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: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY with Board of Health 


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Length of residence in city or town where death occurred / // yrs. mos. days. How long in U. S., if of foreign birth? yrs. mos. days. 


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH 


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3 SEX 4 Py OR MARRIED 18 DATE OF é 
/ WIDOWED DEATH.......... 
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10 Date deceased last worked at 11 Total time (years) 
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12 BIRTHPLACE (City).....................Jhenn : 
(State or country) 


OCCUPATION| 


Contributory causes of importance not related to principal cause: 


Name of operation .../84°.......g..... 


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____ DATE OF BURIAL......... 


22 NAME OF ae F 
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| HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was ‘er a 
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Statement of occupation.—Precise statement of occupation is 
very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits 
can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person 
aged 10 yearsorover. Ifthe occupation had been given up or changed 
on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior 
to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the 
occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed 
may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose 
only occupation was that of home housework, write housework 


in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9.. 


For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate 
the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper—private 
family, cook—hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation whate 
ever write sone. 


To be complete, an occupation return must state: 
8.—The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. 
9.—The industry or business in which the work was done. 
10.—The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 
11.—The number of years the deceased followed the occupation. 


In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms 
as “‘employee,’’ ‘‘worker,’’ ‘‘operative,’’ . 
cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc. 


In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general 
terms as ‘“‘store,’’ ‘‘factory,’’ “‘mill,”’ etc. State the particular 
ao of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, cotton 
mill, etc. 


Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating 
the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining 
engineer, Siaiionary engineer, etc. Avoid the term ‘‘laborer’’ when a 
more precise statement of the occupation can be secured. Do not 
use the word ‘‘mechanic,’’ but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, 
painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants 
and wholesale merchanis. A person who sells goods should be called a 
salesman and not a clerk. 


Statement of cause of death.—Cause of death means the disease, 
or complication which causes death, mot the mode of dying, ¢. g., heart 
failure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. As principal cause name the disease 
causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, 
if any, related to the principal cause and any important complication 
of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not 
related to principal cause, name other important diseases. 


Example 


The principal cause of death and related causes 


: : Date of onset 
of importance in order of onset were as follows: BME : 


Arteriosclerosis 


Chronic interstitial nephriti 


Cerebral hemorrhage 


Contributory causes of importance not related to 
principal cause: 


In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related 
causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that ina 
group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, 


second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example 
happens to be the second cause given. 


etc. Find out the parti- | 


EXTRACTS 
FROM THE LAWS OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
GOVERNING THE 


RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH 


A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- 
with, after the death of a person whom he has attended during 
his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other 
authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, 
furnish for registration a sté ndard certificate of death, stating to the 
best of his knowledge and be ief the name of the deceased, his supposed 
age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, 
where same was contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last 
seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of, his death.... 
Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose 
of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body 
which has not been buried, until he has received a permit from 
the board of health, or its agent appointed to issue such permits, 
or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the 
person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human 
body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or 
from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the 
same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health 
or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body 
is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been 
delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be, a Satis- 
factory written statement containing the facts required by law to 
be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an 
original interment, by a Satisfactory certificate of the attending 
physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough 
for the purpose, or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the 
board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, 
shall upon application make the certificate required of the attending 
physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall 
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a recital, 
as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased 
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any 
war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the 
permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such state- 
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit 
it to the clerk of the town for registration, The person to whom 
the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death 
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information 
which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause 
of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require.—Chap. 114, 
Sec. 45, G. L., as amended. 


Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of 
the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died 
by violence... .Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6. 

....He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the 
place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; 


othetwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner 
of death.—Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the 
ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until 
he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent 
appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from 
the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 
is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the ceme- 
tery or burial ground in which the interment is made....Chap. 114, 
Sec. 46, G. L. as amended. 


RULES OF PRACTICE 


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

(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as 
those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last 
illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury. 

(2) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only 
as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease un- 
related to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attend- 
ance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of 
death is needed. 8 r . 

(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths 
supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused 


directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), 
and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 
agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease 
resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the 
sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, 
_ and those of persons found dead. 


RM 301 


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PHYSICIANS should state 
Exact statement of OCCUPATION 


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N. B.—WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK—THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. Every item of 


FOR BI 


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AGE should be stated EXACTLY. 


See instructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate. 


CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. 
tant. 


information should be carefully supplied. 


is very impor 


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g The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 


BUG GOLK enn 


& County) DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS (City or town making return) 
a STANDARD 
LIA 4 yaa, as \ Qthce | C= De aan ae CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Registered No......... Be ante 
ey ‘ow 
Ss (If death occurred in a hospital or institution, 
A Noe ee caces a Bs SecA aqamor.e.... Aver, aSece S+., Seeateshedssneeseauere Ward { give its NAME instead of street and Sees 
Ps Fa . i¢ i yi) Z \ (if U.S. 
2 FULL NAME... OF SNC... ae! t. 4. uel S Wt an alee ~ War Veteran, 
(If deceased is a married, a or divdreéd woman, give also mkiden fC ) specuty, WAR): sscoscstessesaccoswesavacsrcthtaren ras 


Vieun LD A \ UCT oe Rae aie, op Nae fancier ROR MEME SP ERRNe f oon EL 


(If nonresident give city or town, and state) 
How long in U. S.., if of foreign birth? yrs. mos. ° days. 


(a) Residence. No......... 14... RAG oO. en Aiea 


(Usual place of abode) 
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred 


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS 
3 SEX 4 COLOR OR RACE 5 eon (write the word) 
emale | White = BORED Married. 

5a If married, widowed, or divorced 

AES GREMNINROTIRIN NS Ieee ae onc soch co sch a nscccetvchevedeisuihawnvadecsancSeelcvwssensasscevaedspechaiaceutauscbanserssesese 


(Give maidew name of wife jerfull) 
(or) WIFE of ctredec: cM oem AMLC. S oso En. q.han, dl. Sees 


Husband’s name in full) 


| last saw h 


to have occurred on the dat 
The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of 
onset were as follows: Date of Onset 


6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. 


Deesoae Hours............Minutes 


8 Trade, profession, or particular 


kind of work done, as spi “ce 
S sawyer, bookkeeper, etc. = A. ON. Se. wWorKk. is tacelanenstaeesee 
| 9 Industry or business in which 
= pe ae rie Oyo. 0.1.2. 
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= 10 a ames ae month 3 = e 1 Total aE eee rs) 

is occupation (month an spent in this 

year) ...... z ee epee 'N Ov. ot 430 EecueaMon: HOU 

12 BIRTHPLACE (City)... “O.ek. and... At te. ae 


(State or country) 


3 NAME OF 
FATHER ce. i 


MS FATHER’ (city)... NAG ONY IN 


Name of operation’ 
What test confirmed diagnosis?...........2..-..ccesceeeoceecerseeeee Was there an autopsy? 


20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? sas Savetian 


(State or country) 


Ee Sarah la 
RTT aa es 


(State or country) 


PARENTS 


21 PLACE OF BURIAL, intheop.... ae 


emetery) VAL; r town) 


DATE OF BURIAL o.-iecense0. Januar i me rs! 193.2. 
22 ME Piven, SOR | cane 


| Rae tr atred' : ee 


(Address) 


| HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was \l 
BEFORE érAransit permit was issued: __ADDRESS...... W.N.. eb io See 4 aoe. Met ts, ee 
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Yeh aes es ‘(Date of Issue of Perfnit LEY a “A TRUE COPY, ATTEST: SNe Se ES ALON, (Registrar) 


Statement of occupation.—Precise statement of occupation is 
ervy important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits 
can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person 
aged 10 yearsorover. Ifthe occupation had been given up or changed 
on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior 
to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the 
occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed 
may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose 
only occupation was that of home housework, write housework 
in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9. 
For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate 
the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper—private 
family, cook—hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation what- 
ever write none. 


To be complete, an occupation return must state: 
8.—The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. 
9.—The industry or business in which the work was done. 
10.—The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 
11.—The number of years the deceased followed the occupation. 


In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms 
as “‘employee,’’ ‘“‘worker,’’ ‘‘operative,’’ etc. Find out the parti- 
cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc. 


In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general 
terms as ‘‘store,” ‘‘factory,’’ ‘‘mill,’’ etc. State the particular 
kind of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, colton 
mill, etc. 


Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating 
the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining 
engineer, stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term ‘laborer’? when a 
more precise statement of the occupation can be secured. Do not 
use the word ‘‘mechanic,’’ but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, 
painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants 
and wholesale merchants. A person who sells goods should be called a 
salesman and not a clerk. 


Statement of cause of death.—Cause of death means the disease, 
or complication which causes death, not the mode of dying, e. g., heart 
failure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. As principal cause name the disease 
causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, 
if any, related to the principal cause and any important complication 
of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not 
related to principal cause, name other important diseases. 


Example 


The principal cause of death and related causes] Date of onset 
of importance in order of onset were as follows: 


IOIs 


interstitial nephritis 1921 


Cerebral hemorrhage 


Contributory causes of importance not related to 
principal cause: 


In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related 
causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that in a 
group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, 
second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example 
happens to be the second cause given. 


EXTRACTS 
FROM THE LAWS OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
GOVERNING THE 


RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH 


A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- 
with, after the death of a person whom he has attended during 
his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other 
authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, 
furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the 
best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed 
age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, 
where same was contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last 


seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of hi 
Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9. 7 Same 4a 


No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose 
of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body 
which has not been buried, until he has received a permit from 
the board of health, or its agent appointed to issue such permits, 
or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the 
person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human 
body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or 
from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the 
same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health 
or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body 
is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been 
delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be, a Satis- 
factory written statement containing the facts required by law to 
be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an 
original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending 
physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough 
for the purpose, or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the 
board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, 
shall upon Bee ceron make the certificate required of the attending 
physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall 
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains. a recital, 
as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased 
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any 
war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the 
permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such state- 
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit 
it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom 
the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death 
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information 
which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause 
of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require.—Chap. 114, 
Sec. 45, G. L., as amended. 


Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of 
the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died 
by violence... .Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6. 


...He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the 
place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; 
otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner 
of death.—Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the 
ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until 
he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent 
appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from 
the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 
is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the ceme- 
tery or burial ground in which the interment is made....Chap. 114, 
Sec. 46, G. L. as amended. 


RULES OF PRACTICE 


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

(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as 
those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last 
illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury. 

(2) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only 
as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease un- 
related to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attend- 
ance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of 
death is needed. ; 

(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths 
supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused 
directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), 
and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 
agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease 
resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the 
sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, 
and those of persons found dead. 


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= OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY with Board of Health 
< rte fo) ee DIVISION CF VITAL STATISTICS or its Agent. 
a STANDARD 
1,8 Nfperctye ir CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Registered No Ate 
=] (City or Town), 
< V4 o , ye (If death occurred in a hospital or institution, 
= EL acpcneece CAO NC NOR ete i aE EP give its NAME instead of street and number) 
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(Usual place of abode) (If nonresident, give city or town and state) 
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred Pa J yrs. mos. days. How long in U. S., if of foreign birtkaS J yrs. mos. days. 
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS | MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH 


5 SINGLE (write the word) || 
3 SE¥—> | 4 COLOR OR RACE SINGLE 18 DATE OF ee: ime) 
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(or) WIFE of .........0.--.-... - <<_—P#OR PR ee........ 2h Low nh£Aq..alive on....... Zee 


(Husband’s name in full) 
to have occurred on the date \s¥ated above, ath Oz Dee eee m. 


6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. 
The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of 
onset were as follows: 
Dateofonset 
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sawyer, bookkeeper, etc 

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12 BIRTHPLACE (City) 
(State or country) 


Name of operation is Sid Parnes ee 
What test confirmed diagnosis? 


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OF MOTHER Y Uf eX: 


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(State or country) Zi CREMATION OR REMOVAL <>? 


DATE OF BURIAL...... So er Att ee ee OPER eo boty 


22 NAME OF 
UNDERTAKER 


ADDRESS.... 


FUe OA MITEL LILO A ssotevsscncdsdevnsvetsaicibovessicpossusencee vt isda, 


75m-2-'30. No. 7997-a 


(Registrar) 


ee eT ee 


KF Cas 
Revised United States Standard Certificate of Death 


rl PG Fo) 


Statement of occupation.—Precise statement of occupation is 
very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits 
can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person 
aged 10 yearsorover. Ifthe occupation had been given up or changed 
on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior 
to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the 
occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed 
may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose 
only occupation was that of home housework, write housework 
in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9. 
For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate 
the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper—private 
family, cook—hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation what- 
ever write none. 


To be complete, an occupation return must state: 
8.—The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. 
9.—The industry or business in which the work was done. 
10.—The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 
11.—The number of years the deceased followed the occupation. 


In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms 
as ‘‘employee,’’ “‘worker,’’ ‘‘operative,"’ etc. Find out the parti- 
cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc. 


In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general 
terms as ‘‘store,"’ ‘‘factory,’’ ‘‘mill,’’ etc. State the particular 
kind of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, cotton 
mill, etc. 


Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating 
the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining 
engineer, stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term ‘‘laborer’”’ when a 
moré’ precise statement of the occupation Can be secured. Do not 
use the word ‘‘mechanic,’’ but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, 
painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants 
and wholesale merchants. A person who sells goods should be called a 
salesman and not a clerk. 


Statement of cause of death.—Cause of death means the disease, 
or complication which causes death, not the mode of dying, e. g., heart 
failure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. As principal cause name the disease 
causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, 
if any, related to the principal cause and any important complication 
of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not 
related to principal cause, name other important diseases. 


Example 


The principal cause of death and related causes 


: : Date of onset 
of importance in order of onset were as follows: ate of/cuse 


Arteriosclerosis Iorg 


Chronic interstitial nephritis r92r 


July 5, 1927 


Contributory causes of importance not related to 
principal cause: 


In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related 
causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that in a 
group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, 
second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example 
happens to be the second cause given. 


EXTRACTS 
FROM THE LAWS OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
GOVERNING THE 


RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH 


A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forthe 
with, after the death of a person whom he has attended during 
his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other 
authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, 
furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the 
best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed 
age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, 
where same was contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last 
seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of, his death.... 
Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose 
of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body 
which has not been buried, until he has received a permit from 
the board of health, or its agent appointed to issue such permits, 
or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the 
person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human 
body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or 
from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the 
same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health 
or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body 
is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been 
delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be a Satis- 
factory written statement containing the facts required by law to 
be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an 
original interment, by a Satisfactory certificate of the attending 
physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough 
for the purpose: or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the 
board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, 
shall upon ep icaron make the certificate required of the attending 
physician. death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall 
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a recital, 
as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased 
served in the army, navy or marine corps oi the United States in any 
war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the 
permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such state- 
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit 
it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom 
the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause ot death 
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information 
which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause 
of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require.—Chap. 114, 
Sec. 45, G. L., as amended. 


Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of 
the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died 
by violence... .Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6. 


...He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the 
place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; 
otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner 
of death.—Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the 
ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until 
he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent 
appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from 
the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 
is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the ceme- 
tery or burial ground in which the interment is made....Chap. 114, 
Sec. 46, G. L. as amended. 


RULES OF PRACTICE 


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

(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as 
those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last 
illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury. 

(2) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only 
as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease un- 
related to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attend- 
ance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of 
death is needed. Te, Hl : 

(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths 
supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused 
directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), 
and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 
agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease 
resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the 
sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, 
and those of persons found dead. 


‘ 


VD 


MARGIN RESERVED FOR BINDING 


N. B.—WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK—THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. 


5 
wo 
°o 
-— 


Every item of 


PHYSICIANS should state 
Exact statement of OCCUPATION 


AGE should be stated EXACTLY. 


See instructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate. 


important. 


CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. 
100m-11-'30. No. 605-b 


information should be carefully supplied. 


is very 


OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DIVISION OF VITAL. STATISTICS 


STANDARD ; 
1 CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Registered Nowe. 2adeseen 
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, 
Ward { give its NAME instead of street and number) 
, (If U. S. 
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i HATHE i i i i specity: WAR) sicsic.cdscccscscetcastenchescestaesatt 


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(Usual place of abode) (If nonresident give city or town and state) 


Length of residence in city or town where death occurred days. How long in U. S., if of foreign birth? yrs. mos. days. 


yrs. 


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS 


5 SINGLE (write the word) 
3 SEX \ 4 COLOR QR RACE HARKIED 
——————— Pp 
female or DIVORCED 


5a If married, widowed, or divorced 


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(Give nen name of wife in full) 


(or) WIFE of ..... REESE Tar nn OOM cP RWERED TET CT PST IPRS SRT ES cneiplne unos sein cutesh nensancvenses: sates: | last saw h- 


(Husband's name in full) 


to have occurred on the date stated above, 4t................-..- m. 
6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of 
onset were as follows: ; “Date of Onset 


If less than 1 day 


8 Trade, profession, or particular 
kind of work done, as spinner, —————————e=_______> 


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| Q Industry or business in which 

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= Op DEES Se ee re ee 

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this ‘gh on creat ane ——$——_"* spent in this —«—— 


Se RE eee occypation...............2+ 


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(State or country) 


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14 BIRTHPLACE OF t fi dd Pesrenantysinstuskitadsncsstaassundetres 
» FATHER © (City) cccase-s-ssceceseecneeseezeee AEE |_What test confirmed diagnosis? ricci t-reenreeWas there an autopsy?. 2.00 
= (State or country) 20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? ................0.+ 
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m/15 MAIDEN N 5 > 
<| OF MOTHER (signed) <G22¢24 bn... 
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16 BIRTHPLACE OF oe hee es 1 

sce 7g ie eae aaa 21 PLACE OF BURIAL, 


(State or country) CREMATION OR REMOVAL 


(Cemé¢tery) (City or town) 
DATE. OF (BURIAL .isccccsssnicssnencsis}coresoe Ee ne a ee ee 19.02 


(Address) * fe 22 NAME OF 


UNDERTAKER 


REBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was 
ith me BEFORE Y burial 9 transit permit was issued: 


ADDRESS........ 


th or o The oe") 1 Received and SOR Bead fae Se Cir 


) A TRUE COPY, ATTEST: (Registrar) 


Se oF = sili 


Revised United States Standard Certificate of Death 


oa phe tS G2) 


Statement of occupation.—Precise statement of occupation is 
ervy important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits 
can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person 
aged 10 yearsorover. Ifthe occupation had been given up or changed 
on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior 
to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the 
occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed 


may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose 


only occupation was that of home housework, write housework 
in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9. 
For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate 
the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper—private 
family, cook—hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation what- 
ever write none. 


To be complete, an occupation return must state: 
8.—The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. 
9.—The industry or business in which the work was done. 
10.—The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 
11.—The number of years the deceased followed the occupation. 


In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms 
as “employee,” ‘‘worker,"’ ‘‘operative,”” etc. Find out the parti- 
cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc. 


In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general 
terms as “store,” ‘“‘factory,” ‘“‘mill,"’ etc. State the particular 
kind of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, colton 
mill, etc. 


Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating 
the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining 
engineer, stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term ‘ laborer’’ when a 
more precise statement of the ceeupation can be-seeured. _Do- not 
use the word “‘mechanic,”’ but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, 
painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants 
and wholesale merchants. A person who sells goods should be called a 
salesman and not a clerk. 


Statement of cause of death.—Cause of death means the disease, 
or complication which causes death, not the mode of dying, e. g., heart 
failure, asphyxia, asthenia, ete. As principal cause name the disease 
causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, 
if any, related to the principal cause and any important complication 
of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not 
related to principal cause, name other important diseases. 


Example 


The principal cause of death and related causes|~ Date of onset 
of importance in order of onset were as follows: 


Arteriosclerosis IOIs 


Chronic interstitial nephritis 


Cerebral hemorrhage 


Contributory causes of importance not related to 
principal cause: 


In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related 
causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that ina 
group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, 
second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example 


happens to be the second cause given. 


EXTRACTS 
FROM THE LAWS OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
GOVERNING THE 


RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH 


A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- 
with, after the death of a person whom he has attended during 
his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other 
authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, 
furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the 
best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed 
age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, 
wees sane wae penizected, the guration his last illness, when last 
seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of hi Datay 
Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9. ats ol-bis death 


No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose 
of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body 
which has not been buried, until he has received a permit from 
the board of health, or its agent appointed to issue such permits, 
or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the 
person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human 
body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or 
from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the 
same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health 
or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body 
is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been 
delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be, a satis- 
factory written statement containing the facts required by law to 
be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an 
original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending 
physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough 
for the purpose, or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the 
board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, 
shall upon application make the certificate required of the attending 
physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall 
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a_ recital, 
as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased 
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any 
war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the 
permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such state- 
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit 
it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom 
the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death 
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information 
which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause 
of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require.—Chap. 114, 
Sec. 45, G. L., as amended. 


Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of 
the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died 
by violence... .Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6. 


...He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the 
place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; 
otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner 
of death.—Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7. 

No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the 
ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until 
he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent 
appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from 
the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 
is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the ceme- 
tery or burial ground in which the interment is made....Chap. 114, 
Sec. 46, G. L. as amended. 


RULES OF PRACTICE 


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

(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as 
those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last 
illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury. 

(2) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only 
as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease un- 
related to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attend- 
ance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of 
death is needed. i" 

(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths 
supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused 
directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), 
and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 
agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease 
resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the 
sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, 
and those of persons found dead. 


: 
} 


MARGIN RESERVED FOR BINDING 


N. B.—WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK—THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. 


ry item of 


Eve 


PHYSICIANS should state 
Exact statement of OCCUPATION 


AGE should be stated EXACTLY. 
See instructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate. 


important. 


CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. 
100m-9-'30. No. 9954. 


information should be carefully supplied. 


is very 


R-301A 


OCCUPATION: 


Che Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 


To be filed for burial permit 


DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS with Board of Health 
STANDARD or its Agent. 
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Revistered No:.|., eaoae 


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


(If U. S. 
Sep i oh A ee ee eee Bee War Veteran, 


eased is a married, widowed“%r divorced woman, give also maiden name.) 


(a) Residence. No....@...Z. Soe ¢ AU. ‘ded WA 


Sante nee eee nena see eeseeeeeessseseeee een assesses eseeseresnsee SEeeee® 


(Usual place of abode) eae i (If nonresident, give city or town and state) 
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred yrs. mos. days. How long in U. S., if of foreign birth? yrs. mos. days. 


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS 


5 SINGLE (write the word) 
3 SEX 4 COLOR OR RACE MARRIED ar 
Va Act? \ Wibowen 
or DIVORCED 
5a If married, widowed, or divorced x ; 19 I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from 
HUSBAND of ..... IPs PMY xe rca RR AA Siz RD + lg Ed. 4 
(Give maiden name ofWife in full) [poses Leatee LATE cca 1944, to... 640 TE... yA ed earns 7 192...2- 
Ramey IMMA eR ce ea acca accom sene ect epsaeee cn eso count uesseabanesasecsddennsossarabasctocencuatbcsdsearesessaeesed | last saw W4Zaq.alive On LAL adh LY in cck de , 19..49..2, death is said 


(Husband's name in full) 


6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. to have occurred on the date stated above, at...... i Ree Mm, 


The principal cause of death and related causeS of importance in order of 
onset were as follows: Date of Onset 


If less than 1 day 


ff Fe 
AGE’. .....3f3 Se Was nee feet Months...<2....Days 


8 Trade, profession, or particular 
kind of work done, as spinner, 
Fo SES A aR BOOP i leon i a ee 


9 Industry or business in which 
work was done, as silk mill, YU tre 


a 


SORTS 82s Se. a i 2 ee ! 

10 Date deceased last worked at 11 Total time (years) 
this occupation (month and spent in this 
te Ae ha or, ee One Se eS eee 2 occupation.. 


12 BIRTHPLACE (City).......... Lt ALAA ,.. Lee AZ. 


(State or country) 


13 NAME OF Bi 
FATHER Salauc2en VEY) Vithy 
i/ 4 j 


Name of operation 


14 BIRTHPLACE OF What test confirmed diagnosis? 


FATHER (City) ........... 
(State or country) 


15 MAIDEN NAME 

OF MOTHER CLLZ~qgtf 
16 BIRTHPLACE OF 
MOTHER (City) .......// 


(State or country) 


PARENTS 


(Signed) A abellahMe 


(Add ress). zene, Egan 


21 PLACE OF BURIAL, 
CREMATION OR REMOVAL YA RL. ar 


= (City or town) 
re ] F 
eel ch te i en Soe: DATE OF BURIAL......... vied 2) Pee ey 
(Address) 4 Z Z, 22 NAME OF 
bo pal iiss Lae ES UNDERTAKER .... J Ai set Pe Serta Fon So 
| HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificale of death was bs 
ped with me B ve r transit permit was issued: ADDRESS....... wy Ir an Oy. WU F245 
Accent of Boardot Eecitt RRR AeN a —" | W RRecehveKd Mtl IOC vnicecseoscveses<seocnevesszocerade. Sesconserct Masso oWcrccecdenccrncses ceaey |: Rar 


Ith or other) 
ae ED Le on 
(Date of Issue of Permit 


(Registrar) 


“wg 


J a 


Revised United States Standard sew he Death 


VAL AK TF 
aS. 


Statement of occupation.—Precise statement of occupation is 
very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits 
can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person 
aged 10 yearsorover. Ifthe occupation had been given up or changed 
on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior 
to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the 
occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed 
may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose 
only occupation was that of home housework, write housework 
in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9. 
For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate 
the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper—private 
family, cook—hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation whate 
ever write none. 


To be complete, an occupation return must state: 
8.—The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. 
9.—The industry or business in which the work was done. 
10.—The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 
11.—The number of years the deceased followed the occupation. 


In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms 
as ‘‘employee,’’ ‘‘worker,’’ ‘‘operative,’’ etc. Find out the parti- 
cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc. 


In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general 
terms as “‘store,’’ ‘‘factory,’’ ‘‘mill,’’ etc. State the particular 
kind of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, cotton 
mill, etc. 

Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating 
the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining 
engineer, stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term ‘‘laborer’”’ when a 
more precise statement of the occupation can be secured. Do not 
use the word ‘‘mechanic,’’ but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, 
painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants 
and wholesale merchanis. A person who sells goods should be called a 
salesman and not a clerk. 


Statement of cause of death.—Cause of death means the disease, 
or complication which causes death, not the mode of dying, e. g., heart 
failure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. As principal cause name the disease 
causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, 
if any, related to the principal cause and any important complication 
of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not 
related to principal cause, name other important diseases. 


Example 


The principal cause of death and related causes 


? D f t 
of importance in order of onset were as follows: ae cake 


Arteriosclerosis 


Contributory causes of importance not related to 
principal cause: 


In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related 
causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that ina 
group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, 


second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example 
happens to be the second cause given. 


EXTRACTS 
FROM THE LAWS OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
GOVERNING THE 


RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH 


A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- 
with, after the death of a person whom he has attended during 
his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other 
authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, 
furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the 
best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed 
age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, 
where same was contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last 
seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of, his death.... 
Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose 
of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body 
which has not been buried, until he has received a permit from 
the board of health, or its agent appointed to issue such permits, 
or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the 
person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human 
body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or 
from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the 
Same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health 
or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body 
is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been 
delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be, a Satis- 
factory written statement containing the facts required by law to 
be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an 
original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending 
physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough 
for the purpose, or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the 
board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, 
shall upon application make the certificate required of the attending 
physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall 
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a recital, 
as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased 
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any 
war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the 
permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such state- 
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersi| it and transmit 
it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom 
the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death 
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information 
which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause 
of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require.—Chap. 114, 
Sec. 45, G. L., as amended. 


Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of 
the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died 
by violence....Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6. 


...He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the 
place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; 
otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner 
of death.—Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the 
ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until 
he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent 
appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from 
the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 
is to be held, or from a person-appointed to have the care of the ceme- 
tery or burial ground in which the interment is made....Chap. 114, 
Sec. 46, G. L. as amended. 


RULES OF PRACTICE 


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

(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as 
those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last 
illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury. 

(2) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only 
as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease un- 
related to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attend- 
ance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of 
death is needed ae A i 

(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths 
supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused 
directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), 
and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 
agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease 


resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the 
sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, 
and those of persons found dead. 


5 


ORM R-301A 


MARGIN RESERVED FOR BINDING 


N. B.—WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK—THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. 


Every item of 


PHYSICIANS should state 
Exact statement of OCCUPATION 


AGE should be stated EXACTLY. 


terms, so that it may be properly classified. 
tructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate. 


information should be carefully supplied. 
See ins 


CAUSE OF DEATH in plain 


is very important. 


