Springer, Gladys TRANSIT AND BURIAL PERMIT
No. r 1/3a.
STATE OF NEW YORK
DEPART N F HEALTH OF THE CITY. OF NEW YORK
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This Permit must be! op ly"si,pned and presented, with Undertaker's Certificate, to the ilroadl, q,xpress:or other
Transportation Agent, before a body can be shipped.
New York, 192
The Certificate Death, havin een furnished me, as required by the Laws of this State, permission
is hereby granted t _holder,of Undertaker's L' se
for the remova d shipment for burial at Cemetery at
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State f, the body of_ who died in
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Aged _ -_ months d - 3ex__ __,_____ or, the cause of death being
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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.
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s' e f Undertaker) l 3,r Ass't Registrar
This Permit must be detached and delivered to the Person in charge of the Corpse.
NEW YORK
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH «.
ALBANY
SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE RULES 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 August 1, 1915.]
RULE 1. A transit permit and transit label issued by the local registrar of vital statistics must accompany each dead body trans-
ported by a common carrier.
The trant..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 perms shall also state the date and route of shipment,the point of shipment and destination,the method of preparation of the body,
and shall bear the signature of the undertaker and the signature and official title of theofficer issuing the.narmit,
The transit label shall state the date ems'issuance, the name of The deceased,the place and date of death the name of the escort or
consignee,the point of shipment and destination, and shall bear the signature and official title of the officer who issued the transit permit.
The transit label shall be attached to the outer box or case.
RULE 2. The transportation by common carriers of bodies dead of'any diseases other than those mentioned in Rule 3 shall be per-
mitted 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%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
watertight.
(b) When the destination cannot be reached within 60 hours after death,all body orifices shall be closed with absorbent cot-
ton, and the body placed at once in a coffin or casket which shall be immediately closed and the coffin or casket shall be encased
in a strong outer box made of good sound lumber not less than N of an inch thick. All joints must be securely put together and
the box tightly closed and either the coffin or casket,or outer box or case,shall be watertight.
RULE 3. The transportation by comtion carrier of bodies dead of smallpox,plague,Asiatic cholera,typhus fever,diphtheria(mem-
branous croup,diphtheritic sore throat),scarlet fever (scarlet rash,scarlatina),shall be permitted only under the following conditions:
All body orifices shall be closed with absorbent cotton,the body shall be enveloped in a sheet satsvted with an effective dis-
infecting fluid and shall be placed at once in a coffin which shall be immediately and permanently closed. The coffin or casket
shall be encased in a strong outer box made of good sound lumber, not less than N of an inch thick,all joints of which shall be
securely put together and the box shall be tightly and permanently closed. Either the coffin or casket, or the outer box or case,
shall be watertight.
RULE 4. No dead body shall be disinterred for transportation by common carrier without the previous consent of authorities hav-
ing jurisdiction at the place of disinterment, The transit permit and transit label shall be required as provided in Rule 1, and Paragraph
(a) of Rule 2 shall apply.
RULE 5. 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.
PROMULGATED BY STATE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AT ALBANY, JUNE 25, 1915