Westover, Marion (ORIGINAL) TRANSIT PERMIT No.
Railroad.
TRANSPORTATION OF CORPSE
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH OF VERMONT
Physician
oy-1 ea h Officer's Certificate
Name of Deceased ../.(d ' �2� I vV Date of Death ,,.� } i. /42 19!7.J
(If a minor, gives"parents' names also)
Hour of Death 5- M Age...c?e.T/ .Years Le Months 3 Days
Place of Death .. /�"^-
Cause of Death •'e (lam/ ,
I hereby certify that the above is true to t best of y)knowll edge and
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1 •• M. D. or He lth Officer.
Residence County of State of
Permit of Local Board of Health
This permit must be properly signed, and with Physician's Certificate presented to the Railroad or Express Agent
before a bogy can/be shipped.
O'VIn the ....I. ...of County of ... ... ........... ............
(�C/�ty or Town) / ,LY ?
State of ....U.1. ...... ... . .,.. . ..o ,the .l !/f�/ ..day of .... 19 .S
Permission is hereby giv ..-...4ry holder of Certificate of Registration No.
to remove fo-burial at .. ,. / in the County. f
State of . ��• ` the bodyr�� 0` �/�f�� �"—'
who died at . .... ..... /1= ..County of �JJ State of .4-!/. .
on the t.1` day o ..44 .E';-�[ Y.......County
of .Aged a i Years 6 Months 42 Days
and ,,... ..,, � !. ! ( 6 is er by ,horized to accompany said remains.
' Signed .` �i. -(-- Local Health Officer.
Runs 1. The transportation of bodies dead of smallpox or bubonic plague is absolutely forbidden.
lta-This Permit and preceding Certificate must be detached and delivered to the Person in charge of the Corpse.
RULES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE DEAD
BY THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH OF VERMONT.
By the authority given the State Board of Health by Act No. 156 of the Laws of the Twentieth Biennial Session, 1908, the following
Rules and Regulations have been adopted and ordered published, to go into effect on and after February 1, 1909:
RULE 1. The transportation of bodies dead of smallpox or bubonic plague is absolutely prohibited.
Runs 2. The transportation of bodies dead of Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, diphtheria (membranous croup), scarlet fever (scarlatina,
scarlet rash), erysipelas, glanders, anthrax or leprosy, shall not be accepted for transportation unless prepared for shipment by being thoroughly disin-
fected by (a) arterial and cavity injection with an approved disinfecting fluid; (b) disinfection and stopping of all orifices with absorbent cotton, and
(c) washing the body with disinfectant, all of which must be done by an en balmer holding a certificate as such; issued by-°tee'atdte board of embalming
examiners.
After being disinfected as above, such body shall be enveloped in a layer• of dry cotton, not less than one inch thick, completely wrapped in a sheet
securely fastened, and encased in an air-tight zinc, tin, copper, or lead-lined coffin or iron casket, all joints and seams hermetically sealed, and all enclosed
in a strong, tight wooden box. Or the body being prepared for shipment by disinfecting and wrapping as above, may be placed in a strong coffin or casket,
and said coffin or cagk'et encased in an air-tight, zinc, copper, or tin-lined box, all joints and seams hermetically soldered.
For interstate transportation under this rule only embalmers holding a license issued or approved by the state board of embalming examiners; after
examination, shall be recognized as competent to prepare such bodies for shipment.
RULE 3. The bodies of those dead of typhoid fever, puerperal fever, tuberculosis, or measles, may received for transportation when prepared far ship-
ment by arterial and cavity injection with an approved disinfecting fluid, washing the exterior of the body with the same, and enveloping the entire
body with a layer of cotton not less than one inch thick, and all wrappee in a sheet securely fastened, and encased in an air-tight metallic coffin or
casket, or air-tight metal-lined box, provided that this shall apply only to bodies which can reach their destination within thirty hours from the time of
death. In all other cases, such bodies shall be prepared by a licensed emba mer holding a certificate as provided for in Rule 2. When prepared by a
licensed embalmer as defined and directed in Rule 2, the air-tight sealing and bandaging with cotton may be dispensed with.