100m-9-'30. No. 9954, 


2 


GQ The Commonwealth of Massarhusetts 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS 


STANDARD 


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


CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Registered No......... i} eae 
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, 
=p EA COROLEORE Os Ward give its NAME instead of street and number) 
(If U.S. 
LUT MIR A NGA 8 Wh Ea nods Secret sie babs ost REET War Veteran, 
ed woman, give also maiden name.) specify WAR).........:......ccsscseosssescessessoees 


(a) Residence. No...\3.. 
(Usual place of abode) 


Length of residence in city or town where death 


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS 


5 SINGLE ) (write the word) 
3 SEX 4 et ie RACE MARRIED Bh hee 
UYy y [7 WIDOWED ty A yt 
LUKAL) UAL or DIVORCED LAW 
5a If marriedy® ioaed: or divorced 4 LY i / 
HUSBAND of (UMAR. SIN MELALY, J A Nn Sel gh en eG ALR 
(Give maiden name of wife in full) 
pg) LETS, Oo SOE ales 2 Re eee a ee a ne ey en 


(Husband’s name in full) 
6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. 
GF A 


8 Trade, profession, or particular 
kind of work done, as spinner, f 
sawyer, bookkeeper, etc...............-- £4 LIAS LLL once 


9 rare or pisitters Na ee y 
work was done, as P 4 < 
coe ie aimee aie te MaAdbwww. 


last worked at 11 Total time (years) 
i spent in this 
occupation... / 


12 BIRTHPLACE (City)................5 ed Yeo, A 
(State or country) 


13 NAME OF y 4 
FATHER LEAL by, 
14 BIRTHPLACE OF , ff 
= FATHER (City) ..........., LALLA UAAMA «.. “Seats 
=z (State or country) / 
Ww 
74 
«|15 MAIDFN NAME / | 
<| OF MOTHER i é aha d fe hi 
16 BIRTHPLACE OF / 
Tih y (Cera ie ae ae J Rae nea i 
(State or country) 
17 
Informant OI AOI LMG SAKL....... PMOL A Yn 
(Address) 4-4 J &, / 


| HEREBY CERTIFY that a sdfisfactory standard certificate of death was 
ed with m eT bifria} or transit permit was issued: 
~ . fs y . 


Meakele: 


(Official Designation) y y 


eUcecestese 7 Du nevvncsencccersccescscsccccvssescscesscces 


Health or othep) . 
a »- fis 

ot, 2 Re nee pee ae f , AZ, ae p 
(Date of Issue of Permit) 


oy), 
Mf. mos. 
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH 
18 DATE OF Zs 
Wes. DENTE sso terion. aN Ua i LG sA 
( 


s"(If nonresident, give city or town and state) 
How long in U. S., if of foreign birth? yrs. mos. days.” 


Soren err eery 


days, 


AN eee =f Pee ats 


19 


(erator Ld ca] vemberJo ah, wm panvaiy TL, 19.0. 
1 last saw h.4M....alive on... WA NY ARH... 1&......., 19p.23.., death is said 


to have occurred on the date stated above, dt}. em; 


The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of 
onset were as follows: “Date of Onset 


Name O1 OPBraulOn yc ete cone esc eee Date (Of:..ctimes sate mtyenes 
Was there an autopsy?.W.Q 


What test confirmed diagnosis? ......-~ 


(Signed) .<. 
(Address).... 


21 PLACE OF BURIAL 


CREMATION OR REMOVAL) AAS 6 AEE OM, We YWERMAAL, 
(Cemetery) _ (City or town) / 
DATE OF BURIAL.......)....0:4 UE... SE MR AN a D2. 
22 NAME OF 4 P\4 
UNDERTAKER .......0.- > ted. LAY MLE neg 
ADDRESS........ ZL Aaddé 
Received and files. PS pgtee Nae. § Baik Aly Fee eee tne 
/ Af Af 
eeseteccnsersewes cunsan ASE tp hawk n rants chen ahabaneecnnnenne lena cenneseeneesseccrenentane meme 
av (Registrar) 


a 


ee 
nited States Standard Certificate of Death 


LAN NEE jot 


Statement of occupation.—Precise statement of occupation is 
very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits 
can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person 
aged 10 years orover. Ifthe occupation had been given up or changed 
on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior 
to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the 
occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed 
may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose 
only occupation was that of home housework, write housework 
in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9. 
For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate 
the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper—private 
family, cook—hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation whate 
ever write none. 


To be complete, an occupation return must state: 
8.—The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. 
9.—The industry or business in which the work was done. 
10.—The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 
11.—The number of years the deceased followed the occupation. 


In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms 
us ‘‘employee,’’ ‘‘worker,’’ ‘‘operative,’’ etc. Find out the parti- 
cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc. 


In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general 
terms as “store,’’ “‘factory,” ‘“‘mill,”’ etc. State the particular 
par of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, cotton 
mill, etc. 


Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating 
the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining 
engineer, Stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term ‘‘laborer’”’ when a 
more precise statement of the occupation can be secured. Do not 
use the word ‘‘mechanic,’’ but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, 
painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants 
and wholesale merchants. A person who sells goods should be called a 
salesman and not a clerk. 


Statement of cause of death.—Cause of death means the disease, 
or complication which causes death, not the mode of dying, e. g., heart 
failure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. As principal cause name the disease 
causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, 
if any. related to the principal cause and any important complication 
of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not 
related to principal cause, name other important diseases. 


Example 


The principal cause of death and related causes 


3 : Date ot onset 
of importance in order of onset were as follows: 


Arteriosclerosis 


Chronic interstitial nephritis 


July 5, 1927 


Contributory causes of importance not related to 
principal cause: 


Tn a group of causes containing the principal cause and related 
causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that ina 
group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, 
second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example 


happens to be the second cause given. 


EXTRACTS 
FROM THE LAWS OF THE 


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
GOVERNING THE 


RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH 


A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- 
with, after the death of a person whom he has attended during 
his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other 
authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, 
furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the 
best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed 
age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, 
where same was contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last 
seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of, his death.... 
Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose 
of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body 
which has not been ouried, until he has received a permit from 
the board of health, or its agent appointed to issue such permits, 
or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the 
person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human 
body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or 
from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the 
same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health 
or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body 
is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been 
delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be, a Satis- 
factory written statement containing the facts required by law to 
be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an 
original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending 
physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough 
for the purpose, or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the 
board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, 
shall upon application make the certificate required of the attending 
physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall 
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a recital, 
as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased 
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any 
war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the 
permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such state- 
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit 
it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom 
the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death 
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information 
which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause 
of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require.—Chap. 114, 
Sec. 45, G. L., as amended. 


Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of 
the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died 
by violence... .Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6. 


...He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the 
place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; 
otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner 
of death.—Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the 
ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until 
he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent 
appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from 
the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 
is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the ceme- 
tery or burial ground in which the interment is made....Chap. 114, 
Sec. 46, G. L. as amended. 


RULES OF PRACTICE 


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

(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as 
those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last 
illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury. 

(2) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only 
as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease un- 
related to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attend- 
ance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of 
death is needed. Bey) y : 

(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths 
supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused 
directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), 
and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 
agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease 
resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the 
sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, 
and those of persons found dead. 


EE 


- R-301A 


fae 


MARGIN RESERVED FOR BINDING 


N. B.—WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK—THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. 


Every item of 


PHYSICIANS should state 
Exact statement of OCCUPATION 


properly classified. 
See instructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate. 


AGE should be stated EXACTLY. 


CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be 


is very important. 


75m-2-'30. No. 7997-a 


information should be carefully supplied. 


AGE.......Q... 1 yes Years... (a rer! Months. oe, oem 


_ Che Commonwealth of Massachusetts To be filed for burial permit 
2 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY with Board of Health 


DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS 
or its Agent. 


STANDARD 
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Registered No........../ b,. sean 
rs {If death-accurred in a hospital or institution, 
SLs ease eee. Ward { give its NAME instead of street and number) 


(If U. S. 
War Veteran, 


specify WAR) <<c0s:cccescececisast-asessveveoessiven 


(If nonresident, give city or town and tise 
yrs. mos. days. How long in U. S., if of foreign birth? yrs. mes, days. 


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH 


4 COLOR OR RACE | © ee 18 DATE OF 


WIDOWED 
or DIVORCED 


(write the word) 


tees... 


5a If married, widowed, 


MRUISBANDD OR ecto ene A AL ten oc Ger icncn cadet senses SS Bae eee cr Stn Boe 
KGMWIRERDE eee cc sasa 3 lees, Pee Se eee ee eee || ldulast saw (haere. alive OMNs.-..s5l erie Prboccncscy 199.22, death is said 
(Husband's name in full) ge 2. YS 
6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. to have occurred on the stated above, atw@n...0000. zm, 
The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of 
If less than 1 day onset were as follows: ’ eee east 


ssece Record EL Scat peers i On che 


8 Trade, profession, or particular 
kind of work done, as spinner, 


9 Industry or business in which 
work was done, as silk mill, 


= 
= 
= 
=< 
a 
> 
oO 
o 
o 


ney nN TARR WRC HOU uc s0t otra ces ieee: ax ecsas chaos yeveassacoxcvchivasdscstscvsisseecus -seetenaninduedarivecasésery 
10 ae pee at last mde at / 9 2 11 Total ane 
is occupation (month an spent in this 
year) ...... ? Renneatree Wear Waaaeeceee eoenbecdaben<chdsappne 0 aT occupation 17 
(State or country) Le al pL 
13 NAME OF // | ‘ : et. 
FATHER fo oe ae 
z. Z : ReITIAL OT OREEALIONM icc. .ccctes rrastoneresiaoscssecesosertvoteS ot theoptececen aves Date" of.........a.ckeoe 
0 ds PATHERS (Cites ate og What test confirmed diagnosis? Oe . Was there an autopsy?.: 220 
z (State or country) 20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? .... Ae, 
lu é ——_1 
| 15 MAIDEN NAME sil ae |p 
< OF MOTHER (Signed ee 
a fans 
16 BIRTHPLACE OF A (Address¥. 2-5. J Cusominasseeburvonece BOER costgn avian a es cee eree 
MOTHER (City) ......0.....-54 PDA AA LAB cc pecscccccccsnescsnnsnssnnsnesen 


Vatarg. 2Lf | LE: 75/_ a 


21 PLACE OF BURIAL, 
(State or country) Whi CREMATION OR REMOVAL .. 
by etesy) feet da De | 
DATE OF BURIAL yh hol EPP Pon iA... ie | 
D 7 a= 
22, NAME OF pe 

UNDERTAKER .... Che. a mA iALe- | 
ADDRESS........ My. aa eee 0d ber Vea | 

Received and filed... nn ll. 8.0 Ras cotadvonaviussctenstdvash pepmentucotbenen eee i te ee 

ty | URES ai eerie 
(Date of exe's Crd (Registrar) ie: 


a 


Revised United States Standard Cert; of Dea 
7 v4 Fe 


eae 


Statement of occupation.—Precise statement of occupation is 
very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits 
can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person 
aged 10 yearsorover. Ifthe occupation had been given up or changed 
on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior 
to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the 
occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed 
may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose 
only occupation was that of home housework, write housework 
in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9. 
For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate 
the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper—private 
family, cook—holel, etc. For a person who had no occupation whate 
ever write none. 


To be complete, an occupation return must state: 
8.—The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. 
9.—The industry or business in which the work was done. 
10.—The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 
11.—The number of years the deceased followed the occupation. 


In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms 
as ‘‘employee,”’ ‘‘worker,’’ ‘‘operative,’’ etc. Find out the parti- 
cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc. 


In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general 
terms as ‘“‘store,’’ “‘factory,’’ “‘mill,”” etc. State the particular 
aaa of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, cotton 
mill, etc. 


Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating 
the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining 
engineer, Stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term ‘“‘laborer’’ when a 
more precise statement of the occupation can be secured. Do not 
use the word ‘‘mechanic,’’ but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, 
painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants 
and wholesale merchants. A person who sells goods should be called a 
salesman and not a clerk. 


Statement of cause of death.—Cause of death means the disease, 
or complication which causes death, not the mode of dying, e. g., heart 
failure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. As principal cause name the disease 
causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, 
if any, related to the principal cause and any important complication 
of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not 
related to principal cause, name other important diseases. 


Example 


The principal cause of death and related causes 
of importance in order of onset were as follows: 


Date of onset 


Arteriosclero 


Chronic interstitial nephritis 


Contributory causes of importance not related to 
principal cause: 


In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related 
causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that ina 
group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, 
second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example 


happens to be the second cause given. 


EXTRACTS 
FROM THE LAWS OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
GOVERNING THE 


RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH 


A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- 
with, after the death of a person whom he has attended during 
his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other 
authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, 
furnish for registration a ste ndard certificate of death, stating to the 
best of his knowledge and be ief the name of the deceased, his supposed 
age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, 
where same was conttacted, the duration of his last illness, when last 
seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of, his death.... 
Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose 
of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body 
which has not been buried, until he has received a permit from 
the board of health, or its agent appointed to issue such permits, 
or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the 
person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human 
body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or 
from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the 
Same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health 
or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body 
is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been 
delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be, a satis- 
factory written statement containing the facts required by law to 
be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an 
original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending 
physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough 
for the purpose, or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the 
board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, 
shall upon application make the certificate required of the attending 
physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall 
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a recital, 
as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased 
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any 
war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the 
permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such state- 
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit 
it to the clerk of the town for registration, The person to whom 
the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death 
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information 
which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause 
of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require.—Chap. 114, 
Sec. 45, G. L., as amended. 


Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of 
the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died 
by violence... .Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6. 


...He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the 
place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; 
otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner 
of death.—Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the 
ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until 
he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent 
appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from 
the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 
is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the ceme- 
tery or burial ground in which the interment is made....Chap. 114, 
Sec. 46, G. L. as amended. 


RULES OF PRACTICE 


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

(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as 
those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last 
illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury. 

(Q) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only 
as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease un- 
related to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attend- 
ance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of 
death is needed. Dee i i 

(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths 
supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused 
directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), 
and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 
agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease 
resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the 
sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, 
and those of persons found dead. 


svescme eee 8 wees 1 SS FOS S23 eS eee ee ee 


N. B.—WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK—THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. 


tem of 2 . 


Every i 


PHYSICIANS should state 


AGE should be stated EXACTLY. 
CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of OCCUPATION 


See instructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate. 


information should be carefully supplied. 
tant. 


is very impor 


100m-9-'30. No. 9954, 


R-301A 


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 


OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY To be filed for burial permit 
DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS with Board of Health 
STANDARD oritsAgent. _ 
; CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Registered No............ 4 tere. 


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


(If U.S. 
War Veteran, 


specify WAR) ic:..ciccscassencsocscndontssenocevzece 


2 FULL De 


(a) Residence. No.....°%°Z... A Ic eT IG o gc att scald WW ELE 9 Soc scesc ett vs sae oa och vena vento ste saaeaeetado neonate 
(Usual place of on i 


Length of residence in city or town where death occurred vp yrs. 


if of foreign birth? 


How long in U. S., 


days. 


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS 


5 SINGLE (write the word) 
3 SEX 4 te OR RACE MARRIED 


p Z, : 
Cie. (a Se We SE ge aes ee | ee ee Se se 
5 a 


5a If married, 
HUSBAND of 


ie % cee 19 
dF seatn is said 


(or) WIFE of 


(Husband's name in full) 
6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. 


