Identifier:
REC0008_05_0259
Title:
Death Ledger
Title:
Series 5: Department of Public Charities
Collection:
Almshouse ledgers
Start Date:
1912
End Date:
1916
Description:
This death register contains the most of the same columns throughout, however there are some noted differences. Columns at the beginning of the book are labeled as follows: Date, No., Name, Ward, Hour, To Physician (time), Returned (date and time), Mailed (date and hour), Bodies Sent to City Morgue (date and hour), New York Morgue Notified (name and hour) and Mailed (date and hour). From page 40 on, the column Friends is added. From page 208 onwards the columns change: Date, Property, No., Name, Died (date and hour), Body Sent to City Hospital Morgue (date and hour), Notification to Friends (how notified, date and hour) and Prot or P.L. Arrangement is chronological.
Creator:
New York (N.Y.). Department of Public Charities
Borough:
Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.)
Type:
Text
Format:
Volumes (documents by form)
Source:
New York City Municipal Archives
Rights:
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Language:
eng
