nec- 

flftv  do,irarfaUSeTn°r«pkth  * °ertlflcate  as  af°resaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
111  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 
*be S 7 ,and  V‘h  s *co,ndary  ornn  mediate  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.  “ 

, ‘ 'C.II(  ;*  1 undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 

or  town  from  S°  d°  f*?m,  thek°ard  ,of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  insuch  cil  v 

eWtaa  th  ty  °K  t0"n  ®.leFk\  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  lias  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
rieor’rWi  ^ may  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 
thereof  q’  tog?*:heF  wlt1}  th®  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter  or  in  lieu 
cannotfbe  obtalne?  Pr£v!ded-  If  there  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 

nwwor  ° 3tamed’  £or  8wd  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  anv 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 

Whcnloh  tb?5ffte“d,ng  Fbysic5“  5 aDd  in.®ase  of  ^ by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested  m^rthe  same 
AVhen  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forth 

shall  wnSmit  thfe  same  t0  the1c,er.k  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 

shall  thereafter  furnish  foi  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death  as  the 
i ^fifT-  je^jStrar  may  require-  Any  Person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed' 


PHYSICIAN'S  CERTIFICATE  OF  THE  CAUSE  OF  DEATH. 

L4 


*ased, 


Name  of  Deceased 

Place  and  Date  of  Death  : Died  at  e 

Disease  or  cause  of  Death  : f Primary, 


/ 


Medfrml, 

7 c^-  Age,  Sb  Yrs.,  ^ Mos.,  0^  Days. 

^ Medford,  7^  x 80^ 

/.  f.f* 


/If  a soldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  both  \ * j q i 

\ the  primary  and  secondary  causes  of  death  must  be  given^  I ^cCOIKUliy,  

fO  V X*  X j 


Duration  of  Disease, t 


Residence 


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

^ / 3 ^ ...... J ' 

(No.)  Stn  (Town  or  City.] 


M.D. 


*Acts  of  1889,  Chap.  224.  f It  is  very  desirable  to  be  informed  of  the  duration  of  the  disease. 


UN 


No. - — — 

RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

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


o 


tT 

- 

o 

ci 

<u 

p 

s 

o 

CJ 

3 'o' 

o 

o 

«*-( 

«4H 

<4-H  C 

o 

c5 

ci 

O 

o 

O 

Q-i 

o 

0? 

O 

o *5 

gn 

o 

o 

O 

o 

c3 

s 

o 

c5 

s 

g 

c3 

£ 

£ a 
£ 

TS 

06 

Ci 

o 

r-J 

oJ 

CO 

O 

i 


O 

o 

o 


a 


CD 

a 


o 


o 

o 

C5 


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

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

l’late.  Ed.  Dec.,  1895.-5,000. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  J.S8S,  Chapter  306 ; Acts  of  1SS9,  Chapter  224  ; Acts'of  1S03,  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  iborn  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  rebellibn,  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,  sextoh  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  anj 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  fqr  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  sha.l  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  t.ie 
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.  ^ 

, . v.  ' n 


„ physicians  certificate. 

Name  and  Age  of  Deceased '*  //  ' 

nj/T  ' 

Date  and  Place  of  Death  ft  - j died  at  % , ^ ff 

, r~~. l89  7 , 

Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  -\  0f  It  > 

{.Primary  and  Secondary. )\  1 ' 

Duration  of  Sickness,  - - [ 

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

Signature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician,  v 'fr-C/  - ^ ^ , 

Date  °f  Certificate> L. ' / < ,/  /<?!? 

* Or  bex  of  Jnlant  (not  named).  If  stillborn  so  state  ♦ if j-  . _ • 

* If  a sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellton. 


[PxMte  Smu**,  avur  32,  a , *ne*M  * Ac tt  o/  MS*.  <**»  «>«;  -Ac  «/  1SS*.  ^ 2« ; 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  h.!s  J^g^^gQf^h^dece^eiirhta  age,  the  disease  of  which  he 
tration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  k"?'yk^  w ho  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dying 

died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness  and  the  date  of  his  decease , a 1 1 > ■ forthwlth  furnish  for  registration  a certificate, 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  ofastdlbor^  ' or  wag  born  dcad.  If  a physician  in- 

stating to  the  best  of  liis  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  clieu  « hc  JaU  ,je  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
lects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  - t)  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 

fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sai lor  ™1  i the  ’ phy8PicL  refuses  or  neglects 

the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly ; as  he  ca  o£  the  town  in  whicli  he  resides, 

to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  £ “Ifitlor  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  lie 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  j of  health  in  such  city 

has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  ts  duly  aP U tufro  lias  hcen  deli verod  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  penult  shall  be  mued  until  by  thi3  chapter  to  be  returned  and 

clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  contain  acquired  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 

recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  atte inding  P^s>cian,  f any,  asjcq  ^ certjficate  of  the  attending  physician 

thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  thei fls,  for  the3  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 

cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  «“lJ.  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 

physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  s<  , P tbe  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same, 

required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  \ i s d of  healtb  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  fortli- 

When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  del  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 

with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or « . • • the” deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 

shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 

clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  ot  tne  pi  o\  isio.i» 

ing  fifty  dollars. 


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

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

l’late.  Ed.  Dec.,  1895.-5,000. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1SS8,  Chapter  306;  Acts  oflSS9,  Chapter  224;  Acts  oflS93,  Chapter  263.'] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
rat.on,  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  >vas  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 
iitty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  Avar  of  the  rebellion,  the  plwsician  shall  give  both 
t le  pr  imary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  samb.  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  shali  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remo\’e  therefrom  a human  body  until  lie 
lias  recen  ed  a permit  so  to  do  frbm  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 
cleik,  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 
lereot  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  nnA' 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agept  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 
°u  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same. 

\v  hen  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  fortli- 
Avith  countersign  and  transmit  thp  same  to  t’  ~ 
shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Awy  person 
iug  fifty  dollars. 


ue  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 
other  informatiop  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
violating,  iiiij^f^^e  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 


A ante  and  Age  of  Deceased, 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


' i Hqa  * /(S/. 


Date  and  Place  of  Death,  f - j died  at 


bis, 


ease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - 0f 

( Primary  and  Sccoudary.)\ 

u rati  on  of  Sickness, 


/ certify  that  t 

Signature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physic iant 


Date  of 


* Ur  be*  of  Infant  (not  named;.  If  stillborn  so  state.  f If  child  died  immediately  after 

Plate.  Ed.  October,  1895.  — 5, DUO. 


A, 


ff- 


or  bailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the/Kebellion 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Ads  of  IS SS,  Chapter  30 G ; Acts  of  1S89,  Chapter  224;  Acts  of  1803,  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,  lie  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  botli 
the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  lie  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  enougli  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.  An/person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 
ing fifty  dollars. 


in  Pi 


* If  a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J 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.  Dec.,  1895.-5,000. 