7 
ey A, Aa pe eSesessoset Months............ Days 


8 Trade, profession, or particular 


to have occurred on the date stated above, at. RL Vie. 


The principal cause of death and related causes of rine ance in order of in ee = 
ollows 


3 follows: @ 


if less than 1 day 


= kind of work done, as spinner, 

So sawyer, bookkeeper, etc....... . 

| 9 Industry or business in which 

a work was done, as silk will, < 

= Sew, MARL Moma CLC... «onc c= dese cccsovcccecsStrovasvsessncee Eo eet chases tt-crs «nsccncetsoomeowenteceme ie 
S| 10 Date deceased last worked at 11 Total time (vears) 


this occupation 
V@aN) lest eo- 


. . ! 
iw gs we spent in this pr ae 


Occupation.. 


12 BIRTHPLACE (City) Oe a Eee 
(State or country) 


13 NAME OF 
ATHER 


Name of operation... 


14 BIRTHPLACE 0 2 
FATHER ‘Git. ind What test confirmed dineneeeer! 
=z (State or ieee === 
a = V4 ~ 
« 15 MAIDEN NAME Aire eee eee ee eee) 
<| OF MOTHER r igned) ... C9. LAE nae 
a 

18 BIRTHPLACE. OF - (Address @4F 424A = 

bia 21 PLACE OF BURIAL, 
(State or country) CREMATION OR REMOVAL . LAE. 
ae 
aid DATE OF BURIAL.» 
22 NAME OF 
UNDERTAKER ...S.- oe &.<.... 


ADDRESS... 


Received and filed.................. ee oe rei cxencassiitniere ses hataos inks codistouairectoes ly. 


| | Official Designation) ermit (Registrar) 


(Date of Issue of 


ee 


Statement of occupation.—Precise statement of occupation is 
very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits 
can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person 
aged 10 years orover. Ifthe occupation had been given up or changed 
on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior 
to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the 
occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed 
may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose 
only occupation was that of home housework, write housework 
in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9. 
For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate 
the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper—private 
family, cook—hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation whate 
ever write none. 


To be complete, an occupation return must state: 
8.—The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. 
9.—The industry or business in which the work was done. 
10.—The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 
11.—The number of years the deceased followed the occupation. 


In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms 
as ‘‘employee,’’ ‘‘worker,”’ ‘‘operative,’’ etc. Find out the parti- 
cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc. 


In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general 
terms as “‘store,’’ “factory,” “‘mill,”’ etc. State the particular 
and of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, cotton 
mill, etc. 


Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating 
the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining 
engineer, stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term ‘‘laborer’’ when a 
more precise statement of the occupation can be secured. Do not 
use the word ‘‘mechanic,”’ but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, 
painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants 
and wholesale merchants. A person who sells goods should be called a 
salesman and not a clerk. 


Statement of cause of death.—Cause of death means the disease, 
or complication which causes death, not the mode of dying, e. g., heart 
failure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. As principal cause name the disease 
causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, 
if any. related to the principal cause and any important complication 
of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not 
related to principal cause, name other important diseases. 


Example 


The principal cause of death and related causes 
of importance in order of onset were as follows: 


Date of onset 


Contributory causes of importance not related to 
principal cause: 


In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related 
causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that in a 
group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, 
second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example 
happens to be the second cause given. 


EXTRACTS 
FROM THE LAWS OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
GOVERNING THE 


RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH 


A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- 
with, after the death of a person whom he has attended during 
his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other 
authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, 
furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the 
best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed 
age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, 
where same was contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last 
seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of, his death.... 
Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose 
of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body 
which has not been ouried, until he has received a permit from 
the board of health, or its agent appointed to issue such permits, 
or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the 
person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human 
body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or 
from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the 
same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health 
or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body 
is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been 
delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be, a Satis- 
factory written statement containing the facts required by law to 
be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an 
original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending 
physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough 
for the purpose, or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the 
board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, 
shall upon application make the certificate required of the attending 
physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall 
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a recital, 
as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased 
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any 
war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the 
permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such state- 
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit 
it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom 
the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death 
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information 
which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause 
of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require.—Chap. 114, 
Sec. 45, G. L., as amended. 


Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of 
the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died 
by violence....Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6. 


...He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the 
place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; 
otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner 
of death.—Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the 
ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until 
he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent 
appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from 
the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 
is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the ceme- 
tery or burial ground in which the interment is made....Chap. 114, 
Sec. 46, G. L. as amended. 


RULES OF PRACTICE 


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

(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as 
those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last 
illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury. 

(2) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only 
as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease un- 
related to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attend- 
ance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of 
death is needed. pe _ i 

(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths 
supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused 
directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), 
and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 
agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease 
resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the 
sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, 
and those of persons found dead. 


EVE PLENNS EEN ENE OREN VW ER PN EN BPP IN EV EINGS 


N. B.—WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK—THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. 


Every item of 


PHYSICIANS should state 
Exact statement of OCCUPATION 


AGE should be stated EXACTLY. 
See instructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate. 


portant. 


100m-11-'30. No. 605-b 


CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. 
is very im 


information should be carefully supplied. 


5 SINGLE (write the word) 
ag |= OmtoR OR REE SINGLE 
WIDOWED Set 
or DIVORCE 


Che Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 


DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS (Gily Gr town eralins aera 
STANDARD 
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Registered No......... pie ee 


(City or Town) : ] j f 
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, 


No..-f,.7. Orta aocsncctscedppaccese Cé2-E_, “onsencer g ive its, NAME instead of street and number) 
a ; (If U. S. 

fz <C | Skbin, Ue ee RN MEA Wh. War Veteran, 

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


(If nonresident give city or town and state) 
How long in U. S., if of foreign birth? 


<P yrs. a oo days. 


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS 


Length of residence in city or town where death occurred yrs. mos. days. 


5a If married, widowed, or divorced 
ERUISHANNDD Glee (56 -oacta hi csn0seso0cse: pear PREP roocnneerecceenceesoeee ffcerceneprppettinrcr efcogepeendencennen eceeee EEE 


(or) WIFE of ..... 


(Husband's name in full) 


6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. 


OCCUPATION 


PARENTS 


a hao 
Uma Bs. pelissip 7 
4 


8 Trade, profession, or particular 
kind of work done, as spinner, 
RMUE FET OOMURMRCE DET. ELCs) rook cedars ccossnctdcthacceucteecaceisuctcevocvassesacbocessasessetssaveceaivecrst 
9 Industry or business in which 
work was done, as silk mill, \_~ 
saw mill, bank, etc. .................9 er Ka, A ee eee SE Gee eae 


10 Date deceased last worked at 11 Total time (years) 


this Ss teen eens aad spent in this 
ep ee ee On erenrrte Occupation.............ce 


12 BIRTHPLACE (City)............ He . Lo ee ba cin. fsceeencenttee tte 


(State or country) : Fincse nf 
13 NAME OF ee 
FATHER = 


14 BIRTHPLACE OF 
FATHER (City) ......... 0 Er 4 aes SA 


(State or country) 


15 MAIDEN NAME 
OF MOTHER 


Name of operation’... LA 
What test confirmed diagnosis? —s 


eeseenaJenscsscnnsenss 


16 BIRTHPLACE OF 


MOTHER (City) .........4.4 él (kts , ; 21 PLACE OF BURIAL, Zz 
(State or country) 


CREMATION OR REMOVAL 


by 4 TEE Lt, ie 4% 
Informant AR Vin Gad 2 Vee OS Se DATE OF BURIAL nA Sr on a Gann 
(Address) 2 NAME OF i; 
UNDERTAKER 
| HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was , 
ADDRESS.. 


filgd with me BE ORE ' Lue burial or fransit permit was issued: 


RNS CANS SAARasSckvadouredsnsonsecace dp nase ecvssnpusadacuvecy>ndaesp +a: 
A TRUE COPY, ATTEST: 2 ecaisvass 


Revised Unite tes Standard Certificate of x 


tt PPL BGS 


Statement of occupation.—Precise statement of occupation is 
ervy important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits 
can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person 
aged 10 yearsorover. Ifthe occupation had been given up or changed 
on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior 
to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the 
occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed 
may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose 
only occupation was that of home housework, write housework 
in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9. 
For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate 
the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper—private 
family, cook—hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation what- 
ever write none. 


To be complete, an occupation return must state: 
8.—The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. 
9.—The industry or business in which the work was done. 
10.—The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 
11.—The number of years the deceased followed the occupation. 


In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms 
as “employee,” “worker,” ‘‘operative,”” etc. Find out the parti- 
cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc. 


In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general 
terms as “store,” ‘‘factory,’’ ‘‘mill,’’ etc. State the particular 
kind of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, cotton 
mill, etc. 


Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating 
the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining 
engineer, stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term ‘‘laborer’’ when a 
more precise statement of the occupation can be secured. Do not 
use the word ‘‘mechanic,”"’ but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, 
painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants 
and wholesale merchants. A person who sells goods should be called a 
salesman and not a clerk. 


Statement of cause of death.—Cause of death means the disease, 
or complication which causes death, not the mode of dying, e. g., heart 
failure, asphyxia, asthenia, ete. As principal cause name the disease 
causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, 
if any, related to the principal cause and any important complication 
of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not 
related to principal cause, name other important diseases. 


Example 


The principal cause of death and related causes 
of importance in order of onset were as follows: 


Date of onset 


Arteriosclerosis 


1927 


Contributory causes of importance not related to 
principal cause: 


In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related 
causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that in a 
group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, 
second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example 


happens to be the second cause given. 


EXTRACTS 
FROM THE LAWS OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
GOVERNING THE 


RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH 


A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- 
with, after the death of a person whom he has attended during 
his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other 
authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, 
furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the 
best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed 
age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, 
where ee ae. Se ERSCe the Can ie his last illness, when last 
seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of hi 
Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9. lee 


No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose 
of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body 
which has not been buried, until he has received a permit from 
the board of health, or its agent appointed to issue such permits, 
or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the 
person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human 
body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or 
from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the 
same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health 
or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body 
is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been 
delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be, a satis- 
factory written statement containing the facts required by law to 
be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an 
original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending 
physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough 
for the pipers: or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the 
board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, 
shall upon application make the certificate required of the attending 
physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall 
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a recital, 
as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased 
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any 
war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the 
permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such state- 
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit 
it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom 
the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death 
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information 
which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause 
of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require.—Chap. 114, 
Sec. 45, G. L., as amended. 


Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of 
the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died 
by violence... .Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6. 

...He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the 
place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; 


otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner 
of death.—Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the 
ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until 
he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent 
appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from 
the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 
is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the ceme- 
tery or burial ground in which the interment is made....Chap. 114, 
Sec. 46, G. L. as amended. 


RULES OF PRACTICE 


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

(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as 
those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last 
illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury. 

(2) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only 
as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease un- 
related to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attend- 
ance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of 
death is needed. 

(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths 
supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused 
directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), 
and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 
agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease 
resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the 
sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, 
and those of persons found dead. 


— 2 


— is 
Sn 2-301 Che Conumonwealth of Massachusetts 
OFRICE/OF THE, SECRETARY = 8 # # ... 
“ Os DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS (Giby x town tialiae tame 
°sO STANDARD 
E om 1 CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Registered No.......... /| Ee a 
< wo) 
c=) 3 oa A Scie (If death occurred in a hospital or institution, 
> 05 { give its NAME instead of street and number) 
oc 
BS : (If U.S. 
a ca aE Meese NAMIE Risse soc casi c enc tane feeraginsties Loc daccsoNconc@cdecsoosagpactbocrenzeasoetes War Veteran, 
z ° i i i specify WAR)... tu sscaedstysavascenewadecteasisnetetice 
—_— 
O§ (a) Residence. ae he 2 
wn £ (Usual place of abode) (If rowroadent give city or town and state) 
me 2 Length of residence in city or town where death occurred yrs. mos, days. How long in U. S., if of foreign birth? yrs. mos. days. 
6 
o. 4 PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS ICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH | 
3 3 SBX eine on Wage | Ff ee werd) |] 18 DATE OF A a 3 WA | 
g ak ZA WIDOWED DEATH.........! SATE 2 AT i od cence a ee 
ik) or DIVORCED (Month) (Day) (Year) | 
5a If married, widowed, ; 19 HEREBY CERTIFY, That | attended deceased from | 
HUSBAND of ...... 1 Se ESE a RT OE ae eer ag DE aa aa 1 (ER nese } 19a 198 ff tee Garr. AA ee , 19.35.47 4 


(or) WIFE of 
(Husband's name in full) 


6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. 


he eed ¥Y See Years 


Months 3 ra Days 
8 Trade, profession, or particular 

kind of work done, as —— 

sawyer, bookkeeper, Wit cette 
9 Industry or business in which 


work was done, as silk mill, 


saw mill, bank, etc..........-.. Bp iecrpdar nei ceee sce wokecsourentepehcnascot voxsoui susevrovvcsvesasacdinercouet 


10 — is month 2 1 Total inthe iis 
is ecetiga ion (month an spent in this 
year).. 3 075 ( occupation fo 


If less than 1 day 
Hours 


should be stated EXACTLY. 


E 


CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. 
OGCUPATION 


AG 


12 BIRTHPLACE (City)......° 


(State or country) 


14 BIRTHPLACE OF 
FATHER (City) 


2! (State or country) 
z| 15 MAIDEN NAME 
«| OF MOTHER 

oa 


See instructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate. 


16 BIRTHPLACE OF 
MOTHER (City) ..4.-# 


(State or country) 


information should be carefully supplied. 
tant. 


is very impor 


100m-11-"30. No. 605-b 


(Date of Issue of Z mit) 


N. B.—WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK—THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. 


CS Ul eel INN Ome weeks CPs ESLINGel iar 


I last saw h.uXgy alive OM... My 19.3. /aeath is said 


to have occurred on the date (tated above, ‘2b! 
The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of 


ae as follows: Date of Onset 


( rebe ed to occupation of deceased? .... 


Gio Ck 


If so, specify..... 
(Signed) 


(Address)... 4? itis 


21 PLACE OF BURIAL, 
CREMATION OR REMOVAL 
(Cemetery) 


DATE OF BURIAL....:.... 66 en A 
22 NAME OF Dike 
UNDERTAKER 


____ ADDRESS....... 


(Registrar) 


A TRUE COPY, ATTEST: 


Statement of occupation.—Precise statement of occupation is 
ervy important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits 
can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person 
aged 10 yearsorover. Ifthe occupation had been given up or changed 
on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior 
to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the 
occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed 
may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose 
only occupation was that of home housework, write housework 
in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9. 
For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate 
the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper—private 
family, cook—hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation what- 
ever write none. 


