conditions, this rule shall not apply if it be ascertained on reasonable inquiry that the death resulted from one of the following diseases: All contagious and infectious diseases, malignant tumors, diabetes, Bright's disease, chronic disease of the heart or liver.

Where conditions warrant, special permission to embalm may be obtained from the agent or any member of the board of health.

A body shall not be buried or placed in a tomb without having first obtained a permit from the board of health.

No permit will be issued for the burial of a body until a certificate of death as above and a return of death properly filled out, has been presented to the board of health, except that if it is impossible for the undertaker to get the information necessary, for the filling out of the return before the time set for the burial, the permit may be given pending his making out a complete return; but under no circumstances will a permit be issued for the burial of a body without the required certificate of death.

A body may not be removed from the city without the permission of the board of health except when ordered by the medical examiner. This will not prevent an undertaker removing the body of a person dying in a hospital from a noncommunicable disease to his home in the city of Fall River.

Whenever a body is brought from a city or town within the Commonwealth, the undertaker or person having charge of the burial within this city shall, within 24 hours thereafter, file a statement with the board of health containing the place of burial, name of the deceased, the vital statistics as set forth in the Massachusetts standard return of death, and the cause of death as shown on the burial permit accompanying the body.

Before a permit is issued for the burial of a body that died outside the Commonwealth and was brought into this city, the undertaker or other person having charge of the burial, is required to furnish a return of death as required by the Massachusetts standard and the original permit from the place where the body was shipped, containing the cause of death.

In case of death from anterior poliomyelitis, cerebrospinal meningitis, diphtheria, scarlet fever, smallpox, or other communicable disease designated by the board of health, the body must be buried within 24 hours and the funeral must be private. If death occurred at a hospital, the body must be taken direct from there to the cemetery.

A body must not be left unburied for more than four days without the special permission of the board of health unless when so ordered by the medical examiner.

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

Births-Reporting and Registration. (Ord. 4053, Jan. 9, 1917.)

SECTION 1. That the birth of each child born in the city of New Orleans shall be registered as hereinafter provided.

Report of birth must be made by the physician or attendant within 24 hours following birth.

That within 10 days after the date of each birth, there shall be filed with the city board of health a certificate of such birth, which certificate shall be upon the form adopted by the city board of health with a view of procuring a full and accurate report with respect to each item of information enumerated in this ordinance.

In each case where a physician or midwife was in attendance upon the birth, it shall be the duty of each physician or midwife to file in accordance herewith the certificate herein contemplated.

In each case where there was no physician or midwife, in attendance upon the birth, it shall be the duty of the father or mother of the child, the householder or owner of the premises where the birth occurred, or the manager or superintendent of the public or private institution where the birth occurred, each in the order named within 10 days after the date of such birth, or report to the city board of health the fact of such birth. In case the physician or midwife, in attendance upon the birth is unable, by diligent inquiry, to obtain any item or items of information contemplated in this ordinance, or in any case should all or any of such items be omitted from the certificate, it shall then be the duty of the city board of health to secure from the person so reporting, or from any other person having the required knowledge, such information as will enable it to prepare the certificate of birth herein contemplated, and it shall be the duty of the person reporting the birth or who may be interrogated in relation thereto to answer correctly and to the best of his knowledge all questions put to him by an officer or employee of the city board of health which may be calculated to elicit any information needed to make a complete record of the birth as contemplated by this ordinance, and it shall be the duty of the informant as to any statement made in accordance herewith to verify such statement by his signature, when requested so to do by an officer or employee of the city board of health.

The said certificate of birth shall correspond with the form recommended by the United States Bureau of Census and shall contain the following items, which are hereby declared necessary for the legal, social, and sanitary purposes subserved by registration records:

(1) Place of birth, including State, parish, and city, street name and house number; if in a hospital or other institution, the name of the same to be given together with street house number.

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(2) Full name of child. If the child dies without a name, before the certificate is filed, enter the words "Died unnamed." If the living child has not yet been named at the date of filing certificate of birth, the space for full name of child" is to be left blank, to be filled out subsequently by a supplemental report, as hereinafter provided.

(3) Sex of child.

(4) Whether a twin, triplet, or other plural birth. A separate certificate shall be required for each child in case of plural births.