(lie.l,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his' decease lia.me  .°.f  the  deceased.  Ins  age.  the  disease  of  which 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  sha  l bn rv  i t Zl  !°r  the  USe  °f  tl,e  town  1,1  which  he  resides.  ° 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  hoard  of  health  or  its  dulv  annofniLo  7*  °r  F?TVe  therefrorn  a human  body  until  1 

or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  perm!  sha  be  £0011^1  °r; lf  thfre  ls  no  board  of  health  In  such  cit 

clerk  as  the  case  maybe,  a satisfactory  written  statement  coihwl  1 there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  - 
recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attendin  *nhvL^n  ^r  g he  faCts  re(Julred  h7  this  chapter  to  be  returned  a 

thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided  If  there^no  ntton^  7 a?  .required  b7  section  three  of  this  chapter  or  in  ii 

cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons!  ^ °rJf  th ,e  ?ertiflcate  of  the  attending  phvsic 

physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shSl  nn^  thf  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  ai 

When®*1  of  the  attending  physician;  and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  Lprtii^0^  ' a*ent  ?r  Clerk’  make  such  certificate  as 
with^.  t1  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board^h* 1 ,1exar"lt!er  shall>  lf  requested,  make  the  sain 

<5{1!l'k  anv'o^her'infor^  io^-^^The  ^per^on^to^'w  'pern^it^is^'so  ^givt 

in^fty  3SST  may  require-  Any  PerSOU  -V  Of  the  pro  visions  o^this>  section  SKE  SJfflPjJf 

✓ rif 

t v < . \J 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased,* 


rli 


Age,  / / s*>*srzS 

Date  and  Place  of  Death,  t - j died  at  ^ ^ ^ j y/'/ffca,r  A,  S'  //  ygg  f , 

....:....l:^...^^^r^^. _ 

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

yy  *■  yd f/f  c/.Aef>  > 4f>.  y 

3 erf 


Disease  or  Cause  of  Death, 

fc  ( Primary  and  Secondary.)  j 

9 

Duration  of  Sickness, 


Signature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician, 


Date  of  Certificate, 


is9y 


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

Plate.  Ed.  October,  1895.  — 5, out). 


lP"hliC  SlaluteS’  Chapter  32 ' as  amended  h,J  Acls  of  1888,  Chapter  30G ; Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  224;  Ads  of  1893,  Chapter  2 G3  ] 

*»t  ;«e!7i  a'p,™,.  „ S E3STJS  SiF  £fiUtt5£  SK  SZ^Jra^SEA 

«"."»;  .STU.S  ^SS5SS«”52 

recoi  ed,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chanter  or  in  li  n 

cannot^  beobtainccf  for ^SS  If  therc  * no  Ending  physician1,  or  if  /he SrtfflSS  of  the  .SffiSS  Sjllcta! 

cannot  he  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  healfli  or 

renn/reil^f ?lPi  !r  a C‘ily  °r.tovvn  for.thc  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 

Wqhl  i,r^  S?-’ *‘te?dmffP,»yslc»a°;  a»d  incase  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested, ^ mate  tS  gSie 
with  oonnl^r  -1  f ^ and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  a "cut  shall  fort  li 
H countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  irivcn 
. lall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  deatii  as  the 
lug  fifty  ddiar™  reqUire-  Any  person  violatinS  a»y  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE  OF  THE  CAUSE  OF  DEATH 


180.2 

Name  and  age  of  deceased:'  1 ^ . . (-/—/ 

* J ^ ....  Age.rx.  yrs mos dys-. 

Date  and  place  of  death : 3 -/$-??  !/,■■, 

Disease  or  cause  of  death  : L 


Duration  of  disease  :* ^ ^ 2 ~Z-  C / C 


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


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


The  office  of  the  ltoard  of  Health  will  be  open  for  the  granting  of  permits  for  burial,  as  follows Saturdays,  9 A.  M.  tffl 
~ P.M.,  Sundays,  10  A.M.  till  13  M.;  Holidays,  from  lO  A.  M.  till  13  otw..  .1,^ 


O 4 4-ill  •? 


Date  of  death,  ^ \ £ 189/  Name, 

31aiden  name*  ' geXj 


Married,  smgle^-or  wieknrof  <— w}fe  0f  

Color,  (Vl/  AgZ//  years,  mos.,  days.  Residence,  <5^ C'  / f ^ 

Place  of  death  (“'/),  <y^^cxJZX  « (5^^Z^^ward 

Place  of  birth,  ^ Occupation,  . \Z 

Name  ol  father,  t c <?•■  >*  <U  Maiden  name  of  mother,  ' / Jz^zZc 

Birthplace  of  father,  ' Birthplace  of  mother,  /^yt-  ^ 

Place  of  interment,!  /y^'^^L7  " L//Zsi_ 


‘ If  a married  woman  or  a widow.  * Give  the  naaitfof  the  burial  ground. 


Signature  of  Undertaker : 


— — 

' 


* If  a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J If  aSoldier  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  All  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  Dec.,  1895.-5,000. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  188S,  Chapter  306 ; Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  224;  Acts  oflS93,  Chapter  263-2 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
t rat  ion,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  liis  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  dyin«* 
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,  ne  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  liotexceeding 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  Vras  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  boai'd  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  tjiere  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  citv 
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  requirecj  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  auv 
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. 


Commonfoealtb  of  Passncbusetts. 


* 1 f a Married  Woman  or  Widow,  t If  a Soldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  tire  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.  Dec.,  1895.-5,000. 


0/1  „ , , r 7 Chapter  224 ; Acts  of  1S93,  Chapter  263.1 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sextan >r otl  Jealth  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  if ! there  * d tQ  such  board,  or  agent  or 

S”'h  pc™!t.  be  '?- """1  S r” SSa  by  Ills  chapter. to, l.e .returned  »m. 

0t"  . ’ Ko  n sntisfae 


has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  1 JJ until  there  has  beer 'S  ch ap  e to  ^returned  and 
S town,  from  the  city  or  town  containing  the  facts  reqmred  by  1 ^ ^chapte^  in  Ucu 

clerk,  as  the  ceisc  may  be,  a satisfactory  ^lt  di  physiCian,  if  any,  as  required  by  sect  n f the  attending  physician 

recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  *re°^n'0  attending  physician,  or  if  the  cert  Jc  board  of  health  or  any 

thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  P 0'1'1  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chami  in  ke  such  certificate  as  is 

cannot  be  obtained  for  good  8hJl,  upon  request  of  If  requested,  make  the  same, 

nhvsician  employed  by  a cit>  or  town  P bv  violence  the  medical  ex*  the  board  or  agent  shall  forth- 

- — d by  1 fl°°  “*  ““ 

iug  fifty  dollars. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased* 


Date  and  Place  of  Death,  t - died  at. 


Disease  or  Cause  of  Death , - of 

{Print ciry  and  Secondary.)^ 

Duration  of  Sickness , 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Age,  pi/c 


~7 


**9*7  , 


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


Signature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician , 


r 


'7U>£h 


Date  of  Certificate 


/Soj, 


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

Plate.  Ed.  October,  1895.-5,000. 


ChajtorSOO;  Mu./USH,  <***224;  AcUoflS93,  <***223.1 

(lied,  the  duratiou  of  Ins  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease-  AnJ  n nW  i > tlle1de9eased-  hlf  the  disease  of  which  lie 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  rhiiri  ’1  a a p ys  ^ian  wll°  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dvin" 

stating  to  the  best  of  his  know^  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a cerUfiX 

lects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid  or  iLkes  a false  after.bir  " °F  born. dead-  I f a physician  negl 

fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  s 1 v.  d in  ti  crein’  be  sliaP 1,0  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  neariv  a^he  nin  Uo?  °»fi  thercbcll'°,n- t,lc  physician  shall  give  both 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  trca°  ^ state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or^tlier  nerson  shaU  hn Z in  n 'S?"8  {°r  tLe  Use  of  tl,e  town  in  which  he  resides, 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  nr  it!  , m a ? ty  ?r  towu  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  c°e?k No  such ^nerm  sha  he  y apPom^d+a?cnt,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city 
clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a^toStoly^S^SSmSS  conSn^the  ^ beeadeli^d  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
recorded,  togetlier  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  ohvsician  if  aife  « r?q'nred  b7  tins  chapter  to  be  returned  and 

thereof  a certificate  as  liereinafter  provided  Tf  therA*;  ! V an\’  a?  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 

cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons  earlv  enough  fo?  th^nn  aD’  °r+lf  th,e  ?ertiflca^  of  the  attending  physician 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  flip  nnmnoo  *1  oii  * 1 ^ ie  PulPOse,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 

required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  bv  v?otenee  Th  °f  ^ ^oard’  ageut  °r  clcrk>  make  such  certificate  as  is 
When  such  satisfactory statement  and  certiSe  are  dtltee^L  e^C^CaLf Xamin-er  shall> if  ^quested,  make  the  same, 

with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  ieglstear  for  ^£  0^  ’ The  Person8 1”1’  ‘t*  b°^d  °r  aSent  shall  fortlu 
sliall  thereafter  furnisli  for  registration  anv  other  i n for  mu  i The  person  to  whom  the  permit  Is  so  given 

clerk  or  registrar  may  require  Any  person  violating  „ the  deceased  or  to  tlie  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 

Ing  fifty  dollars.  7 P V1°ldting  auy  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  si, all  be  punished  by  a line  not  exceed? 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH, 
the  Clerk  of  the  City  or  Town  in  which  the  Death  occurred. 


