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Chambers, Nelle DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH A.-19:1S TRANSIT PERMIT BOROUGH OF MANNA?1 AN N3 1940 FEB I I PM 10 54 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK This Permit must be properly signed and presented,with Undertaker's Certificate, to the Railroad,Express or other Transportation Agent, before a body can be shipped. FEB 1 19 New York, 19 The Certificate of Death, having been" furnished to me, as required by the Laws of this State, permission is hereby granted t91\4"4ecp.- ..... 'e2. ...;holder of Undertaker's License No burial at V .,A„ t)",(Atn) Cemetery at for the removal and shipment for m (When o ainable) State of- - • the body of .. who died in the Borough of_... .. _.County ofN.:.. ._...., N. •Y., on. �--, l , 19T/ �, at AI. Aged..(? years months days. sex color,the cause of death being which necessitates shipment under Rule No of the Rules of the New York State Department of Health for the Transportation of the Dead, as printed on the back of this Permit. Ohre T. mistYr 141 , .... Signed die:ure of Undertaker) Ass't Registrar This Permit must be detached and delivered to the Pers in charge of the Corpse. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ALBANY SPECIAL ADMINIS 0 ATIVE REGULATION RELATING TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF DEAD BODIES BY COMMON CARRIERS [In effect throughout the State of New York, except in the City of New York, on September 1, 1932] Regulation 1. 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 shall conform to the following requirements: (1) A transit permit and transit label issued by the local registrar of vital statistics must accompany each dead body transported by a common carrier. The transit permit shall state the date of issuance, the name, sex, race and age of the deceased, and the cause and date of death. The transit permit shall also state the date and route of shipment, the point of shipment and destination, the method or preparation of the body, and shall bear the signature of the undertaker and the signature and official title of the officer issuing the permit. The transit label shall state the date of issuance, the name of the deceased, the place and date of death, the name of the escort or consignee,-the-point of sltip.. a,..: slid: Lear the oiKiiaiui,. a.... e....:iai title .it the officer who issued the transit permit. Ti.: transit iabel shall be attached to the outer box or case. (2) The transportation by common carriers of bodies dead of any diseases other than those mentioned in subdivision 3 shall be permitted only under the following conditions: (a) The coffin or casket shall be encased in a strong outer box made of good sound lumber, not less than 7/g of an inch thick. All joints shall be securely put together and the box tightly closed. Either the coffin or casket, or the outer box or case, shall be water-tight. Every outside case holding any dead body offered for transportation by common carrier shall bear at least four handles and when over 5 feet 6 inches in length, shall bear six handles. (b) When the destination cannot be reached within 60 hours after death, all body orifices shall be closed with absorbent cotton and the body placed at once in a coffin or casket which shall be immediately closed and the coffin or casket shall be prepared as indicated in subdivision (2-a) of this regulation. (3) The transportation by common carrier of bodies dead of smallpox, plague, Asiatic cholera, typhus fever, diphtheria (membranous croup, diphtheritic sore throat), scarlet fever ('sca:let rash, scarlatina), shall be permitted only under the follow- ing conditions: All body orifices shall be closed with absorbent cotton, the body shall he enveloped in a sheet saturated with an effective disinfecting fluid and shall be placed at once in a coffin which shall be immediately and permanently closed. The coffin or casket shall be prepared as indicated in subdivision (2-a) of this regulation. (4) No dead bodies shall he disinterred for transportation by common carrier, or for removal to another cemetery in the same registration district, or in another district, but not requiring shipment by common carrier, without the previous consent of authorities having jurisdiction at the place of disinterment. The undertaker shall make a r-quest to disinter the body on a form provided for the purpose. This form shall provide for a statement of principal facts cc .fiat. c decedent, whether body is to be transported by common carrier or otherwise, final disposition of same, and r .,alth officer. Upon receipt of such request the local registrar shall issue a transit permit and transit label as res. .,ivision I and the provisions of subdivision (2-a) shall apply.