(5) For plural births, number of each child in order of birth.

(6) Whether legitimate or illegitimate.

(7) Date of birth, including the year, month, and day.

(8) Full name of father.

(9) Residence of father.

(10) Color or race of father.

(11) Age of father at last birthday, in years.

(12) Birthplace of father; at least State or foreign country, if known. (13) Occupation of father. The occupation to be reported if engaged in any remunerative employment, with the statement of (a) trade, profession, or particular kind of work; (b) general nature of industry, business, or establishment in which employed (or employer).

(14) Maiden name of mother.

(15) Residence of mother.

(16) Color or race of mother.

(17) Age of mother at last birthday, in years.

(18) Birthplace of mother; at least State or foreign country, if known.

(19) Occupation of mother. The occupation to be reported if engaged in any remunerative employment, with the statement of (a) trade, profession, or particular kind of work; (b) general nature of industry, business or establishment in which employed (or employer).

(20) Number of children born to this mother, including present birth.

(21) Number of children of this mother living.

(22) The certification of attending physician or midwife as to attendance at birth, including statement of year, month, day, and hour of birth, and whether the child was born alive or stillborn. This certification shall be signed by the attending physician or midwife, with date of signature and address; if there is no physician or midwife in attendance, then the father or mother of the child, householder, owner of the premises, or manager or superintendent of public or private institution where the birth occurred, or other competent person, whose duty it shall be to notify the board of health of such birth, as required by this ordinance.

(23) Exact date of filing in the office of the city board of health, attested by the official signature of the proper officer or representative of the city board of health, and registered number of birth.

That when any certificate of birth of a living child is presented without the statement of the given name, then the proper officer or representative of the city board of health shall make out and deliver to the parents of the child a special blank for the supplemental report of the given name of the child, which shall be filled out as directed, and returned to the registrar as soon as the child shall have been named.

SEC. 2. That no fee shall be charged for the recordation of births.

SEC. 3. That any person or persons, firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than $25 nor less than $5, or sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 30 days nor less than 10 days, at the discretion of the court.

NEW YORK, N. Y.

Marriages-Registration of Those Not Previously Recorded. (Ch. 333, Act May 3, 1919.)

SECTION 1. The Greater New York charter, as reenacted by chapter 466 of the laws of 1901, is hereby amended by inserting therein a new section to be section 1239% thereof, to read as follows:

SEC. 12394. Registration of marriages not previously recorded.—Certificates of marriages performed in the city, if not filed in such department within the time hereinbefore provided, may be recorded in the discretion of the commissioner of health, upon application made in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions prescribed by rules and regulations which the board of health is hereby authorized to adopt. The power to pass upon and approve any such applications may be delegated by such commissioner, in writing, to the registrar of records of such department for such period and to such extent as shall be specified in such delegation.

Burial Vaults for Temporary Reception of Bodies Construction and Maintenance. (Reg. Bd. of H., Mar. 27, 1919.)

REG. 15. Receiring vou'ts; construction and meintenance.—A'l general vaults in cemeteries used for the temporary reception and holding of the remains of deceased persons must be provided with crypts or cells constructed so that they

may be hermetically sealed when the remains of deceased persons are placed therein. Where such crypts or cells are used as a place of deposit for the remains of deceased persons they shall be hermetically sealed immediately after such remains are deposited therein: Provided, however, The provisions of this regulation shall not apply where the remains of a deceased person are inclosed in a hermetically sealed, metallic, or stone coffin, or case.

Deaths-Registration. (Res. Bd. of H., Dec. 28, 1917.)

Resolved, That Section 32 of the sanitary code be amended, to read as follows:

SEC. 32. Deaths; duty of physicians and other persons to report; contents of death certificate.-Physicians who shall have attended deceased persons in their last illness shall make and preserve a registry of the death of every such person, stating the cause thereof and specifying the date, hour, street, and street number of the premises, of such death, and shall file with the department of health a report, in writing, of the death of every such person, stating, as nearly as can be ascertained, the date of death, the sex, name and surname, age, occupation, term of residence in the city of New York, place of nativity, condition of life, namely, whether single or married, a widow or widower, or divorced, the color, last place of residence, the name and birthplace of the parents, respectively, the maiden name of the mother, and the chief and determining, and the contributory, cause or causes of death, of such person; stating also whether an autopsy has been performed, and, if so, the findings of such autopsy; and the chief medical examiner, the deputy medical examiners, and the assistant Dedical examiners of the city, shall, in their certificates, conform to the requirements of this section, and, where death shall have resulted from accident, homiride, or suicide, shall specify how, when, and where the injuries causing such death were received.