, . * : = i <yS  . 

! : • : : ' Tf) 


V. 


Disease  or  Cause  of  Death 

(Primary  aud  Secondary),  | 

Duration  of  Sickness, 


[■Public  Statutes , Chapter  32.  as  amended  bu  A ct  « ni  7 qqq  ri*  , 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a Derson ' 1 ^Jh-  US  2 8S9,  Chapter  22^/  Acts  0/ 1893,  Chapter  263.} 

!nT^rfCaV^  10  the  bestbf  his  knowled^ean^^elief  athe1mmpS^t\^  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regN- 
ilieil,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  aud  the  date  of  his  rierea  ...  o ^ name.°*  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disea>e  of  which  lu* 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  df  a stillborn  child  own  T ’1  nd  & P1^sl^lan  " ho  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dvin<>- 
stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  f-wt  ,1  ’*  t' hen  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  u eert!  0 
lects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  a sifo «,a?d o mSo!  f f ? 3 cthifld  died  after  b*«h  or  was  born 

fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was K sSer  or  a^Sor  * Sta*e™e“t  therel“.  be  shall  be  punished  by  a flnenof Seeding 
the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  de-ith  n a *(  fne<^,lu  * le  war  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  #rive  hot b 
to  make such  certidcto  he  shall  ««•«»  **■»«•  « i PHtScSJ SSVSSS 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexto  dor  other  person  shafl  llnrv  fn  0 v’3  f°r  the  use  o£  the  to"'"  hi  which  he  resides 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  thejboard  of  health  or  its  dlbllT  tovm  °r  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 
ZTVD’  H°m  the  city  or  t0"n  clerk.  So  such permft  shaU be 1 dnSt^  °r|  if  tbere  is  110  board  health  i /such  city 
deik  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  eont  fining  o * fe  has  b.een  de,lvered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
thpr^f^1*  t0'’?^ller  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  if  anv^s  r®q,m'ud  b^  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 
thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there'isno  attending lK,  ,recluired  by  section  three  of  tiiis  chapter,  or  in  lieu 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  or+f  tbe  certificate  of  the  attending  Physician 

pli}  sician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shdl unon^SL^  th?  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 

requited  of  the  attending  phj-sician ; and  in  case  of  death  hv  vininnea^  ° Sa,ld  board>  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 
hen  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  t ti  k he  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same 
with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  tto  the  clerk  or  registrar fv,r' ®rboard  o£  healtb  or  10  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forth* 
rWt  ‘hereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  inform^  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  gTven 

Sf"Sr“arreqUire-  Anr  I^P01!  violating  any  of  the  sectloa  shpl^be  puoishe^by a fine  iwt  exceed6 

1 yyssa  / 


T*8/?-?zS'  ■ ' 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Signature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician , 


I certify  that  the  above  is  true , to  the  hist  of  my  ftnow  ledge  and  belief. 


Date  of  Certificate,  ~/8g  y 


* Or  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named).  If  stillborn  so  state.  T If  child  died  immediately  afterbirth  so  state.  t If  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion- 

Plate.  Ed.  October,  1895.  — 5,000. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Ads  of  JSSS,  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 certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  ctfeee&sed,  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  dyin" 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificat<T 
stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  of  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  renkove  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  tjhere  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  been1  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  aiid  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  cleric  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  pcilson  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  sfhall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 
ing fifty  dollars. 


Commonfocaltlj  of  Massachusetts. 


<D 

g 

5 

£ 

a 

a 

c3 

kpH 


<3 

rO 

Cfl 

3 

a 


c3 

£ 


b£) 

a 


r3 

a 

c5 

M 

o 

CO 


o 


c5 

^■H 


>K 


N 


s 


_o 

"o 

O 


fee 

<1 


/ Disease  or  Cause  of  Death 

V (Primary  and  Secondary), f 

(Duration  of  Sickness, 


< V 

P5 


cT 

.2 


o 

o 


o 


oo 


c3 

o> 

r* 


a 


c2 


O 

«+-i 

O 


o 


c3 

£ 


S O 
fc  £ 


»*=  -+-> 


<D 

^3 


O 

k-H 

f=3 


a 


r\ 


■ 


* If  a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J If  aSoldier  who  served  inthe  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,  l)ec.,  1895.  — 5,000. 


r™“!'  Tz<tLz:x^:::/T\c',Tso6:  Ac“°/iss9-  +*«»"•  «**«*] 

tration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  liis  kmfwled^anlff  ilIness  sIlall>  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  re"is 

died,  the  duration  of  his  l£t  sickness,  and  the  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disSSJS  which^e 

immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child  Physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dvin- 

stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  d!^d« ft  fo,rth'vlth  funilsh  for  registration  a certificate” 
lects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid  or  nnS  °i  born  deild-  If  a physician  neg- 

fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a Q..iior  ^ L"t  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  bv  a fine  not  exceeding 

the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  a ' i ° ' i ' ' ed  ln  1 ie  war  of  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 
to  make  such  certificate  he  slfall  f <3$f to Wtl^f  If  a ^^-s  or^Jlects 

Section  o.  h.o  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  burv  in  a eite  or  t F tbe  USe  tbe  .t0'vn  in  which  he  resides, 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  dulv  nnnoint'  **  to"Ln  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  pemit shaS  be °T\ lf  th?re  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city 
clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  state™  „t  Ilf”'  “!■  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  a^ent  or 
recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  o/ the  attendin^hvLian^fa1^  ‘G  faCtS  1*9“ired  bi'  «»!■  chapter  to  be  returned  and 
thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  thereof  no  attending  nh’v«-  .requ,red  b£  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  andsnfficient  reasons ^ eaidv  enonX  f J ’ °Mf  the  certjflcate  of  the  attending  physician 

physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall th?  chairman  of  the  b°ard  of  health  or  any 
required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  bv  violence  ^oard’  a"ent  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  i's 

When  such  satisfactory  statement  ahd  certificate  are  delivered, to  the  hoard  nf  l.lca}  exaaiin.er  shall>  if  requested,  make  the  same. 