To be complete, an occupation return must state: 
8.—The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. 
9.—The industry or business in which the work was done. 
10.—The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 
11.—The number of years the deceased followed the occupation. 


In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms 
as ‘‘employee,”’ ‘‘worker,”’ ‘‘operative,”’ etc. Find out the parti- 
cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc. 


In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general 
terms as “store,” ‘‘factory,”’ ‘‘mill,’’ etc. State the particular 
kind of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, colion 
mill, etc. 


Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating 
the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining 
engineer, stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term ‘laborer’? when a 
more precise statement of the occupation can be secured. Do not 
use the word ‘‘mechanic,”’ but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, 
painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants 
and wholesale merchants. A person who sells goods should be called a 
salesman and not a clerk. 


Statement of cause of death.—Cause of death means the disease, 
or complication which causes death, not the mode of dying, e. g., heart 
failure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. As principal cause name the disease 
causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, 
if any, related to the principal cause and any important complication 
of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not 
related to principal cause, name other important diseases. 


Example 


The principal cause of death and related causes 


: 4 Date of onset 
of importance in order of onset were as follows: 


Arleriosclerosis | ieee RECO See 
1921 
Cerebral hemorrhage July 5, 1927 


Contributory causes of importance not related to 
principal cause: 


In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related 
causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that in a 
group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, 
second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example 
happens to be the second cause given. 


EXTRACTS 
FROM THE LAWS OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
GOVERNING THE 


RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH 


A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- 
with, after the death of a person whom he has attended during 
his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other 
authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, 
furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the 
best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed 
age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, 
where same was contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last 


seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of hi 
Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9. peg HE aPRee aes 


No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose 
of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body 
which has not been buried, until he has received a permit from 
the board of health, or its agent appointed to issue such permits, 
or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the 
person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human 
body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or 
from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the 
Same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health 
or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body 
is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been 
delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be, a satis- 
factory written statement containing the facts required by law to 
be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an 
original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending 
physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough 
for the purpose, or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the 
board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, 
shall upon application make the certificate required of the attending 
physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall 
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a recital, 
as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased 
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any 
war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the 
permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such state- 
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit 
it to the clerk of the town for registration, The person to whom 
the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death 
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information 
which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause 
of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require.—Chap. 114, 
Sec. 45, G. L., as amended. 


Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of 
the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died 
by violence....Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6. 

....He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the 
place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; 


otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner 
of death.—Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the 
ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until 
he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent 
appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from 
the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 
is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the ceme- 
tery or burial ground in which the interment is made....Chap. 114, 
Sec. 46, G. L. as amended. 


RULES OF PRACTICE 


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

(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as 
those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last 
illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury. 

(2) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only 
as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease un- 
related to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attend- 
ance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of 
death is needed. 

(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths 
supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused 
directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), 
and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 
agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease 
resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the 
sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, 
and those of persons found dead. 


ORM R-301A 


MARGIN RESERVED FOR BINDING 


N. B.—WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK—THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. 


Every item of 


PHYSICIANS should state 
Exact statement of OCCUPATION 


AGE should be stated EXACTLY. 
ified. 


it may be properly class 
tructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate. 


terms, so that 


In 


information should be carefully supplied. 
See ins 


CAUSE OF DEATH in pla 


is very important. 


100m-9-’30. No. 9954 


nov 
Che Commoarnnestth of * Massachusetts To be filed for burial permit 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY with Board of Leal 
DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS 
STANDARD 
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Registered No............. ieee 
\ 


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


(If U. S. 
War Veteran, 


Bpecity, WAR) -<c0-cc-ctonsucaneatevsuecncttncreset 


or its Agent. 


» 
PLACE OF DEATH 


2 FULL NAME 
(If deceased is a marri dd, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.) 


(a) Residence. No............. ri as A" La A 2 ASLaug.....| he fica ehperoes Ward, .. ie 


(Usual place of abode) 


resident, give city or town and state) 


Length of residence in city or town where death occurred yrs. mois days. How long in U. S., if of foreign an yrs. mos, days. 
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH 
4 COLOR OR [RACE 5 tone (write the word) 18 DATE OF 4 
50 
DEATHE:. ners Bicep dat ataascietaastaapevanishe,sormeuemeeeteeeee es toe ee 
wipe __ (Month) (Day)) (Year) 


5a _ If married, widowed, or divorced I HEREBY CERTIFY, That! attended deceased from 


RST) Cl eee ee Bee tence Be ee chee et cccaee | g O 1932_/ sy) Ae ae a ee. 
ey UMM Es OE eee ce aco secs sca scscenocparvoaeyeotyantesncsosazssnctvccopasseesvhvasvinestgior sescccbidicderssseneseiced BE «SaW) Mis-cnntec GliVEUONe fect tates heres ., death is said 


(Husband’s name in full) pee e Lb Sd -. 
O have occurred on the date stated above, at./@: m. 
6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of 
if less than 1 day onset were as follows: Date of Onset 


8 Trade, profession, or particular 


= Kindofwork done, as spinner, YY tts sesetn ee ffa rnc feseserrg fl frre forrrvrcrrersrerensrencrercearssenssvsnenenenensarsnessessensies [eanercisasneeaneneacens 
(>) BUWNER; WOURIEOHET 5 Ol G oes ccccosessscerscxcscsestnstasecssetenassoscycatesvissbedatesoesy svvacsiesuasatecevaes, 

SE YTGTES TI STRSTR ety 0 GPR Tr IIS SIN "Pl og TBP {Fae i Ge cE a a ae a aT ecg 
a work was done, as silk mill, 

a SETA TTR SUES Tones catcaa staf crete eee bocca oan Serr cer! eh Dae a aes ie oa ea eae a aaa cena acca facades Ct 
S| 10 Date deceased last worked at PULAU EAITIO: (VOCALS Mpamcte. aU cece Maan 20 ee cnn v daha caccty cv ccd ts seie ous vacances asacnitetvoveptustesssdocostiorndnucacll aeeaee Sete ete ee 


12 BIRTHPLACE (City)........... CSO: ae? A DOME See eo, 
(State or country) Poa irene pies Ree we ye ee OE Se 


13 NAME OF | 


this copacahane: (month and an this oe causes Of paecay to principal cause: 
Catt pre. c= 


FATHER SS 
Name IOMUBO LATION AL .02-0rs<csctssettee Seroancoesecs ni heen ea Date) Oftiiis.ccvcsssessscsvececrrsateree: 
What test confirmed diagnOSis?.......sesseeceeeeee---- Was there an autopsy 


14 BIRTHPLACE OF 
FA 


ra THER (City) ........ yD Oe orties Paes Oe 
z| (State or country) -E> a cs 20 Was disease or injury in any way relat yd to occupation of deceased? .................... 
WwW 

«!15 MAIDEN NAME If so, poe Oy ecscncescdiol tls S$ cs igen siaaseeert dita ena 
< OF MOTHER (Signed) ., : A , .D. 
~ (Address)... cB (Ge? eee Se j 


21 PLACE OF BURIAL, 
CREMATION OR REMOVAL .... 


16 BIRTHPLACE OF Ae bea ae: 
ity, 
(State or country) W627, 


‘< 
cae. ‘ vod hy 0 rags es F ee Fae 


oe 


| HEREBY CERTIFY thata tilaatistectory standard te of death was 


gi me BEFORE the busial or transit permi i S issued: ADDRESS..........72... A ve 2 
Th ble ZA aa Recaied and fnnonnn OQ 


: (Signature of Agent of Béard ealth or other) is : ff P-o 
Mali piped, Ee Lie MME lh, Miia Mn Gli Skee i Ig AEE 4 
(Official Designation) / (Date of Issue of Vermit) (Registrar) 


v 


DATE OF BURIAL.................... fet 


22 NAME OF 
» UNDERTAKER 


Revised United States Standard Certificate of Death 
Lar IG, 7 ie ee 


Statement of occupation.—Precise statement of occupation is 
very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits 
can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person 
aged 10 yearsorover. Ifthe occupation had been given up or changed 
on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior 
to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the 
occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed 
may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose 
only occupation was that of home housework, write housework 
in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9. 
For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate 
the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper—private 
family, cook—hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation what- 
ever write none. 


To be complete, an occupation return must state: 
8.—The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. 
9.—The industry or business in which the work was done. 
10.—The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 
11.—The number of years the deceased followed the occupation. 


In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms 
as ‘‘employee,"’ “‘worker,’’ ‘‘operative,’’ etc. Find out the parti- 
cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc. 


In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general 
terms as “‘store,”’ ‘‘factory,” ‘‘mill,’’ etc. State the particular 
kind of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, colton 
mill, etc. 


Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating 
the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining 
engineer, stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term ‘“‘laborer’’ when a 
more precise statement of the occupation can be secured. Do not 
use the word ‘‘mechanic,’’ but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, 
painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants 
and wholesale merchants. A person who sells goods should be called a 
salesman and not a clerk. 


Statement of cause of death.—Cause of death means the disease, 
or complication which causes death, not the mode of dying, e. g., heart 
failure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. As principal cause name the disease 
causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, 
if any, related to the principal cause and any important complicaiion 
of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not 
related to principal cause, name other important diseases. 


Example 


The principal cause of death and related causes 


5 * Date of 
of importance in order of onset were as follows: ate jorlonsee 


Arteriosclerosis 


Chronic interstitial nephritis 


July 5, 1927 


r192r 


Cerebral hemorrhage 


Contributory causes of importance not related to 
principal cause: 


In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related 
causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that ina 
group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, 
second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example 
happens to be the second cause given, 


EE 


EXTRACTS 
FROM THE LAWS OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
GOVERNING THE 


RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH 


A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- 
with, after the death of a person whom he has attended during 
his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other 
authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, 
furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the 
best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed 
age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, 
where same was contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last 
seen alive by the physician or officer and the date ofjhis death.... 
Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose 
of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body 
which has not been buried, until he has received a permit from 
the board of health, or its agent appointed to issue such permits, 
or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the 
person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human 
body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or 
from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the 
same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health 
or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body 
is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been 
delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be a Satis- 
factory written statement containing the facts required by law to 
be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an 
original interment, by a Satisfactory certificate of the attending 
physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough 
for the purpose, or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the 
board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, 
shall upon application make the certificate required of the attending 
physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall 
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a recital, 
as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased 
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any 
war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the 
permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such state- 
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit 
it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom 
the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death 
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information 
which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause 
of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require.—Chap. 114, 
Sec. 45, G. L., as amended. 


Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of 
the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died 
by violence... .Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6. 


...He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the 
place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; 
otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner 
of death.—Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the 
ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until 
he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent 
appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from 
the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 
is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the ceme- 
tery or burial ground in which the interment is made....Chap. 114, 
Sec. 46, G. L. as amended. 


RULES OF PRACTICE 


The fulfillment of the purpose of these laws calls for the observance 
of the following rules of practice: | 3 

(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as 
those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last 
illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury. 

(2) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only 
as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease un- 
related to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attend- 
ance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of 
death is needed. oe : : 

(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths 
supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused 
directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), 
and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 
agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease 
resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the 
sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, 
and those of persons found dead. 


wa 


N. B.—WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK—THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. 


= 
4 
' 
wo 
o 
~ 


Every item of 


PHYSICIANS should state 
Exact statement of OCCUPATION 


AGE should be stated EXACTLY. 


See instructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate. 


tant. 


formation should be carefully supplied. 
CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. 


is very impor 


In 


g The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 


OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS f (City or town anakineetucn) 
STANDARD 
1 CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Registered Nott fae Pe ee 
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, 
ak. AL AYL St., aaa decevste petsecns sss Ward { give its NAME instead of street and number) 
Kate 5 ee r (IE U.S. 
a see eam aN Nort ot mE eA aw cc ne eons lati Woe akcsaacsceactkewccsnccncssstastevnisoucalecsvoscoost seadonceseiosscssceec¥ads War Veteran, 
married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.) specify, WAR) vtaccccctessvssvecclvcssscvectuchisaste 


(a) Residence. No........ We eee Le Oe. ee SE Ward’ 8 5 Sonat ceca oe 


(If nonresident give city or town and state) 


(Usual place of abode) 
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred yrs. mos, days. How long in U. S., if of foreign birth? yrs. mos. 


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH 


days. 


5 SINGLE (write the word) 
ee aa a 34.L23 
he DIVORCED (Day) 


5a If married, widowed, or divorce 


- —~ 19 I EREBY CERTIFY, \fhat | attended deceased from 
(A G42 > - , 10D a Al 
JUS UN IIPS 2 ce Ree ES Sp a RECESS EEL 1 certo coerce eco | ag G7 ee aA. 9F2..., Weer a ee eh SENG eee , 19.3..2— 
(op VTE a) col see co roeteereaeeereeermcepreornos aos Ber te cwcrn eres canetunactcsseseas efi oedeschestasesene I last saw h..f.x4e1.alive eS «Ae 19.A.2_death is said 
(Husband’s name in full) C- 
to have occurred on the date stated above, at.... Ace. 2d0O—A ori: 
6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of 
7 72. If less than 1 day onset were as follows: Date of Onset 
AGE acvesctocceraattesecs Weare... .montis®, race DAYS ||. osesscest HOUSi=...:.0.\¢ Minutes 
8 hoe peesson, or particular. \ 
ind of work done, as spinner, * : 
é sawyer, bookkeeper, etc: ..... rane a M1... Ua. La bisspudeasest 
=| Q Industry or business in which NSTr Uw en 
a work was done, as silk mill, 
= ST TE Ae eee bi ee, (nee ee 
S 10 as “occupation last month 2 i 11 Total eee (yeara 
is es ion onan an spent in this 
Weal see eh Sa occupation... S.OUNS 
Lig CPTI CAGES fea ere a a a 
(State or country) Galas 
13 NAME OF QA 77 - : 
FATHER Sema Peo © 0 A fete 
SE ie Name of operation...........€...55 
14 BIRTHPLACE OF 7 eae What test confirmed diagnosi 
‘ FATHER (City) oss... KS 2A, Yc oa RI 
z}| (State or country) PH.azaso 20 Was disease or injury in-any way related to revel Of deceased? ..........s0.0..000- 
a 15 MAIDEN NAME If SO, SPOCIfY......0..-, 74 oooh AP organ maateene 3 
< OF MOTHER LE ac fir (Signed) eee lnn etn ara breeder 
- a ean ice Oe (Add teSS) ne 0 AGIA i. Capate. fae 29. Zac 
MOTHER (City) .. TP) Oo*.. NOMMrae ochsewietern ss sa0-isavd, cesdevetocadaedt J 
21 PLACE OF BURIAL, LEAL AV La 4. LOLSe< r 
(State or Pasi Pes 5) CREMATION OR REMQYAL fa arent SAtiaeat oad Ce Cpe mt ER 
: (Cemetery) (City or ‘ani 
2 DATE OF BURIAL......-. ew OS a ea WB 
w a 
i} 22 NAME OF ; 4 Sigs ee 
3 UNDERTAKER ....... Ge<&.. ase. co Ea Sie ee 5 ORES 
a 2 
ADDRESS.......-... 
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3 Received and filed Pri 
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8 (Official Designationy A TRUE COPY, ATTEST: 193 Registrar) 


Revised United States Standard Peter 
| Cr ee 


Statement of occupation.—Precise statement of occupation is 
ervy important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits 
can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person 
aged 10 yearsorover. Ifthe occupation had been given up or changed 
on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior 
to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the 
occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed 
may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose 
only occupation was that of home housework, write housework 
in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9. 
For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate 
the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper—private 
family, cook—hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation what- 
ever write none. 


