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Unknown DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK BUREAU OF RECORDS AND STATISTICS N9 4473 BURIAL-CREMATION-TRANSPORTATION PE IT Date The Certifi to f De la aving 'e'en On fished t t Departure t as ?uedanitarY Code, permission is hereby given to__ .‘, _ of jI to remove the re s o ._ .. . . Aged ._____.__ rs. Mos. Days, �yf ''��, 9 y who died at i, Borough of Cr f; ` City of New York, on.kr;--;)/(- �' , 19 , from .f4!`: n / v • for Burr "`� on 4.4.4 19 This permit must be han ed to the Keeper Ci /( S ,' of the Cemetery or Crematory by the r..£ ar Funeral Director in charge of the funeral. "Cross out one. Per 1 HH(Rev.3/52)-139 Books-701437(52) 114 Crematory* Record by Cemetery* Representative Date of Burial* Location of Grave - f • - •Cross out o Signature. EX t;'ACTS FROM SAN RY CODE, CITY OF NEW RK Sec. 38. No dead body of a hurgan being, who has died in the City of New York, or any part tht'reof, shall be-removed from the place of death without a permit for such removal from the Depart- ment of Health nor otherwise than in accordance With the terms of such permit and the regulations of the Board of Health. Sec. 40. No person shall transport:into the City of New York the dead body of any human being, or any part thereof, without having first obtained a permit therefor from the department of health,health officer,registrar of vital statistics,or other authorized person within whose jurisdiction the death occurred, nor otherwise than in accordance wit1sthe terms of the said permit and the regula- tions of the Board of Health of the City of New York. If the body is to be transported directly to a cemetery or crematory, a permit issued in any state of the Uuited,States shall be accepted with the same force and effect as though it had been issued by the Depart- ment of Health of the.City of New York, provided the name of the cemetery or crematory is designated. If the name of the cemetery or crematory is not designated, such permit shall be exchanged for one issued by the Department_of.Health of the City of New York. Sec. 41. The body of eet077 person who has died in the City of New York shall be buried;cremated'or otherwise disposed of,within four days after the crate of death; however,upon application by the funeral director, the Registrar of Records may extend the time limitation, and specify.hotgfIong and under what conditions the body may be retained unburied. - Sec. 42. No interment, cremation, or other disposition, of the dead body of any human being shall be made in the City of New York without a permit therefor issued by the Bureau of Records and Statistics e. the Department of Health of the City of New York or other authority as hereinafter in this section provided or otherwise than in accordance with the terms of such permit and the regulations of the Board of Health.No manager,superintendent,or employee of any cemetery,mausoleum,vault,tomb,or-crematory,or any other person shall assist in, assent to, or allow the interment, entombment,cremation or other disposition of any dead human body, or aid the preparation of or assist in preparing any grave or place of deposit for any such body unless such permit shall have been received. A permit,'ssued by the department of health, health offi- cer, registrar of vital statistics or other authorized person in any state of the United States may be accepted in lieu of a permit of s the Bureau of Record and Statistics provided•th<name of the cemetery appears thereon. It shall be the duty of every person hav- ing charge of any cemetery, mausoleum, vault, tombnlf erematory in the City of New.York,to file such permit as a perptertrent record. • EXCERPTS FROM REGULATION 1, CHAPTER XLII, SANITARY CODE, STATE-OF NEW YORK (2) The transportation by common carriers of bodies dead of any diseases other than those mentioned in subdivision 3 shall be per- mitted only under the following conditions: (a) The coffin of-casket shall be encased in a strong outer box made of good.setind lumber,not less than h 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 caslikk,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 (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 saturated with an effective disinfecting fluid and shall be placed at once in a coffin which shall be im- mediately and permanently closed. The coffin or casket shall be prepared as indicated in subdivision (2-a) of this regulation.