Sr«”srrn,vre<""r''  ^ ^ 

d 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased,* *  , ^4  A^O^hu-TeU 

Date  ami  Place  of  Deaths  died  at  ft  A l J '/ pi,  i:  ■ \ ,pl  .4 J H Jfa,,  / ■*-  • :-,y 
bisease  or  Cause  of  Death>  - of  /tyfwj."  *&2£g£  //UJyyfrjAy^  ^sJfUfA 

{Primary  aud  Secondary.)  J //  ■*■  

urution  of  Sickness,  - - 

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

Signature  and  Resilience  of  Certifying  P/iysician,  t/^ 

Date  of  Certificate,  &. A/(* / cT~~  Tgg 

• o, S- C — it—  - —•  t »«* 


[Public  SUOM.  Chapter  32,  a,  amended  h,  Acs  a/lSSS,  Chapter  300;  Act,  of 1889,  Chapter  224;  AeU  af  1893,  Chapter  203  ] 

tratio^aTrtL.t,' SnT‘t^  m"“s  loqucstod,  forthwith  furntah  for  regia, 

died,  the  duration  of  his  l.%  “icknesf  aud  thj  date  of  i S*.  T '1  the, <*““*»’.  “s  •*=•  «“  diseaae  which  he 

i=§§gPi^^ 

iug  fifty  dollars.  ^ ' yl  a > °latin0  any  of  the  pro\  lsions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 


(Commonfcocaltb  of  $|lassafl)us£tts. 


* If  a 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.] 
l’latc.  Ed  Dec.,  1895.-5,000. 


IPublic  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  188S,  Chapter  300 ; Acts  of  18S9,  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  he 
died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  who  has  attende.l  at  a birth  of  a child  dying 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  tiie  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  notexceeding 
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,  sextoii  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  anyt 
physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  agent  ot  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 
required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shjall,  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, 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased,* 


Date  and  Place  of  Death,  t - died  at..  /, 


Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - of 

{Primary  and  Secondary .){ 

Duration  of  Sickness,  - - | 

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

N/S-  ■ 


AsefSr--X^^ 
fudDd.: > , 

'tpj...~ds!  - - 




Signature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician, 


£/■ 

Date  dp Certificate , 


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


t I f child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state . t 1 f a 
Plate.  Ed.  October,  1895.  — 5,000. 


soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1888  Chanter  ?nr  ■ a , , , OD„ 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person ’durin-  i • , of2S89’  ChaPter  224 Acts  of 1893,  Chapter 263.] 

omm 

mmm 


189-2 " 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE  OF  THE  CAUSE  OF  DEATH. 


Duration  of  disease.* 

/ certify  that  the  above^true,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  apft belief. 


Name  and  residence  ) 

of  physician.  J £ 


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


M.  D. 


"* OM"  EZSSSi  X iem  ?2S  r — 

J *“L±«  M.i  other  days,  from  9 A.M.  till  5 P.M. 


- ~~ 


* 


■ 


* 


Date  of  (leal h,  . ..£2  189  % ;Name,.J?^ 


Maiden  name,*.  — -~~  " gex 

single,  er  widow  of- wife  -of— 

Color,  Agejbt.  years,  cT^mos.,. /Jfdays.  Kesidenee,  ^ 

Place  of  death  (•*£&“d),  2&  &Z./&A'  ward  I/{_. 

Place  of  birth,  © Occupation, 

Name  of  hither,  Maiden  name  of  ^wX\wv,(^fj^cU^^2:. ^ 

Bii thplace  ot  father,  C 3^.  Birthplace  of  mother,  @jh-LA?fo) 

Place  of  interment, f 2 !X//^  ^ ^ ( 


» If  a married  woman  or  a widow.  + Give  the  name  of  the  bnriai  ground. 


Signature  of  Undertaker : 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  188S,  Chapter  30G ; Acts  of  1889,  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- 
tration, a certificate  stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  he 
US  last  s.1.ck"«®s’  aa(1  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dying 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  ol  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a cert'floate 
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~- 
S*  ?rnI'efusesT  t0  mak®  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  -xceedim-' 
, l-v  dollars.  Iu  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  a.  >io  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  citv 
or  tow  n,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  !No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
'i  C'V9,  ♦ C*lse  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 

ec  rded,  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  ohvsician 
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 
requited  of  the  attending  physician;  and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same. 

hen  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 
snail  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. 


Vame  and  Age  of  Deceased,*  { f ~)JU UAA^fi.fR 
Date  and  Place  of  Death ,t  - died  at. 

of 

n'-)\ 

Duration  of  Sickness, 


f J r.\.ACAAfib 


-fiXd/W 


Disease  or  Cause  of  Death, 

{Primary  and  Secondary. ) j 


jOAOJaR 

'j  ,'ld<  1*^ 


Age,  (obu-Kd 
AqL  'A)  'L189'  / , 


Signature  and  Residence  0/  Certifying  Physician 


I certify  that  the  above  is  true , to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  an, Relief. 

2t/. J? 

U Z” i 89p  . 


Date  of  Certificate, 


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


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


Plate.  Ed.  October,  1895.  — 5,000. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amendedby  Acts  of  188S,  Chapter  306  ; Actsofl889,  Chapter  224;  Actso/1893,  Chapter  2 03  j 

or  town^'from  thTc!^^  7 52S! 

recorded  toS  written  Statement  conffEg^the 

thereof  a’ cei7flcaL7s^  liorei ° 7 a“e”din=  Physicia"*  ?f  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter  or  in  lieu 

sir 

^s'doiir"”81 


* If  a 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.] 

Plate.  Ed.  Dec.,  1895.  — 5,000. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1888,  Chapter  306  ; Acts  of  1S89,  Chapter  224  ; Acts  of  1S93,  Chapter  263-1 

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,  ne  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. 


et 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased, 


' c <-< oA.  * C ' <-  /c 


r 


Age, 


Da,t  ru,u  of  Dea,U, t - | iUia.Nl  UULpt^ifM -« / 


Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - of  . 

(Primary  and  Secondary. )\ 

Duration  of  Sickness, 


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

1.  Signature  and  residence  of  Certifying  Physician,  f / 

Date  of  Certificate,  . _y  J, A 


— — _ _ . , . , _ + If  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the 

if.u»b<,„„ ......  t '“uus^tKS£^!St-^ 


[Pu&ffc  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  18SS,  Chapter  30G ; Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  224 ; Acts  of  1S93,  Chapter  2G3.] 

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  birtli  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  OF  THE  CAUSE  OF  DEATH 


Duration  of  disease . 


of  physician 


. I 


r cer 

i k 


1 certify  that  the  above  is  true,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief , 
Name  and  residence ' ' ~ 3s 


45^>s— 


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

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


I cnAA 


UNDERTAKER’S  RETURN.-dJsstae 


a. 


Date  of  death,  c . /j^ 189 Z.  ..... 

Maiden  name,* Sex,  ^$... 

Married,  single,  or  widow  of wife  of  

Color,  w AgejlO  years,  7 mos.,  ^Z.days.  Residence, /C/ZStfj.. 

M Place  of  death  (stnambaerd)  ? ^^^^^yrard 

Place  of  birth,  . Occupati on(S  ^ J/'f  ff'T'C 

Name  of  father,  Maiden  name  of  mother, 

Birthplace  of  father,  Birthplace  of  mother, 

) Place  of  interment, f 


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

Signature  of  Undertaker  : ^ <: 


yt>trZ4/2^  \ 


T 


— 


1 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

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


I 


* If  a 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.] 

Plate.  Ed.  Dec.,  1895.-5,000. 


[ Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  bj  Acts  of  18SS,  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  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  thereiu,  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  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  °'' 
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  tins  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  ot  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  fortn- 
with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  g'ven 
shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  ot  the  death,  as  the 

I’ofricfnor  rr»o\r  romiiPA  Amr  T\f»rcnn  vinlflt.inof  nnv  nf  nrnvisirtim  of  t.hlS  SftCtioil  Sllllll  1)6  DU0isll6Cl  DV  & fine  llOt  CXC6CU" 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased, 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


t Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1888 , forthwith  furnish  for  regies- 

Section  3.  A physician iwho and  belief,  the  name  of  ^^.^“gttended^  dying 

tration,  a certificate  stating,  to  md  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  w ho  " . . for  registration  a certificate, 

died,  the  duration  of  ins  last oTa  stdSorn  ddld,  shall,  when  requested  f ^ L1  ^oVn  JcucL  l f a physician  neg- 

immediately  thereafter,  or  at  J,,  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  bn  . ighed  by  a fine  not  exceeding 

has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  lias  been  chapter  to  be  returned  and 

or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such ^“tement  containing  the  facts  required  by  twsenap  or  in  li(.u 

clerk,  as  the  case  maybe,  a satlsfactoij  lending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  re  ^ ^ attending  physician 
recorded,  together  with  the  cer  ificate  of  ft  « I , ,9^  attendlng  physician,  or  t ( of  thc  board  of  health  or  any 

thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  prov  dea.  u enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  make  such  certificate  as  is 

cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufflcie  ' s)iall.  npon  re(iuest  of  said  boaid,  Wjt  o 'requested,  make  the  same, 

physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  foi  the  the  medical  examiner  shall,  >*  or  a«ent  shall  forth- 

shai1  be  punished  by  a flne  uot  cxcecd* 

ing  fifty  dollars. 


(foTttmoivfornltb  of  ^iTssntbusrtts. 


* If  a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J 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. 

[B©  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

Plate.  Ed.  Dec.,  1895.-5,000. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  18SS,  Chapter  306 ; Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  224;  Acts  oflS93,  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  tolhe  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Apy  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 
ing fifty  dollars. 


•son  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  septic 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  am/  Age  of  Deceased '* 

Date  and  Place  of  Death,]  - died  at 


f/JLou  /&J , 

' J A.dt / o ( . 


'JMd&i 


Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - of  / /L^ 

{Primary  und  Secondary.)]  * t\  / 

v C 

Duration  of  Sickness, 


Cb-et  ffi 


t / 


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


Signature  a tut  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician , 


‘PD-N. 


to  the  ties  t oj  mv  Knowledge 

YicdPi  iL  / 

Date  of  Certificate,  . ^ ^ C ’^/  / ^ 


189 


> 


* Or  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named).  Ifstillborn  so  state.  t Ifchild  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state.  \ If  a soldier  or  sailorwho  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 

Plate.  Ed.  October,  1895.-5,000. 


[rvblic  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amendedby  AclsoflSSS,  Chapter  306 ; ActsoflS89,  Chapter  224;  Actsofl893,  Chapter  263.] 
Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested  fortlj\uth  furn ish  f or  regis- 

has  received  a pemit  so  to  do  f^m  the  board  of  health  or  or  agent  ^r 

§§§^^ 

cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  JS 

physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  PurP°s* if  ’requested,  make  the  same, 
required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  ^^1?“  ^ a„ent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forth- 

Whensuch  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to .the  ^ “ ,t  Js  ,0  given 

with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrai  for  r s < • manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 

sa  s*  * »->**  * . *-  « «— • 

ing  fifty  dollars. 


(Commonfocaltb  of  Hlassacjiusdts. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  188S,  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 certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  In- 
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  dyin^ 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  tiie  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  uotexcceding 
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- 


(id  <*,, 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE  OF  THE  CAUSE  OF  DEATH 


Boston, /....G. 189— /Z 

ame  and  age  of  deceased  : AtTL.  Age.M*..  C?..  yrs....  mos,-(^rrr.  dye 

, .s-s  (p  >’  syry  ~y 

Date  and  place  of  death:  

Disease  or  cause  of  death  : . £:.  

^ ^ ^ 

. mL 




Duration  of  disease 

Name  and  residence  I 
of  physician.  J 


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


(ft. . . .jbs*y*rwxei. > 


M.  D. 


** ! 2>  ' ^ 


[y .y'  U^££ia^/, 


It  la  very  desirable  to  be  informed  of  the  duration  of  the  disease. 


return  of  a death. 

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


73 


.Disease  or  Cause  of  Death, 

\ (Primary  and  Secondary), } 

6-  Duration  of  Sickness,  . 


By  whom  certified, 
Residence, 


1 r otheT than  wiS'  °'i m"V.  If  “,?°,ld,ie  vWho  serve(l  *" tho  War  & the  Rebellion. 

(*1.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what, 

I Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.1 

Pin  In  k\l  T iuod  = n,... 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  l>j  Acts  of  1S8S,  Chapter  306 ; Acts  of  1S89,  Chapter  224  ; Arts  of  1893,  Chapter  2' 

Section'  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  r 
tration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  whicl 
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  < 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certific 
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  n 
lects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  ne  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  notexceedir 
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  ncgle 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  lie  resides. 

Section'  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  h 
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  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  < 
clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  a 
recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in 
•.hereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physic 
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  p 
required  of  the  attending  physician;  and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  s 
When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shai 
with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  f. 
'hall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  a 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  excet 
ing  fifty  dollars. 


V.c 


ri- 

4b 


.•‘font'  and  Age  of  Deceased, 


Date  and  Place  of  Death, \ - \ died  at 

r.  JO 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 

7fhi_  Tllasus  ~7h 


» $Tr±-T- 


■/Disease  or  Cause  of  Death, 

R,  ( Primary  and  Secondary .)J 

Deration  of  Sickness, 


of 


ZZ  ~PuA<.  JdA.  L & a£j»9  y 

Y&Jtd — - — iuf&fLJD*, 


jjxSCuS>y^\} 


liiK 

lB 

bSl 


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


y 


•s 

iL  p.j 


ItQl'C  IS  It  lie  , IU  LUC  l test  VJ  K.n>V  LUt'CU.gC  UrUU.  ^ f)  C*  / *\ 

7t  &iu*k&y  ...Si  zfffz.  * 

f 


Date  of  Certificate, 


. Or  bex  of  Infant  (not  named).  If  stillborn  so  state.  T If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state.  t If  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebelhon. 

Plate.  Ed.  October,  1895.  — 5,000. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1888,  Chapter  306 ; Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  224;  Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  263.] 
tratlon^^cwtfflcate^ta^’n^'^uTe^esfof durf?  illness  sha11'  when  ^quested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 

flfty  dollars  In  case  the  <]  Pl  ori e as  atOI<jsaid,  OI  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a tine  not  exceedin'' 
the^rtolary  and^h^seconda^^r  fmmed?ate>Mnsp°o^ffa  thF  Wh°  TVed  iu  lhe  war  of  the  hellion,  the  physician  shall  give* both 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shill  f irTii  f.i  , f deat,h  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 
Section  5 X undertakt  SSl  Z thfe, treasurer  tbe  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides.  b 
has  received  a permit  i P1^11  sha11  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 

ortown,  from  the  dty  or town t v^,01  heal  * °lr  f8  daly  appointed  agent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city 
clerk  as  the  case  rniv  he  i ^ per™lt  slia11  be  ]ssue(1  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 

recorded  together  with  the  cen  m/n?t0'7  tx Tltt®n  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 
thereof  a certificate  is  lier^inio  ^ f,  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 
cSot  be  obtained  f m “ there  5f?  no  attendi»S  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 

physician  employed  bvVcitv  oriL^nr^o,  reasons>  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 
required  of  the  attend hi<»  Purpose  shall,  upon  request  of  said  board,  ageut  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 

When  such  satisfactorv'stitemeiw  llf-caSf  °f  de,a^1  by  viokmce  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same. 

with  countersign  and  transmit  the  sil.  ti  itt  a[e  deliv*r®d  to_the  board  of  health  or  10  ’ ts  aScnt> t,,e  hoard  or  agent  shall  forth- 
shall  therea^r^rnish^or^eoSsfroM^^  ! the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 
clerk  or  registrar  unv  rennin-0  in!  any  °!;her  informatlon  as  t0  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
ing  fifty  dollars  7 Q Any  P n Tlolat,nS  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 


*3 


o 


Q 


* If  a Married  Woman  or  AVidow.  f If  a Soldier  who  served  in  the  War  of ^he  llehellion. 
t If  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 

1’lato.*  Ed.  Dec.,  1895.-5,000. 


