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At head of title: The craze of the century

Name of deceased, sex, age, weight, date of death, date of exam, clinical history, and description of body, organs, and diagnosis, and signature of doctor.

Name of deceased, sex, age, weight, date of death, date of exam, clinical history, and description of body, organs, and diagnosis, and signature of doctor.

Name, age, nativity, habits (temperate, intemperate), occupation, disease, time under treatment in days, stage of disease when admitted, date discharged, date cured, date died, remarks (notes on condition, cause of death, sent to Sisters of Charity…

Statements signed by the nearest living relative or friend of the deceased giving consent to perform an autopsy. Includes date, name of consenter, name of deceased, relationship to deceased, and signature of witness(es).

Date received, name, age, names of parents, nativity (place of birth/ethnicity), how discharged & to whom. Each October 1st, the children currently residing in the Alms House were listed as “carried forward” into the new record keeping year. Parents’…

Includes children and adults. Name, age, place of nativity, town/county pauper or vagrant, date of commitment, by whom committed (can be a city sexton, justice of the peace, or doctor), town sent from, date committed, and date discharged. Discharge…

This is a video recreation of a slide presentation and narration by historian Elton R. Heath at the Hamburg Public Library in Hamburg, NY in 1978.  Heath shares his memories and photographs of Hamburg residents, homes, streets, schools, and…

School 62 was built in 1906, the newest building included in the survey. Located at 396 Urban Street, it closed in 1980 as part of the desegregation plan. The building still exists, as of 2018.

Built in 1904, this school is located at 453 Leroy Street near Grider. A large addition was added in 1915.

As of 2018, it is still in use as Public School 61, the Arthur O. Eve School of Distinction.