Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-01-25

ply the information required under
| this head (Item 18), If he is able to
do so, and may state where, in his
opinion, the disease was contracted.
Sec. 8-That in case of any death
Occurring without medical attendance
it shall be the duty of the undertaken
to notify the local registrar of such
death, and when so notified the reg
istrar shall, prior to the issuance of
the permit, inform the local health
officer and refer the case to him for
immediate investigation and certifi-
cation; provided, that when the local
health officer, and in such cases only,
the registrar is authorized to make
the certificate and return from the
statement of relatives or other per-
sons having adequate knowledge of
the facts provided further that if the
registrar has reason to believe that
the death may have been due to un-
lawful act or neglect, he shall then
referthe case to the coroner or other
proper officer for his investigation and
certification. And the coroner or
other proper officer whose duty it is
to hold an inquest on the body of any
deceased person, and to make the GER
tificate Of death required for burial
permit, shall state in his certificate
the name of the disease causing death
or If from external causes, "a the
means of death; and ca whether
probably accidental, suicidal, or
homicidal; and shall in any case, fur
nish such information as may be re-
quired by the state registrar in order
properly to classify the death.
Sec. 9.-That the undertaken, or
person acting as undertaken, shall
file the certificate of death with the
local registrar of the district in which
the death occurred and obtain a bur-
ial or removal permit prior to any dis
position of the body. He shall obtain
the required personal and statistical
particulars from the person best quail
! flied to supply them, over the sigma
ture and address of his informant. He
shall present the certificate to the at
tending physician, IL any, or to the
health officer or coroner, as directed
/ by the local registrar, for the medi-
cal certificate of the cause of death
and other particulars necessary to
complete the record, as specified in
sections and 8. And he shall then
state the facts required relative to
the date and place of burial or remov-
al, over his signature and with his adj
dress, and present the completed GER
tifcate to the local registrar in order
to obtain a permit for burial, removal
or other disposition of the body. The
undertaken shall deliver the burial
permit to the person in charge of the
place of burial, before interring or
otherwise disposing of the body; or
shall attach the removal permit to
the box containing the corpse, when
shipped by any transportation COM
pany; said permit to accompany the
corpse to its destination, where, if
within the state Of -, 1t shall be
delivered to the person in charge of
the place of burial
every person, nrm, or corpora
ton selling casket shall keep a rec
ord showing the name of the purchas-
err, purchasers postoffice address,
name of deceased, date of death, and
place of death of deceased, which rec
ord shall be open to inspection of the
state registrar at all times. On the
! first day of each month the person,
firm, or corporation, selling caskets
shall report to the state registrar
each sale of the preceding month, on
blank provided for that purpose;
provided, however, that no person,
firm or corporation selling caskets to
dealers or undertakers only shall be
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