[■ Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1SSS,  Chapter  306 ; Acts  of  1SS9,  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  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  tne  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 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE 


S'  nature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician , 


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

sLAl — v. 


Date  of  Certificate, 




189  J7  . 


* Ur  bex  of  Infant  (not  named).  11  stillborn  so  state. 


t 1 f child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state.  t If  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion- 
Plate.  Ed.  October,  1895.  — 5, UUO. 


[ Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  18SS,  Chapter  30G ; Acts  of  1SS9,  Chapter  224;  Acts  of  1S93,  Chapter  263.] 
Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  ^nlsh  for  regis- 

tration, a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  thcdec'^ 

died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physician  who fended ^a , a ^birth  of  a enuu  „ 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certmeare, 
stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  1 born  dead  If  l1 
lects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  pun  slitd  ® ®hdl  ri^oth 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  ^ 

the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same  “ 1 K“  ^h??SldOT 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  “ ' " 11 ‘ hod v until  lie 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a huma.  bod}  ntu  lie 
has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or  if  there  is  no  board ^ re  lt  (;r 
ortovn,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been .deliver^  to 

clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  requne  3 of  lhis  cjlapter  0r  in  lieu 

recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  y.  . ttcIKij„«  physician 

thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  physician,  or  if  the  certificate  of  ° : t^,11'^,P  Jor  an 
cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose  the 

physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  request  ot  said  o.  ’ Veouested  make  the  same. 

required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  violencct.lie  ,,u'dlca  P^a7n  ^ went  the  board  or  a-ent  shall  forth- 

When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  a e,  «ermlt  is  so  given 

with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration i.  The .person  to  v 1 death  as  the 
«!“»  t'*reat*r  any  ^ Site  SSVy  » nJ  not  been,. 


* If  a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J 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.  Dec.,  1895.-5,000. 


[ Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Ads  of  188S,  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  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  1 
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 certificat- 
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,  ne  shall  be  punished  by  a flue  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,  sekton  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  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. 


Tj 


seme  and  Age  of  Deceased,* 


(JU£fa,  Age, 

Date  and  Place  of  Death,  t - j died  at.  lO&zCk&h rfp'7  > 


Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  of 

• (Primary  and  Secondary.)  ^ 

Duration  of  Sickness, 


Signature  ami  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician, 


f - 

• £T-  t-  WflMT—  ..  _^_w  «L  AWI^rid  v 

Hui, 


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


£■  *7  S*fk1r 


Date  of  Certificate, 


f:<L  i: 


/<??  7 


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


| If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state. 

Plate.  Ed.  October,  1695.  — 6,0U0. 


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


I Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1888,  Chapter  30  G ; ActsoflSSQ,  Chapter  224;  Acts  oflSD3,  Chapter  263.-] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested  forthwith  furnish  for  rr<ri, 
trat.on,  a certificate  stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased? his age “the  dlseUse  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  (ivin<r 
tbereafte.r\  °f  at  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  registration  a certificate" 
)CtSt  0f  HS  kD0\Vfld®e  and  bellef  t,ie  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  dead?  If  a physician  iic<>-- 
.,,cts  , ,.refuse*  to  lna  'i<r  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  uot  exceeding 
fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a sol, her  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the rebellioh ' the ^DhyJicdan  shad  ulvfSh 
he  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or’iie<dects 

"section1  rrtNoumlertakaPT  ^tl^  th« treas,,rer  t!!0  f.u'n  (,f  tea  d°l>ars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides.  ° 

* ction  o.  b o undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  bodv  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  c\tv 
from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  deliyered  to  such  board  ir  iment  or 
eih,  as  the  case  maybe,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  facts  required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  mid 
Jhnronf1  ’et0f«hef  "'“t the  ce,rtiflcat‘;  of  the  a^”dins  Phelan,  if  any,  as  requLd  ^section ?!  ree of This  chaJtTr  orTn  be 

cannotf be^btaineef  K therC  ^ no  attendi"S  P^ian*  or  if  the  certificate  of  the  aSdlng  ^ sician 

cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  for  the  purpose,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  or  «»v 

Muire“ofS2teid5i-  nhvs^cian^^mnn’e  purPf  sf  s,.\a11,’  l,pon.  rcflucs.t  of  said  board>  a^nt  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  i's 
ml  Li!  uie  attending  physician;  and  in  case  of  death  by  violence  the  medical  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same 

with  sa.tlsfact?r/  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  orto  its  agent,  the  board  or  a^ent  shall  forth 

sha  therenftifftfrnf  Jfansmifc  *h.e  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 
C erk  l i nn!1  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  the 
ing  fifty  d<fi  lars  7 qU're‘  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE  OF  THE  CAUSE  OF  DEATH 


Duration  of  disease  ;*■■ 


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


Name  and  residence' J 
of  physician.  J 


if.  D. 


* It  la  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  bnrial,  as  foUows : - Satnrdays,  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.M. 


^ 1 


UNDER  I AKLU  is  KUUKN.-UosW 


Date  of  death,.,  189,2  A 

Maiden  name* ; — Sex>  A±0 

Mamed,  single,  er--wkknv  of ~~ ; wjfe  0f 

Color,  :1V  Age,  years, mos., //.days.  Residence. I A/' 


7 


Place  of  death  ("iSw4),/i  6. Mf..‘  >■//?  '-"'X  y / • ')/•  ” < ^ 4uaT  ^ 


N Place  of  birth,  tVynr«i™,  ^ 

JZ, 


Li.  -L- 


Name  of  father,  , (V'  ti...  Maiden  name  of  mother,  . . ^ J fa  ^ ^ 

Birthplace  of  mother,  . . 


Birthplace  of  father, 
Place  of  interment, f 


♦ If  a married  woman  or  a widow.  f Give  tie  name  of  the  burial  ground. 

Signature  of  Undertaker : 


Commonforalilr  of  Passaclnisctts. 


X 

h 

<1 

W 

Q 

<1 

0 

X 
X 
X 
h 
, W 
X 


c/5 


* If  a Married  Woman  or  Widow,  1 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.] 
l’late.  Ed.  Dec.,  1895.-6,000. 


[ Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  188S,  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  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceasedt  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  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  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  sliall,  if  requested,  make  the  sai 
When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  for 
with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  g 
shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manlier  and  cause  of  the  death,  as 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  ex< 


ing  fifty  dollars. 


PHYSICIANS  CERTIFICATE. 

Name  and  Age  - / Deceased,*  Age,  (q 

Date  and  Place  of  Death,  t - died  at  )k~AlP^  Mloki  (lolijjLhv..)  9-4 up  is9^, 

Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - of  OdufAM  : „ ^ 

(Primary  and  Secondary. )| 

Duration  of  Sickness,  - - yf 

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

fMkture  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician , 

•jm  ' / . 

A Date  of  Certificate,  'i  /<?p  *>  . 

1 Sex  of  Infant  (not  named).  If  stillborn  so  state.  t If  child  died  immediately  afterbirth  so  state.  t If  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 

Plate.  Ed.  October,  1895.  — 5, uuO. 


/OcU 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1SSS,  Chapter  30G ; Ads  oflSSO,  Chapter  224;  Ads  oflS93,  Chapter  2G3.] 

Section-  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  reeis- 
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  ne"- 
lects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceedin’" 
lift}  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  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,  fiom  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issued  until  there  has  been  delivered  to  such  board,  or  a,rent  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  o.  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- 
"iii  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. 