RULE 4. The bodies of those dead from any cause not stated in Rules 2 and 3 may be received for transportation when encased in a sound coffin or
casket and enclosed in a strong outside wooden box, provided they can react their destination within thirty hours from the time of death. If the body
cannot reach its destination within thirty hours from the time of death, it must be prepared for shipment by arterial and cavity injection with an
approved disinfecting fluid, washing the exterior of the body with the same, and enveloping the entire body with a layer of dry cotton not less than one
inch thick, and all wrapped in a sheet securely fastened, and encased in an air-tight metallic coffin or casket or an air-tight metal-lined box. But when the
body has been prepared for shipment by being thoroughly disinfected by licensed embalmer, as defined and directed in Rule Z, tb,e air-tight sealing and _.
bandaging with cotton maybe dis,, u. d rith. -- _.._- _
This rule shall not apply to the shipment of bodies dead from injury where there is no claim of contagious disease prior to injury, and that such
bodies may be received for shipment without embalming under proper certificate that the person died from injury.
RULE 5. In the shipment of bodies dead from any disease named in Rule 2, such body must not be accompanied by persons or articles which have been
exposed to the infection of the disease, unless certified by the health officer as jzaving been properly disinfected.
Before selling tickets, agents should carefully examine the transit permi* and note the name of the passenger in charge, and of any others proposing to
accompany the body, and see that all necessary precautions have been taken to prevent the spread of the disease. The transit permit in such cases shall spe-
cifically state who is authorized by the health authorities to accompany the remains. In all cases where bodies are forwarded under Rule 2, notice must be sent
by telegraph by the shipping embalmer to the health officer, or, where there is no health officer, to other competent authority at destination, advising the
date and train on which the body may be expected.
RULE 6. Every dead body must be accompanied by a person in charge, who must be provided with a passage ticket and also present a full first-class
ticket marked "Corpse" for the transportation of the body, and a transit permit showing physician's or coroner's certificate, name of the deceased, date
and hour of death, age, place of death, cause of death, and all other items of the standard certificate of death recommended by the American Public
Health Association and adopted by the United States Census Bureau, as far as obtainable, including health officer's or registrar's permit for removal,
whether a communicable or non-communicable disease, the point to which the body is to be shipped,and, when death is caused by any of the diseases specified
in Rule 2, the names of those authorized by the health authorities to accompany the body. Also the undertaker's certificate as to how the body has been
prepared for shipment. The transit permit must be made in duplicate, and the signature of physician or coroner, health officer, and undertaker, must be
on both the original and duplicate copies. The undertaker's or registrar's certificate and paster of the original shall be detached from the transit permit
and securely fastened on the end of the coffin box. All coffin boxes must be provided with at least four handles. The physician's certificate and transit
permit shall be handed to the passenger in charge of the corpse. The whole duplicate copy shall be sent to the official in charge of the baggage depart-
ment of the initial line, and by him to the secretary of the state or provincial board of health of the state or province from which said shipment is made.
RULE 7. When bodies are shipped by express, a transit permit, as described in Rule 6, must be made out in duplicate. The undertaker's certificate
and paster of the original shall be detached from the transit permit and securely fastened on the coffin box. The physician's certificate and transit
permit shall be attached to and accompany the express way-bill covering the remains, and be delivered with the body at the point of destination to the
person to whom it is consigned. The whole duplicate copy shall be sent by the forwarding express agent to the secretary of the state or provincial
board of health of the state or province from which said shipment was made.
RULE 8. Every disinterred body, dead from any disease or cause, shall be treated as infectious or dangerous to the public health, and shall not be
accepted for transportation unless said removal has been approved by the state or provincial health authorities having jurisdiction where such body is
disinterred, and the consent of the health authorities of the locality to which the corpse is consigned has first been obtained; and all such disinterred
remains, or the coffin or casket containing the same, must be wrapped in a woolen blanket thoroughly saturated with a 1-1000 solution of corrosive
sublimate, and enclosed in a hermetically soldered zinc, tin, or copper-lined box. But bodies deposited in receiving vaults shall not be treated and con-
sidered the same as buried bodies, when originally prepared by a licensed embalmer as defined in Rule 2, and as directed in Rule 2 or 3 (according to the
nature of the disease causing death), provided shipment takes place within thirty days from the time of death. The shipment of bodies prepared in the
manner above directed by licensed embalmers from receiving vaults may be made within thirty days from the time of death without having to obtain
permission from the health authorities of the locality to which the body ie consigned. After thirty days the casket or coffin box containing said body
must be enclosed in a hermetically soldered box.
RULE 9. All rules and parts of rules conflicting with these rules are hereby repealed.