Births and Stillbirths-Registration. (Res. Bd. of H., Dec. 28, 1917.)

Resolved, That section 31 of the sanitary code be amended and made to read as follows:

SEC. 31. Births and stillbirths; parents and every person to report; physicians and professional midwives to keep registry and file written copy.-It shall be the duty of the parents of any child born alive or dead in the city of New York (and if there be no parent alive that has made such report, then of the next of kin of said child born) and of every person present at such birth or stillbirth to file with the department of health, within 10 days after such birth and within 36 hours after such stillborth, a report, in writing, stating, as far as known, the date, borough, street, and street number of said place of birth or stillbirth, the name, sex, and color of such child born, the name, residence, birthplace, and age of the parents, respectively, the occupation of the father and mother, and the maiden name of the mother. It shall also be the duty of physicians and professional midwives to keep a registry of the several births or stillbirths in which they have assisted professionally, which shall contain the date of birth or stillbirth, the borough, street, and street number of premises wherein such birth or stillbirth took place, the sex and color of the child, and also, as nearly as can be ascertained, the name of the said child, the number of previous children born of the mother, the number now Living, the name, residence, birthplace, and age of the parents, respectively, the occupation of the father and mother, and the maiden name of the mother; and it shall be the duty of such physicians and professional midwives, also, to file

a written copy of the said registry of birth or stillbirth with the department of health in the borough office of the borough wherein the birth or stillbirth occurred, within 10 days after such birth and within 36 hours after such stillbirth, upon blank forms furnished by the said department. Such physicians and professional midwives shall also certify that they assisted professionally at the birth or stillbirth so reported, and that all the other facts stated in the copy of the said registry are true to the best of their knowledge, information, and belief.

Births, Stillbirths, Marriages, and Deaths-Filing Copy of Registry. (Res. Bd. of H., Dec. 28, 1917.)

Resolved, That section 33 of the sanitary code be amended and made to read as follows:

SEC. 33. Births, stillbirths, marriages, and deaths; copy of registry to be filed. It shall be the duty of every person required to make or keep a registry of births, stillbirths, marriages, or deaths to present to the bureau of records of the department of health a copy of such registry signed by such person within 10 days after the birth or marriage, and within 36 hours after the death or stillbirth of any person to whom such registry relates, which copy of such registry shall thereupon be placed on file in the said bureau.

PORT CHESTER, N. Y.

Dead Bodies-Transportation by Common Carriers. (Reg. Jan. 21, 1918.) Ch. 7. REG. 8. Transportation of dead bodies by common carriers.-The transportation of dead human bodies by common carriers shall be conducted in such manner as not to be a menace to health, and the manner of transportation shall be subject to the special administrative regulations of the State commissioner of health.

SOMERVILLE, MASS.

Interments and Disinterments. (Reg. Bd. of H., Oct. 3, 1917.)

SEC. 17. No person shall bury or cause to be buried the body of any dead person in a grave less than three feet deep from the surface of the ground surrounding the grave to the top of the coffin.

SEC. 18. No person shall bury or inter, or cause to be buried or interred, the body of any dead person at any time of the day other than between sunrise and sunset, except in accordance with a written permit from the board. No person shall open a grave or remove the body of a dead person or its remains from a grave or tomb, except in accordance with a written permit from the board.

WHEELING, W. VA.

Births and Deaths-Reporting-Burial. (Ord. Effective July 1, 1919.)

SEC. 71. All births and deaths shall be reported to the department of health; deaths shall be reported forthwith. births must be reported within 10 days. The facts to be stated fully and legibly upon blanks furnished by the department by the following persons. In case of births: The physician, when there is a physician in attendance; the father, when living, in cases where no physician has been in attendance; and where no physician has been in attend