* If  a Married  Woman  or  Widow.  1 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.  Dec.,  1895.-5,000. 


— 


f 4'L  zxt; 

[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1888,  Chapter  306 ; Acts  of  1SS9,  Chapter  224;  Acts  of  1S93,  Chapter  263.'] 

Skctiox  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a yetson  daring  h!^  tasilllness  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. 


« • 


1*. 


/ 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 

Name  and  Age  of  Deceased ,*  'O*-'  jQ(Jj(X  ^ ^ >i,-  ■■  Age , 

Date  and  Place  of  Death ,t  - died  at  ^ AN  / f8g  ' ^ , 

Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - of  . ....__, 

{Primary  and  Secondary.)^  y / ' f / A 

Duration  of  Sickness , - - ^ N _ 

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

, ..  T'f  ft  3- . 

Signature  ami  Result  tire  of  Certifying  Physician , ^ 

Date  of  Certificate,  fp....i8gf  . 

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

Plate.  Kd.  October,  lsyS.  — o.uuO. 


[Pullic  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  h>j  Acts  of  1S8S,  Chapter  30G ; Acts  oflS89,  Chapter  224;  Acts  oflS93,  Chapter  2G3.] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
t ration,  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  dyiti" 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  ot  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  lei  uses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  bv  a fine  not exceedin*1* 
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  .».  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  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. 


ft 


RETURN  OF  THE  DEATH 


OF 

/o  3>  /BzeM^ 

at . / ■ aiM )icr( 

Date,  ^^bd.ed/UL 
Filed,  t'P1’’  f k 


[Extracts  from  Chapter  29,  Revised  Laws.] 

Section  G.  Every  householder  in  whose  house  a death  occurs  and  the  oldest  next  of  kin  of  a deceased  person  in  the 
or  town  in  which  the  death  occurs,  shall,  within  five  days  thereafter,  cause  notice  thereof  to  be  given  to  the  board  of  health 
o the  town  clerk. 

Section  7.  The  commanding  officer  of  a vessel  shall  give  notice  of  the  death  of  any  person  under  his  charge  to  the 
rd  of  health  or  to  the  clerk  of  the  city  or  town  within  the  Commonwealth  at  which  his  vessel  first  arrives  after  such  death. 
Section  8.  Penalty  for  neglect  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  sections  6 and  7,  five  dollars. 

Section  10.  A physician  shall  forthwith  after  the  death  of  a person  whom  he  has  attended  during  his  last  illness,  at  the 
.lest  of  an  undertaker  or  other  authorized  person  or  of  any  member  of  the  family  of  the  deceased,  furnish  for  registration 
irtificate  setting  forth  the  required  facts. 

Section  11.  If  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  war. of  the  rebellion,  give  both  the  primary  and 
secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  Penalty  for  refusal  or  neglect,  ten  dollars. 

Section  12.  Every  undertaker  or  other  person  who  lias  charge  of  a funeral,  shall  forthwith  obtain  the  physician’s  cer- 
ate required  by  section  10,  enter  thereon  the  facts  required  by  section  1,  and  return  it  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  the  clerk 
he  city  or  town  in  which  the  death  occurred.  The  person  making  such  return  shall  receive  from  the  city  or  town  a fee  of 
nty-five  cents. 

[Extracts  from  Chapter  78,  Revised  Laws.] 

Section  38.  No  undertaker  or  other  person  shall  bury  a human  body  in  a city,  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human 
y which  has  not  been  buried,  until  a permit  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  agent  has  been  received.  No  such  permit  shall 

a ' 11  f/  tlic_Ju£ts  required  by  laic , with  a 


a> 

be 


/Disease  or  Cause  of  Death, 

\ (Primary  and  Secondary),! 

0.  Duration  of  Sickness,  . 


I ffl 


[Public  Statutes , Chapter  32,  as  amended  b>j  Ads  of  18SS,  Chapter  30G  ; Ads  of  1889,  Chapter  224;  Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  203.] 

Section  3.^  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
trat.on,  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  Ins  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- 
Iects  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  deatli  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  tp  the  treasurer  the  sura  of  ten  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  t ury  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  lie 
lias  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  tills  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 
hen  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  board  of  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  fortl 
w ith  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  The  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  so  giv< 
-hall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the  deceased  or  to  the  manner  and  cause  of  the  death,  as  t 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  ' , punished  by  a fine  not  cxcec 

mg  fiftv  dollars. 


TUTU TF  f/etr/c 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE, 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased,* 


Dale  and  Place  of  Death; j-  - died  at 


fliAAN>  ^ Age,  £ (O, 

UAAJL  16  " ./«p7, 


of 


J /A  <k\N;Podtk 


y 


Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - 

{Primary  and  Secondary.)^ 

Duration  of  Sickness, 

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

J^! nalut 


and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician, 

d 


Date  of  Certificate, 


189 


* u7bex  of  Infant  (not  named).  If  s.tllborn  so  state.  t Kehdd 


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


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1S8S,  Chapter  30G ; Acts  of  1SS9,  Chapter  224,  Acts  of  1S93,  Chapter  2G3  ] 

q„,rTlnv  3 a nhvsician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  ™gis- 
to  toe  to.  of  his  knowledge  end  W the  .nme  of  the  decetod,  hi.  _y.,  the  Jch.l.c 

died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  and  the  date  of  his  decease;  and  a physicii an  who  has .^te^ed  at  a^b.rUi^ 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a stillborn  child,  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  funi  sh  1 > » • . . . _ 

staTing  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  fact  that  such  a child  died  after  birth  or  fln^^SceeSing 

lects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  lie  P nhvsician  shall  give  botli 

fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  was  a soldier  or  a sailor  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion 

the^primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  death  as  nearly  as  he  can  state  the  same.  I l ‘ h resjdcs.  ° 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  o£  .te"  ^ojlare  a luunan  body  until  he 

Sfction  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  shall  bury  in  a cit}  or  to\Mi  or  le  , , * ^ 0«nh  in  mirh  rit.v 

has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  health  or  its  duly  appointed  agent,  or,  1 , to  such  board  or  a,rent  or 

» tow  (tom 'the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  tael,  permit  stall  be «-i  ch.ptot  to  taiSmed  n„" 

clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisfactory  written  statement  containing  the  acts  required  y eg  o{.  thls  clmptcri  or  in  neu 
recorded,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  1 • f f>t.rtiiicatc  of  the  attending  physician 

thereof  a certificate  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  there  is  no  attending  /tfo'ehaTrma.i  of  the  board  of  health  or  any 

cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  early  enough  f<>  P P > , or  c]crv  make  such  certificate  as  is 

physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  purpose  shall,  upon  icq  1 . • , ’ .*  shn.ll  if  requested,  make  the  same, 

required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  death  by  v r to  its  a^ent  the  biardor  agent  shall  forth- 

When  such  satisfactory  statement  and  certificate  are  delivered  to  the  boaid loflicatn  1 to  1 _ = ’ the  permit  is  so  given 

with  countersign  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  for  registration.  P • and  (.!Ulse  of  the  death,  as  the 

shall  thereafter  furnish  for  registration  any  other  information  as  to  the t'wn  shall  be  minislied  by  a fine  not  exceed- 
clerk  or  registrar  may  require.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  tins  section  sli  p i 

ing  fifty  dollars. 