To be complete, an occupation return must state: 
8.—The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. 
9.—The industry or business in which the work was done. 
10.—The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 
11.—The number of years the deceased followed the occupation. 


In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms 
as “‘employee,’”’ ‘‘worker,”’ ‘‘operative,” etc. Find out the parti- 
cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc. 


In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general 
terms as “store,” ‘“‘factory,’’ ‘‘mill,”” etc. State the particular 
kind of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, cotton 
mill, etc. 


Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating 
the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining 
engineer, stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term ‘laborer’ when a 
more precise statement of the occupation can be secured. Do not 
use the word ‘‘mechanic,”’ but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, 
painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants 
and wholesale merchants. A person who sells goods should be called a 
salesman and not a clerk. 


Statement of cause of death.—Cause of death means the disease, 
or complication which causes death, not the mode of dying, e. g., heart 
failure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. As principal cause name the disease 
causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, 
if any, related to the principal cause and any important complication 
of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not 
related to principal cause, name other important diseases. 


Example 


The principal cause of death and related causes 


5 ? Date of onset 
of importance in order of onset were as follows: 


Arteriosclerosis 


LE CLT 


Contributory causes of importance not related to 
principal cause: 


In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related 
causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that in a 
group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, 


second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example 


happens to be the second cause given. 


EXTRACT! 
FROM THE LAWS OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
GOVERNING THE 


RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH 


A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- 
with, after the death of a person whom he has attended during 
his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other 
authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, 
furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the 
best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed 
age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, 
where same was contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last 


seen alive by the physician or officer and the dat i r 
Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9. 3 ck Memes eee 


No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose 
of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body 
which has not been buried, until he has received a permit from 
the board of health, or its agent appointed to issue such permits, 
or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the 
person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human 
body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or 
from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the 
Same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health 
pr its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body 
is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been 
delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be, a Satis- 
factory written statement containing the facts required by law to 
be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an 
original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending 
physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough 
for the purpose, or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the 
board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, 
shall upon application make the certificate required of the attending 
physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall 
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a recital, 
as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased 
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any 
war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the 
permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such state- 
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit 
it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom 
the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death 
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information 
which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause 
of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require.—Chap. 114, 
Sec. 45, G. L., as amended. 


Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of 
the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died 
by violence... .Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6. 


...Ee shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the 
place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; 
otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner 
of death.—Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the 
ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until 
he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent 
appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from 
the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 
is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the ceme- 
tery or burial ground in which the interment is made....Chap. 114, 
Sec. 46, G. L. as amended. 


RULES OF PRACTICE 


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

(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as 
those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last 
illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury. 

(2) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only 
as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease un- 
related to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attend- 
ance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of 
death is needed. ‘: 3 

(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths 
supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused 
directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), 
and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 
agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease 
resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the 
sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, 
and those of persons found dead. 


= The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Geom Fe-S02 : OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
_ > < sco ceeeneren oS ROX LAPP SOS e eesrceepeEtT a DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS oo wrtsssse: ‘ae BV OF 2, See PCA EETY 
gu i a STANDARD 
a” 5 = hanes Danvers... CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Registered Now.....ccccccsccne 
£ 1S) m ty (City or Town) 
r= a < (If death occurred in a hospital or institution, 
* 26 =  - NaTVEES SESES” Sept tal Beles eek es SUS fe ree Ward { give its NAME instead of street and number) 
ow 4. 
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fa 35 Ligys-« fsa Jgtd-tsem: divorced woman, give also maiden name.) specify WAR).......... ran dasinisiccrsapattebespce 
> 20 
te) Rpbperekeesrclersce., NO ses cre aie cee ks ooo conc oes soca Sade vtendcoseccvessedbennesd Shoat esses NEEL BARS 8 Cac a Re a 
ne ) (Usual place of abode C 6ri tY 6 ‘ ta inthrep:. give city or town and state) 
Zz * Length of residence in city or town where death occurred yrs. mos. days. How long in U. S., if of foreign birth? yrs. mos. days. 
< =e 
Oo z PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH 
B g 3 SEX 4 COLOR OR RACE | 5 SINGLE (write the word) |118 DATE OF * 
o WIDOWED DEATH 22.255... Fi. OS 2: See rechaedncniadeanncadeccprasvancsdadsnwauasaseaaeaen 
Zs vs a ee or DIVORCED. | ici Day) (Year) 
S 5a If married, widowed, or divorced ~ 19 I HEREBY CERTIFY, That | attended deceased from 
3) HUN ODO Heres, ee eee 
s : (Give Bille he a rant Weecrc ae aha 119 gg gytO orn ei BO es 
Wl (CDS TLC cb ites ce cepa ee Own deeper I last saw hg-von..... # atve? Olio ecnie oe Mo 35 d@ath is'oafd 
(Husband's name in full) Jans 30, 


MARGIN RESERVED FOR BINDING 


N. B.—WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING INK—THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. 


AGE should be stated EXACTLY. 


OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. 
tant. 


tion should be carefully supplied. 


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50m-2-'30. No. 


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6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. 


7 If less than 1 day 
AGE.....77.Q.......... WealS:s;tr. Months............ Days: |igsncest HoUurs:....02:-... Minutes 
8 be paisa, or particular 

= ind of work done, as spinn 
5 sawyer, bookkeeper, etc... One cutee Nie ee i Be Ad oie 2 
| 9 Industry or business in which 
a work was done, as silk mill, 
= etme ele MRR SCRE LE em acc ac ucauannienrasrouderoncass 
4 10 Date deceased last worked at 11 Total time (years) 

this occupation (month and spent in this 

PRED) rere eT erator vas ces sctncedenenesen OCCUPATION: recietneas sta 
CS Cr 9 RS 5 


(State or country) ; f 


13 NAME OF 


FATHER Ivory Jellison 


14 ap ee OF 


= aR ROU ENO Tir Pechaa ec ope taco nate Pens wv se ccs ese: vavones’asvovanetersnctnrat naseseaied 
=z (State or country) 
Ww or _____ Wlajne@—— __ 
| 15 MAIDEN NAME 
< OF MOTHER Eunice oe 
a 

16 BIRTHPLACE OF 

RM NL Tere gn fone cash 22 aS oddeaot sons og PADRE Nene ahha non canesscaeauazantathieyventodavsoage 
(State or country) Ma i ne 
aT 4 G 
2 OS Dyan Se erty ane. ae; oe 
dsferman ertrude Fl, Smith, 
eeet witty it 
A TRUE COPY. 
a ae A aa ih ae Al eater mee cc te ay catnecatien s<<Lenovucnsvescccnanrs soc TWPeveve¥encecroscovesess 
(Registrar of city or town where death occurred) 

DATE FILED ............. 2/6/32 . alee Oc 


21 PLACE OF BURIAL, 
CREMATION OR REMOVALLA DLewood...Pars 


(Cemetery) 


to have occurred on the date stated above, at g3. 5. FS fm. 


The principal cause of death and related causes of rare in order of 
onset were as follows: 
Date of onset 


Generalized.Arterioseleresis -?t927 


Contributory causes of importance not related to principal cause: 


Uhronie Nephritis ih ah ee cs 2 “4gR4~ 
INRIA Y OE ODO YALIN sarc sussecansracescessaseastovassdus Gait teeth sivansdScnlehtvaddsucved Date: Ofverseccs career 
What test confirmed diagnosis? GlLinicsal eee Was there an autopsy?..yeey 
20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? .............000+ 
WE Shay S POC Weetos snes nssdecavbiecastusunstsvunsaspoxantiougieatncetauce sak adlsvatiootaenshcityen speragSbnhpeaateere o iGiiaie 
(Signed) ...........5......... eo fee «Padgelt a Ye eae ee a , M.D. 

7 CEC.) anne oun OF SRE EES Ski ees YN see 1Shiaece 


24 petagie > 


22 NAME OF 
UNDERTAKER ...... 82.9... Ah. RODD DTS genni 
ADDRESS .ccsccsccsccscsoneevnee %e Boston, | "i dasse 
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Received and filed.................008 ge A RR AGREES Cops Coa" Ss. anne pe 


Registrar of City or Town where deceased resided) 


3 
4 
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Every item of 


PHYSICIANS should state 
Exact statement of OCCUPATION 


AGE should be stated EXACTLY. 
be properly classified. 
d extracts from the laws on back of certificate. 


so that it may 


terms, 


WITH UNFADING BLACK INK—THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. 


See instructions an 


is very important. 


information should be carefully supplied. 


CAUSE OF DEATH in pla 


N. B.—WRITE PLAINLY, 


9-"30, No. 0054. 


100m- 


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts To be filed for burial permit 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY with Board of Healt aa 
DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS ‘1 


or its Agent. 


STANDARD = 
1 CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Registered No.......... Ate 
: F (If death occurred in a hospital or institution, 
Beata Te Mea) eaceencd faawdnuuehuiolunashicddispesasaacdecvooncutenneaasisdasuuskbvassanead bee. .Ward give its NAME instead of street and number) 
ats F (If U.S. 
2 FULL NAME.......—..: Ch Gens... COs& SE, A a, CE rte Ao War Veteran, 
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorce i 5 Syceity WAR) s+. -cosscsss cessctotatncsctessesterss 
(a) Residence. No....... Al ner oh St Eee, Shi ar ee 2 he ee 
(Usual place of abode) ie) (If nonresident, give city or town and state) 
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred << Ae) mos. days, How long in U. S., if of foreign birth? yrs. mos, days. 


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS 
4 COLOR OR RACE 5 SINGLE (write the word) 


bodcte, | Maem 


WIDOWED 
or DIVORCED are 

a If married, widowed, or divorced 

MUUUNCPRUN Negi sree cn cere ee cece Co oa de aoa c satan amen ssbe noes tosiatacetetsansnendssvennebsssenpnestl 


35 


last saw 


(Hypband’s name in full) 


6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here 


7 ¢ 
AGE...... YL Eee Years...... re Montis..%.,.Days 


8 Trade, profession, or particular 
kind of work done, as spinner, 
sawyer, bookkeeper, @tC......-....:--2:c00:001 Ohi ee ree 


9 Industry or business in which 
work was done, as silk mill, 
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10 Date deceased last worked at 11 Total time (years) 


this occupation (month and spentinthis .£% [7 
eee passe eel iieorserseg occupation 


to have occurred on the m. 


The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of 
onset were as follows: Date of Onset 


If less than 1 day 


OCCUPATION | 


12 BIRTHPLACE (City) ee 
(State or country) tre Z MebstRRs aaa AONE CEN Cis cee oie ann dedstumndbascasatnsenciuuscssccevedencacessasey coasbivegebsasdesarmtnshen | st neehele eee enema are 
13 NAME OF = . ~ IE ae OD ee, ee SOE DMS a wn cacnasnasiagneel a ee 
eae ne & VC Ler 

14 BIRTHPLACE OF 


Name of opersttes BW ee et | Rares Sat lee 
What test confirmed diagnos 


a” * 
“i WARE A CLE iy ose0s0csse05-s00qscerexcear ff oe * sf aoe 
z (State or country) an 20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? . PD... 
os IGiS0) SHOCHY:.- 25-205 -.00c-nttbnapgcenser tages : 
<| OF MOTHER Ce ZZ EI * (Signed) 
(Add r6sS)A.. 9.2. <7 Ee IEF. gt. fo vococccss 


16 BIRTHPLACE OF 
0 orn TL ES RANG el se! etn Se 


(State or country) 


21 PLACE OF BURIAL, J : 
CREMATION GR REMOVAL (5. occ ss. catestscatatsgscvartgygeteenscvevessntenyn 


~ 
pile oaN A COCO Fee ae 


22 NAME OF 
UNDERTAKER Cc GS 


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‘Revised United States Standard Certificate of Death 


Heh fp py 32) 


Statement of occupation.—Precise statement of occupation is 
very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits 
can be known. Make some entry in this section for every pérson 


aged 10 yearsorover. Ifthe occupation had been given up or changed , 


on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior 
to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the 
occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed 
may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose 
only occupation was that of home housework, write housework 
in answer to Question 8 and owm home in answer to Question 9. 
For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate 
the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper—private 
family, cook—hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation what- 
ever write none. 


. To be complete, an occupation return must state: 
8.—The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. 
9.—The industry or business in which the work was done. 
10.—The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 
11.—The number of years the deceased followed the occupation. 


In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms 
as ‘“‘employee,”’ “worker,’? ‘“‘operative,’’ etc. Find out the parti- 
cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc. 


In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general 
terms as “‘store,’’ ‘‘factory,”’ “‘mill,"’ etc. State the particular 
an of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, cotton 
mill, etc. 


Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating 
the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining 
engineer, Stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term ‘‘laborer’’ when a 
more precise statement, of the occupation can be secured. Do not 
use the word ‘‘mechanic,’’ but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, 
painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants 
and wholesale merchants. A person who sells goods should be called a 
salesman and not a clerk. 


Statement of cause of death.—Cause of death means the disease, 
or complication which causes death, not the mode of dying, e. g., heart 
failure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. As principal cause name the disease 
causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, 
if any, related to the principal cause and any important complication 
of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not 


related to principal cause, name other important diseases. 


Example 


The principal cause of death and related causes 
of importance in order of onset were as follows: 


Date of onset 


ee eeeeeeee pecencsececcascascnsccccsecsesceaescsnssasscsussctsnseaseassssnsnsscsscssesnenssscersr | ss 


Contributory causes of importance not related to 
principal cause: 


In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related 
causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that ina 
group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, 
second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example 
happens to be the second cause given. 