Disease  or  Cause  of  Death 
(Primary  and  Secondary),  J 

Duration  of  Sickness, 


! °^)VY\VV;  * If  a ?oldter  "ho  “erveid  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.  Dec.,  1895.-5,000. 


tration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  kno''  -«  »e  dec°ase*  and  a physician  who  has  attended  at  a birth  of  a child  dyin0 
died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness  and  the  fate  of  his  deceas  e,^  P ^ forthwith  furuish  for  registration  a certificate, 
immediately  thereafter,  or  at  the  birth  of  a s , ’ l child  died  after  birth  or  was  born  dead.  If  a physician  neg- 

stating  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  behef  the  fact  that  s a thereillf  ae  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 

lects  or  refuses  to  make  a certificate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a st  te  the  rebellion,  the  physician  shall  give  both 

fifty  dollars.  In  case  the  deceased  can  state  the  same.  If  a physician  refuses  or  neglects 

the  primary  and  the  secondary  or  immediate  cause  of  d®a.t.^^"eanriyt(rl  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  which  he  resides, 
to  make  such  certificate  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  tT^Z  ^JlTin  in  a city  or  town  or  remove  therefrom  a human  body  until  he 
Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  or  other  person  bm  iut'ed  ao-ent,  or,  if  there  is  no  board  of  health  in  such  city 

has  received  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  board  of  h^th  or  Js  d PP  1 tdth”re  has  beCn  delivered  to  such  board,  or  agent  or 
or  town,  from  the  city  or  town  clerk.  No  such  permit  shall  be  issue  ^ required  by  this  chapter  to  be  returned  and 

clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  a satisf: actory  w: ri^te“  j ian"if  anv  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  1 eU 

recorded  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician,  n a y,  4 certificate  of  the  attending  physician 

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

cannot  be  obtained,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  ear  y » t Gf  said  boavd  agent  or  clerk,  make  such  certificate  as  is 

physician  employed  by  a city  or  town  for  the  PurP°B«^^  examiner  shall,  if  requested,  make  the  same, 

required  of  the  attending  physician ; and  in  case  of  ^ ^ v J d to  the  board  0f  health  or  to  its  agent,  the  board  or  agent  shall  forth- 

— «f s“l  bc  — d by  ‘ - “ot 

ing  fifty  dollars. 

I 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Age, 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased* 


Date  and  Place  of  Death,  t 
Disease  or  Cause  of  Death, 

{Primary  and  Secondary .)  | 

Duration  of  Sickness, 


I certify  that  the  above  is  triM,  to  the-j>est  ofniy  knowledge  and  belief  a _ 

Signature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physician , ^ ^ . f V 2z^t  ix. 


> 



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


Date  of  Certificate, 


i If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state. 

Plate.  Ed.  October,  1895.-5,000. 


Ad — x 


a soldier  or  sailor  who  served  in  the  War  of  the 


[ Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1S83,  Chapter  306 ; Acts  of  1889,  Chapter  224  ; Acts  of  1893,  Chapter  2 63.  ] 

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,  lie  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  towrn  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. 


* w aginssncirusms. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  188S,  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 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  towii  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  an\r 
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. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased  * 


Date  and  Place  of  Death,  t - died  at 
Disease  or  Cause  of  Death,  - of 

( Primary  and  Secondary .)  J 

Diuation  of  Sickness, 


(h Ha  /f)  Agef 


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


Signature  and  Residence  of  Certifying  Physi 


O' 

Date  of  Certificate , 


* Or  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named).  Jf  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.  F.d.  December,  1896.  — 5,000. 


[ Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  b'j  Acts  of  1SSS,  Chapter  300 ; A'  ls  of  1SS9,  Chapter  221 ; -lets  of  J SOS,  Chapter  203.] 

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  botli 
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  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  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. 


<T onrmonforaltlT  of  pnssntpsdk 


/Disease  or  Cause  of  Death 

\ (Primary  and  Secondary),  { 

C>.  Duration  of  Sickness,  . 


i 

i 

ao  ; 


* If  a Married  Woman  or  Widow,  t If  afioldier  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
t i other  tlinn  \\  hite.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  Races,  specify  whai. 

[Bo  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 


[ Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  18SS,  Chapter  30G  ; Acts  of  1S89,  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  In- 
died,  the  duration  of  his  last  sickness,  aiid  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  th<j  town  in  which  he  resides. 

Section  5.  No  undertaker,  sexton  pr  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  J.o  whom  the  permit  is  so  given 
-liall  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. 


— 


" :0«£  ‘ r 


PHYSICIAN’S  CERTIFICATE. 


Name  and  Age  of  Deceased, 

Date  and  Place  of  Death ,t  - died  at. 


Disease  or  Cause  of  Death, 

(.Primary  arid  Secondary. ) J 

Duration  of  Sickness, 


Age, 


189 





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


Signature  amt  Residence  0/  Certifying 


fyhtg  Physician,  ' Z J%j  yJd  f . 


t*  'J  2 ’ df 

Date  of  Certificate,  


* Or  Sex  of  Infant  (not  named).  If  stillborn  so  state.  f If  child  died  immediately  after  birth  so  state.  | If  a soldier  or  sailorwho  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion- 

Plate.  Ed.  October,  1895.-5,000. 


[Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  by  Acts  of  1888,  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  sliall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regis- 
tration, a certiflcate  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 certiflcate, 
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 certiflcate  as  aforesaid,  or  makes  a false  statement  therein,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  notexceeding 
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  boaid  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  certiflcate  of  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  as  required  by  section  three  of  this  chapter,  or  in  lieu 
thereof  a certiflcate  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  certiflcate  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  t he  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  gn  en 
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  OF  THE  CAUSE  OF  DEATH 


Boston , 

Name  and  age  of  deceased : S Age. 3. .a — yrs.... 


Date  and  place  of  death:  0 <ZJ)....^ ■ o*LJ. 

Disease  or  cause  of  death 

c£)rL<a-LuZA^...s. 

Duration  of  disease  :*  'f  ..r.lsi? 


I ^\£AJruc:b^L. . . . . ..4~, 


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


Name  and  residence 1 
of  physician.  ) 


> / 


1 


**/■?/  GnjuZ ± 


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.  31.;  Sundays,  10  A.M.  till  12  M.;  Holidays,  from  IQ  A.  M.  till  12  M.;  other  days,  from  9 A.M.  till  5 P.  M. 


UNDERTAKER’S  RETURN -Boston. 


Date  of  death, 189^'  Nam 

Maiden  n ame,*  . C.ir.:. Sex, 

Married,  single;  or  widow-  of  wife 

Co\ort\ky  Age,  Jf.^.years, mos., days.  Residence, <J£..  . ,^./^7..... 

Place  of  death  (8£Smb£d)  ward  

Place  of  birth,....  Occupation,  ,.c: 

Name  of  father, Maiden  name  of  moliierjV^^k^  • 

Birthplace  of  father,  Birthplace  of  mother,  .<  ■' 

Place  of  interment, f /.,... 


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


Signature  of  Undertaker : 


RETURN  OF  A DEATH. 

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


* 1 f ii  Married  Woman  or  Widow.  J If  a Soldier  who  servfetfm  the  War  yl  Ihe  Rebellion, 
t If  other  than  White.  (M.)  Mulatto.  (I.)  Indian.  If  of  other  ltacea,  specify  what. 

[Be  very  particular  to  fill  all  Blanks.] 


t-rUh  y 


\ 


[ Public  Statutes,  Chapter  32,  as  amended  Id  Acts  of  1SSS,  Chapiter  306  ; Arts  of  1S89,  Chapter  2‘^^-Aets  of  1893,  Chapter  263.] 

Section  3.  A physician  who  has  attended  a person  during  his  last  illness  shall,  when  requested,  forthwith  furnish  for  regi-- 
tration,  a certificate  stating,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  the  name  of  the  deceased,  his  age,  the  disease  of  which  In- 
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  ma}'  lie,  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  a>  i* 
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

The text goes on. The rest is in the file.