EXTRACTS 
FROM THE LAWS OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
GOVERNING THE 


RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH 


A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- 
with, atter the death of a person whom he has attended during 
his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other 
authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, 
furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the 
best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed 
age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, 
where same was contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last 
seen alive by the physician or officer and the date ofjhis death.... 
Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose 
of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body 
which has not been buried, until he has received a permit from 
the board of health, or its agent appointed to issue such permits, 
or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the 
person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human 
body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or 
from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the 
same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health 
or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body 
is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been 
delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be a Satis- 
factory written statement containing the facts required by law to 
be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an 
original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending 
physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough 
for the purpose, or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the 
board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, 
shall upon application make the certificate required of the attending 
physician. Jf death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall 
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a recital, 
as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased 
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any 
war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the 
permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such state- 
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit 
it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom 
the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause ot death 
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information 
which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause 
of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require.—Chap. 114, 
Sec. 45, G. L., as amended. 


Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of 
the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died 
by violence... .Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6. 

..He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the 
place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; 
otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner 
of death —Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the 
ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until 
he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent 
appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from 
the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 
is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the ceme- 
tery or burial ground in which the interment is made....Chap. 114, 
Sec. 46, G. L. as amended. 


RULES OF PRACTICE 
The fulfillment of the purpose of these laws calls for the observance 


’ of the following rules of practice: 


(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as 
those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last 
illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury. 

(2) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only 
as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease un- 
related to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attend- 
ance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of 
death is needed. = ‘ : 

(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths 
supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused 
directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), 
and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 
agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease 
resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the 
sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, 


and those of persons found dead. 


a 
= 
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' 
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= 


Every item of 


PHYSICIANS should state 
Exact statement of OCCUPATION 


AGE should be stated EXACTLY. 


CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. 


N. B.—WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK—THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. 
information should be carefully supplied. 


See instructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate. 


is very important. 


100m-11-"30. No. 605-b 


gy Che Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
= OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 


Suffolk 
EP URS. sa cara ee Seok UITAL STATISTICS iP aang eae 
8 STANDARD ‘. a 
Se Cl ae CERTIFICATE OF DEATH RegisteredNo....... ~.. Se ERs 
4 (City or Town) (iedeath 7 ‘ : 
: eath occurred in a hospital or institution, 
a INot.222: 314 Kevere Strect. eoreeah eecepecsassevc St. Buses andseoyasswcda se Ward { give its NAME instead of street and number) 
(If U. S. 
rere remette OI Nice apeeeeeerevcseecsserscgeuregesvcigesentnns War Veteran, 
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.) epecnty WAR) s. 2 cdsicversoccesensseoratvanscens 
(a) Residence. No.......... $14 Revere Strect. Fees oe CO Ee ee NUE ea ECs AR Sue RSE A a ee ee Ped Bae send oa OS 
(Usual place of abode) (If nonresident give city or town and state) 
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred a! yrs. Qg mos. days. How long in U. S., if of foreign birth? yrs. mos. days. 
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH 
3 SEX 4 COLOR OR RACE | © SINGLE (write the word) |! 18 DATE OF 2 
MARRIED pre oS 
M. W 4 WIDOWED DEAD cach-cuss0ccdes EEO cca sisctisuccasdonbicissasspasercatenppasse=s v ei A Sanat 3 
or DIVORCED (Day) (Year) 
5a If married, widowed, or divorced 19,1 HEREBY CERTIEY, That attended deceased from 
BAUESTEAWNDD O86 ecg sscee ocpecivson ees Pevesbssanes eoperenpa cWetrpgg;icnsetaaretaspontenseusccisBpeMOD aise sosebeapenstenstorns 
(Give maiden name of wife in full) 
ee MITT Re eer caren oR Se cS, sccc oprah cope nc uc seaneceawansstoceep Seeappayy aresap upesiutaviipe 


(Husband’s name in full) 


6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. 


to have occurred on the date stated above, sang he 


The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of 
onset were as follows: Date of Onset _ 


7 If less than 1 day 
IBGE Scenes ts) fo cay Years.....- i Months [i eae sponnascehes Hours............ Minutes 
8 Trade, profession, or particular 
= kind of work done, as spinner, 
° aeaieae ere A RMaR UE COMRADES. el/c ined p¥ nar nas oa doses 'yavtusbfeey acsvexaBsdpssvousanestnespnsisse 
| 9 Industry or business in which 
oa work was done, as silk mill, 
=z ne aN er EAN Seles ese ica snes Anus satan <aossrnvysen eat ss suv0csedraveseseceaguatuaprveraarrs 
S| 10 Date deceased last worked at 11 Total time (years) Z A are 
this occupation (month and spent in this Contributory causes of importance not related to principal cause: 
WEBI) op voce atc nncenarardennncancsto nn) Med verradsosorensosnasonns OccupatioN.......-.-..-.000-- 
12 BIRTHPLACE (City)... CAMORAGTSs ree 
(State or country) Mas ar 
13 NAME OF 
FATHER Archie Fulmore f2srra 
ee Name of operation...............c000+. “9 
14 BIRTHPLACE OF 7 ; i i is?lZ 
| "" FATHER (City) ....... Can not be leaened. net Reet coriiemiedl Somsrs 
=z} (State or country) CG “ 20 Was disease or injury i 
w ; = $F; SO PSPS IMIG osha ens on cnsicsaceghoosongapngf- cpa asansaceimpo Mh sanonofroptraspiosi fphatent lope ax ppvsitnaxanekeemeepesaTiCs 
|! 15 MAIDEN NAME 
2 6 ee Esther tierney. (Signed) ........ a ie 4b e722) 3 ,M. D. 
a ; AN. ; »... Date... <f/. rs ‘s 
16 BIRTHPLACE OF CG brid (Address) ....Ai2.@....4.. LUE ~ Date fe 19.32, 
MOTHER (City) .............¥! Slo 21d oD ee eS eee Be os pie GE SIRI: Win.throp Winthrop 
(State or country) Mass. CREMATION OR REMOVAL ..5-2So0. ic NO ct AN 
(Cemetery) (City or town) 
DATE OF BURIAL...% CO EUOLY, 4,1998 wee... 
22 NAME OF 
UNDERTAKER ..... DVLA... CORCORAN occccccsseremeneen 
ADDRESS ROAM... CAMO.» Hb.».9 CAMP PIA TOs cnn 
Tealth or oth aes) ee PN ENER MEETIN @ MOUND os cvs sor vrindnvbniisnroninarigiaciouunaubinusudretedeakeapavehifiteetventersnsvandcabuxael > inesbante |: 
eal 
Mealee LT | FEB ode: eee 
(Official Designation (Date of Issue of Permyt) A TRUE COPY, ATTEST: (Registrar) 


Revised United States Standard Certificate of Death 


eee A LP 32) 


Statement of occupation.—Precise statement of occupation is 
ervy important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits 
can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person 
aged 10 yearsorover. Ifthe occupation had been given up or changed 
on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior 
to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the 
occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed 
may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose 
only occupation was that of home housework, write housework 
in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9. 
For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate 
the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper—private 
family, cook—hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation what- 
ever write none. 


To be complete, an occupation return must state: 
8.—The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. 
9.—The industry or business in which the work was done. 
10.—The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 
11.—The number of years the deceased followed the occupation. 


In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms 
as “‘employee,’’ ‘‘worker,’’ ‘‘operative,”’ etc. Find out the parti- 
cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc. 


In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general 
terms as “‘store,"’ ‘“‘factory,’’ ‘‘mill,’”’ etc. State the particular 
kind of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, cotton 
mill, etc. 


Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating 
the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining 
engineer, stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term ‘‘laborer’’ when a 
more precise statement of the occupation can be secured. Do not 
use the word ‘‘mechanic,’’ but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, 
painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants 
and wholesale merchants. A person who sells goods should be called a 
salesman and not a clerk. 


Statement of cause of death.—Cause of death means the disease, 
or complication which causes death, not the mode of dying, e. g., heart 
failure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. As principal cause name the disease 
causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, 
if any, related to the principal cause and any important complication 
of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not 
related to principal cause, name other important diseases. 


Example 


The principal cause of death and related causes 
of importance in order of onset were as follows: 


Arterii i 


Date of onset 


hte) ELC 


Contributory causes of importance not related to 
principal cause: 


In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related 
causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that in a 
group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, 
second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example 
happens to be the second cause given. 


EXTRACTS 
FROM THE LAWS OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
GOVERNING THE 


RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH 


A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- 
with, aiter the death of a person whom he has attended during 
his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other 
authorized person or of any member of- the family of the deceased, 
furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the 
best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed 
age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, 
where same was contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last 


seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of hi 
Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9. . laa hae 


No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose 
of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body 
which has not been buried, until he has received a permit from 
the board of health, or its agent appointed to issue such permits, 
or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the 
person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human 
body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or 
from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the 
Same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health 
or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body 
is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been 
delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be, a Satis- 
factory written statement containing the facts required by law to 
be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an 
original interment, by a Satisfactory certificate of the attending 
physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough 
for the purpose, or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the 
board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, 
shall upon application make the certificate required of the attending 
physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall 
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a recital, 
as tequired by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased 
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States:in any 
war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the 
permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such state- 
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit 
it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom 
the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death 
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information 
which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause 
of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require.—Chap. 114, 
Sec. 45, G. L., as amended. 


Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of 
the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died 
by violence....Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6. 


...He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the 
place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; 
otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner 
of death.—Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7. 


sae 


No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the 
ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until 
he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent 
appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from 
the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 
is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the ceme- 
tery or burial ground in which the interment is made....Chap. 114, 
Sec. 46, G. L. as amended. s 


RULES OF PRACTICE 


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

(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as 
those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last 
illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury. 

(2) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only 
as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease un- 
related to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attend- 
ance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of 
death is needed. : 

(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths 
supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused 
directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), 
and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 
agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease 
resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the 
sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, 
and those of persons found dead. 


a 
item of & 
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° 
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Eve 


PHYSICIANS should state 
Exact statement of OCCUPATION 


AGE should be stated EXACTLY. 


CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. 


N. B.—WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK—THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. 
information should be carefully supplied. 


See instructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate. 


tant. 


is very impor 


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


Length of residence in city or town where death occurred 


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS 
(write the word) 


5 SINGLE 
4 COLOR OR RACE MARRIED 
pleat 


5a If married, wi 


HUSBAND of 


ive sad name ff wife in full) 


(or) WIFE of 


(Husband’s name in full) 


6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. 


ia sco a 4 asa Years months. B 


ays 
—-~. 


If less than 1 day 
ce ee Minutes 


8 Trade, profession, or particular - 
kind of work done, as spinner, LW “A LLL, 
sawyer, bookkeeper, etc. 

9 Industry or business in which 
work was cme as silk mill, 
saw mill, bank, etc. 

10 Date deceased last worked at 
this occupatio 
VGar))--%-<c0s-- 


OCCUPATION 


11 Total time (years) 
spent in this 
occupation 


12 BIRTHPLACE (City) .ccccccseecsooe da 


(State or country) Cee?) 2 = eee 
3 NAME OF x 
FATHER L blir: ra, Yur 


(State or country) 


15 pg — 
r OF ae ms Pe hoa a 


16 BIRTHPLACE OF 


PARENTS 


MPTTIEM (CSC YY. ccs sicccncesscctsansscisucs We cchattrs Pee eet cee a ase 
(State or country) Se pf SE A 
= 
3 (Address) 
g | HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was 
filed with me BEFORE ss transit permit was issued: 
> | Von.» KL, tA. v {ne 
a (Signature of Agent of Board of Health or other)» 
es f var Poe i 
| Tes 1 Of ee YEE GTS: a Ae 
3 (Official Designation) (Date of Issue of Pershit) 


Che Commonwealth of Massachusetts | 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS 


STANDARD 
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH 


Sd (City or Ca making return) 
Registered Now............cceeeeeeeeee 


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


(If U.S. 
War Veteran, 


SPeciiy, WAR) csicsverscncsacsectvaseesssteeapesassn 


(If nonresident.give city or town and state) * 


days. How long in U. S., if of foreign birth? yrs. mos. days. 


Aeanicus Wee cadi ven setcurapiaeesnrs a fone FE hcaecath i is said 

to have occurred on the date stated aboye, tf 
The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of 
onset were as follows: Date of Onset 


What test confirmed diagnosis?.............-.ssssceeecescereeeeees Was there an autopsy?.......... 


20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? ...........0....00 
If so, specify 
(Signed) 
(Address) 


21 PLACE OF BURIAL, Wy 
CREMATION OR REMOVAL .. 
DATE OF BURIAL 


22 NAME OF 
UNDERTAKER 


(Registrar) 


A TRUE COPY, ATTEST: 


Revised United States Standard Certiticate ot Death 


AL O- JG3/ 


Statement of occupation.—Precise statement of occupation is 
ervy important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits 
can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person 
aged 10 yearsorover. If the occupation had been given up or changed 
on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior 
to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the 
occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed 
may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose 
only occupation was that of home housework, write housework 
in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9. 
For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate 
the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper—private 
family, cook—hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation what- 
ever write none. 


To be complete, an occupation return must state: 
8.—The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. 
9.—The industry or business in which the work was done. 
10.—The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 
11.—The number of years the deceased followed the occupation. 


In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms 
as ‘‘employee,”’ ‘‘worker,”’ ‘‘operative,”” etc. Find out the parti- 
cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc. 


In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general 
terms as ‘‘store,’’ ‘factory,’ ‘‘mill,”’ etc. State the particular 
kind of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, cotton 
mill, etc. 


Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating 
the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining 
engineer, stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term “‘laborer’’ when a 
more precise statement of the occupation can be secured. Do not 
use the word ‘‘mechanic,"’ but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, 
painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants 
and wholesale merchants. A person who sells goods should be called a 
salesman and not a clerk. 


Statement of cause of death.—Cause of death means the disease, 
or complication which causes death, not the mode of dying, e. g., heart 
failure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. As principal cause name the disease 
causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, 
if any, related to the principal cause and any important complication 
of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not 
related to principal cause, name other important diseases. 


Example 


The principal cause of death and related causes| Pate of onset 
of importance in order of onset were as follows: 


Arteriosclerosis J9OTs 


July 5, 1927 


Contributory causes of importance not related to 
principal cause: 


In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related 
causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that ina 
group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, 
second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example 
happens to be the second cause given. 


BAN TINA TO 
FROM THE LAWS OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
GOVERNING THE 


RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH 


A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- 
with, after the death of a person whom he has attended during 
his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other 
authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, 
furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the 
best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed 
age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, 
where same was contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last 


seen alive by the physician or officer and the dat i . 
Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9. ci Se Pe tet 


No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose 
of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body 
which has not been buried, until he has received a permit from 
the board of health, or its agent appointed to issue such permits, 
or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the 
person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human 
body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or 
from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the 
same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health 
or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body 
is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been 
delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be, a Satis- 
factory written statement containing the facts required by law to 
be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an 
original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending 
physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough 
for the purpose, or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the 
board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, 
shall upon application make the certificate required of the attending 
physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall 
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a recital, 
as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased 
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any 
war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the 
permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of ak state- 
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit 
it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom 
the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death 
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information 
which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause 
of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require.—Chap. 114, 
Sec. 45, G. L., as amended. 


Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of 
the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died 
by violence... .Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6. 


...He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the 
place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; 
otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner 
of death.—Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the 
ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until 
he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent 
appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from 
the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 
is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the ceme- 
tery or burial ground in which the interment is made....Chap. 114, 
Sec. 46, G. L. as amended. 


RULES OF PRACTICE 


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

(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as 
those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last 
illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury. 

(2) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only 
as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease un- 
related to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attend- 
ance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of 
death is needed. 

(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths 
supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused 
directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), 
and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 
agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease 
resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the 
sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, 
and those of persons found dead. 


| 


LL? PBIAE??PLCL?PE EN ee eases Ceemesanse SG 8 WED GEES aw EE 


N. B.—WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING BLACK INK—THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. 


ie 


Every item of 


PHYSICIANS should state 
Exact statement of OCCUPATION 


AGE should be stated EXACTLY. 
See instructions and extracts from the laws on back of certificate. 


tant. 


CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. 


is very impor 


information should be carefully supplied. 
00m-11-'30. No. 605-b 


Che Conmmonmeslth of Massachusetts 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 


DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS (City or town making return) 
STANDARD 12 
1 e: CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Registered Now... 2 csccsssessees 
or Town) 


= . . . . : 
Pe liae Latina la ad ras. Ninth cogs { churns, 
2 FULL NAME........ PGA vcs See! ee YN Se if) aie M OR Seo hens {We Velen, 


(If Ves is a married, widowed or rced Woman, give also maiden name.) SPOCUY WAR) -cssascasscsceusesetvcesp-tvcenPeancreee 
(a) Residence. No........%..... occa To carn Tht Da cited, Ceaser Peta St see re Ward). 2. os ch eh Be et oad Be ES ees 
(Usual place of abode) (If nonresident give city or town and state) 


be mos, “ days. 


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS 


Length of residence in city or town where death occurred How long in U. S.., if of foreign birth? yrs. mos. days. 


(or) WIFE of 


6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. 


5 SINGLE (write the word) Te = D 
3 SEX 4 COLOR = RACE MARRIED 18 peor es Q ro SEF <7 
Tevwral Wuer e or DIVORCED { NiAowed- (Mbnth) (Day) (Year) 
5a If married, widowed, or divorced 19 I HEREBY CERTIF ¥> That | attended deceased from 
EMS HUD cio ccak ct aca ascSevstdvaccndccs Guasdconsvooaesaiice retcorthc cos pss ore neeetea too ceo. = 


‘(HuSband’s name i 


to have occurred on the date stated above, at%..an. GM. 
The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of 


7 If less than 1 day onset were as follows: Date of Onset _ 
AGES ab...-cbee ree Years:.-.1-......- Months...l....... Days licecccresvers FIOUESscc0202:23: LITO ON eo: a il a ae RE eat BAR) ae a ener A RE PO RPE BREEN Fo aciciciny- iste tii 
8 mae ged or particular Lead aN 8 Bites Ay 
ind of work done, as a 
iS sawyer, bookkeeper, Clee a ZIONS ON ME . ee ee 
E| 9 basses or poe in which 
a work was done, as MN ( Vane nn Wa he CO __i(CéOCd*CYS:SC cre een cence nee nce nee e ee ecernsnsnensavssncescecssecssecsceseneesesenensecscasaeas |sececestsasenceeees 
2 saw mill, bank, ofe................- Wy) Y.WA....... howe... Boe... 
8 10 Date deceased last worked at PEE ROLAL TMG: (VESTS) oo. NIE Soa eee en eee ee ee eee eee Caren iar ete ¢ ana ee 
this occupation caer nv andy i spent in ne 
"CED eee OV. G3 occupation..../.2.0). MAY. 
FO POR 2 OS 
(State or country) NA 
13 NAME OF 
FATHER ev amen Wai . Pin 
\ = Name of operation............20. ie teeeeeees 
14 BIRTHPLACE OF i i 1Stiscnees < 2. AO 
” FATHER (City) . A ¥\! What test confirmed diagnosis S there an cma 
z| (State or country) 20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? ......©.. mates 
= PE gta cnn eu nagurusuzuee tse vuetonagaiopiseden's Spe sa chen gu nna cone ut tasmaemtne sv ved iaey-teucyaanaeeeeneaaetae 
| 15 MAIDEN NAME oh gah ¢ ; 
<| OF MOTHER a (Signed nd d 
e 16 BIRTHPLACE OF (Address) Fee oe yim irwhchc& 
MOTHER (City)... ae Mier. 2 En ae oe a oa 
21 PLACE OF BURIAL, r | 
(State or country) NE CREMATION OR REMOVAL Likbes...OV T LAM, 
S u i a) tery) 4 (City or town) Me 
<7. ) me tienes 
“Etemat ks chy. Mose: ep Pelchen. bass DATE OF BURIAL... oA st SE senen Wome 
Tress 
f\ wae 22 NAME OF cs : = 
= : UNDERTAKER . Ser: SA Aa CODES Oo Ow Oe, Ss 0. Cae 
| HEREBY CERTIFY that a satisfactory standard certificate of death was ie UV : > ; 
filed with me BEFORE the burial or transit permit was issued: ___ ADDRESS ce Oe ASO 7 ee RL O90, Oe 
r Taiecsonre of pen of Board of Health or other) PASSSETOEREL  CAFICA TAL Gthagsasisnevesv oh evse¥ecesavaserancvasniseessesssiahivednsynechn sesh 432 fists eer th: ees 
(Official D&Mfignation) = (Date of Issue of Permit) “A TRUE COPY, ATTEST: ~~ yb umeematnaietsy (: 2" sty, cay eee ee 


Revised United States Standard Certificate of Death 
BEF FPL ie gr 


Statement of occupation.—Precise statement of occupation is 
ervy important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits 
can be known. Make some entry in this section for every person 
aged 10 yearsorover. Ifthe occupation had been given up or changed 
on account of the disease causing death, report the occupation prior 
to illness. If the deceased had retired from business, report the 
occupation prior to retirement. Children not gainfully employed 
may be returned as at school or at home. For a woman whose 
only occupation was that of home housework, write housework 
in answer to Question 8 and own home in answer to Question 9. 
For a person engaged in domestic service for wages, however, designate 
the occupation by the appropriate terms, as housekeeper—private 
family, cook—hotel, etc. For a person who had no occupation what- 
ever write none. 


To be complete, an occupation return must state: 
8.—The trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. 
9.—The industry or business in which the work was done. 
10,.—The month and year the deceased last worked at the occupation. 
11.—The number of years the deceased followed the occupation. 


In stating the occupation, avoid the use of such indefinite terms 
as ‘‘employee,”’ ‘“‘worker,”’ “‘operative,”’ etc. Find out the parti- 
cular kind of work done and return that, as spinner, weaver, etc. 


In stating the industry or business, avoid the use of such general 
terms as ‘Store,’ ‘‘factory,” ‘“‘mill,"’ etc. State the particular 
kind of store, factory, mill, etc., as grocery store, soap factory, cotton 
mill, etc. 


Distinguish carefully the different kinds of engineers by stating 
the full descriptive titles, as civil engineer, mechanical engineer, mining 
engineer, Stationary engineer, etc. Avoid the term ‘laborer’? when a 
more precise statement of the occupation can be secured. Do not 
use the word ‘‘mechanic,"’ but give the exact occupation, as carpenter, 
painter, machinist, etc. Distinguish carefully between retail merchants 
and wholesale merchants. A person who sells goods should be called a 
salesman and not a clerk. 


Statement of cause of death.—Cause of death means the disease, 
or complication which causes death, not the mode of dying, e. g., heart 
failure, asphyxia, asthenia, etc. As principal cause name the disease 
causing death. As related causes, name earlier morbid conditions, 
if any, related to the principal cause and any important complication 
of the principal cause. Under contributory causes of importance not 
related to principal cause, name other important diseases. 


Example 


The principal cause of death and related causes] Date of onset 
of importance in order of onset were as follows: 


i IOIs 


Arterioscl 


Chronic interstitial nephritis 


Contributory causes of importance not related to 
principal cause: 


In a group of causes containing the principal cause and related 
causes, the causes should be given in the order of onset, so that in a 
group of three causes the principal cause may appear in either first, 
second, or third position. The principal cause in the above example 


happens to be the second cause given. 


FROM THE LAWS OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
GOVERNING THE 


RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH 


A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forth- 
with, after the death of a person whom he has attended during 
his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other 
authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, 
furnish for registration a standard certificate of death, stating to the 
best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed 
age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, 
where same was contracted, the duration of his last illness, when last 


seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of hi ‘ 
Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9. Re a ee 


No undertaker or other person shall bury or otherwise dispose 
of a human body in a town, or remove therefrom a human body 
which has not been buried, until he has received a permit from 
the board of health, or its agent appointed to issue such permits, 
or if there is no such board, from the clerk of the town where the 
person died; and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human 
body and remove it from a town, from one cemetery to another, or 
from one grave or tomb other than the receiving tomb to another in the 
same cemetery, until he has received a permit from the board of health 
or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where the body 
is buried. No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been 
delivered to such board, agent or clerk, as the case may be, a Satis- 
factory written statement containing the facts required by law to 
be returned and recorded, which shall be accompanied, in case of an 
original interment, by a satisfactory certificate of the attending 
physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate 
as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for 
sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough 
for the purpose, or is insufficient, a physician who is a member of the 
board of health, or employed by it or by the selectmen for the purpose, 
shall upon application make the certificate required of the attending 
physician. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall 
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a recital, 
as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the deceased 
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in any 
war in which it has been engaged, such recital shall appear upon the 
permit. The board of health, or its agent, upon receipt of such state- 
ment and certificate, shall forthwith countersign it and transmit 
it to the clerk of the town for registration. The person to whom 
the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death 
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information 
which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause 
of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require.—Chap. 114, 
Sec. 45, G. L., as amended. 


Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of 
the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died 
by violence... .Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6. 


_..He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the 
place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; 
otherwise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner 
of death.—Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7. 


No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body or the 
ashes thereof which have been brought into the commonwealth until 
he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its agent 
appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such board, from 
the clerk of the town where the body is to be buried or the funeral 
is to be held, or from a person appointed to have the care of the ceme- 
tery or burial ground in which the interment is made....Chap. 114, 
Sec. 46, G. L. as amended. 


RULES OF PRACTICE 


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

(1) Attending physicians will certify to such deaths only as 
those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last 
illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury. 

(2) Board of Health physicians will certify to such deaths only 
as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease un- 
related to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attend- 
ance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of 
death is needed. } 

(3) Medical Examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths 
supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused 
directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), 
and by the action of chemical (drugs or poisons), thermal, or electrical 
agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease 


resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the 


sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, 
and those of persons found dead. 


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N. B.—WRITE PLAINLY, WITH UNFADING INK—THIS IS A PERMANENT RECORD. 


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Every item of informa- 


PHYSICIANS should state CAUSE 
Exact statement of OCCUPATION is very 


AGE should be stated EXACTLY. 
OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. 


important. 


tion should be carefully supplied. 


No. 3385-0 


50m-9-'31. 


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 


= ...dorcester AE A agente ns hls Rutland oo. 
=) (County) (City or town making return) 
a STANDARD 
os ee at CERTIFICATE OF DEATH Registered No... 2 csscccsccueee 
) (City or Town) 
< F z (If death occurred in a hospital or institution, 
= No. Rutland..State..Sanatorium.......St., 0.0.00. Ward } give its NAME instead of street and number) 
(fU.S. Sz 
Se eee et: ai ROS oe Es War Veter =. 
(If deceased is a married, widowed or divorced woman, give also maiden name.) specify WAR ec eaeninacsidetasi cee 
(a) Residence. No..........0../ auline Sey phate aaa een aston Sie nee. Ward, ..... ' /inthrop,““ass Seen Setee 
(Usual place of abode) (If nonresident, give city or town and state) 
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred 2 yrs. *. mos. 6 days. How long in U. S., if of foreign birth? yrs. mos. days. 


PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS 

3 SEX 4 COLOR OR RACE | © SINGLE Bere pe srarel 
WIDOWED 

Male White or Divorced Single 

5a If married, widowed, or divorced 


CESS Tc oS. paces OP ee OI a ce Aug.30 29 
° eee ee Le: sf eo 19.2. 3tokebsDs1932....., 19 
ERNE Ciiinck tires 1 GS a IIIc ce = I fast saw fh. 22O alive om.cceecsesessssse Feb. neem 
(Husband's name in full) 4 


6 IF STILLBORN, enter that fact here. 


The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of 


ef If less than 1 day onset were as follows: 
AGE... 24 doe Aes Years ie ® ae Months... Days iis: HOUrS.....2::2.+. Minutes Date cfonset 
8 Trade, profession, or particul re - 5 
oF or ae Se aan Pulmonary tuberculosis | 1924 
=) aE MEM RMU MERE D PTIO Soe rete a, ca, cxghasesavaaetns ovasediceatnsindvadadeuunr gbenostt> 
| © Industry or business in which SSS | senvnseensnszsnnsvssvsvssssssssccecncsensennmmesesssssccecececcennenssnnansnanevsnescesteestens [ossnesnnnases 
a work was done, as silk mill, 
= CS OTE 2 Rs veo cca cnvectneneeettte cote or ne Spe sR SIE SSC Bg a a cam ee sani 7 
&| 10 Date deceased last worked at eeu Oe HAITI: AVES) nee ll tear ena ene RS one <> ash eles ons o5a.n 8c odcaatnnnsteshasccancecaswe)casccaundasodvsees|+a2aeeee eens 
this occupation (month and spent in this Contributory causes of importance not related to principal cause: 
WAN) Meera Ree tonacs caesar oo doa in co ader Dede anda rae occupation..................... 
ia MerueLace (Cis)... Palmyray  f eetetserstessetesteeeecccesceesennnnnnnenneseecstececeeessssenssnneeanmnimtssesateeceesseneaey [oneasenannan 
(State or country) New Jersey duduehWaenenanavevonne scar sopnsnsnvencesecsoadsesadeasdanaenscctdndauneecnsensdscnonuescvqcovend ssenenmscsass 
13 NAME OF BE oe ES or ee re care ore see ocean ecoming Mir te = 
ee Alexander XY. Davidson Name of operation a Date of 
«| 14 tea ol ee i). ee eS What test confirmed diagnose ~Vay..& Lala there an autopsyN..... 
- (State or country) Pennsylvania 20 Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? NO oe 
bo BECSEN pS UISCA US sy aces ac oes Voaglagn Ogre eared cos Cesta grew eeb oe vais ck sue Lacanen Sobnausteceaeroveee

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