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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549
                                        
                                    FORM 15

   CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(G)
  OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS
       UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                                             Commission File Number  0-28850
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                        SUBURBAN OSTOMY SUPPLY CO., INC.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

  75 October Hill Road Holliston, Massachusetts 01746        (508) 429-1000
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 (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of 
                    Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)

                      Common Stock, no par value per share
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            (Title of Each Class of Securities Covered by This Form)

                                      None
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 (Title of All Other Classes of Securities for Which a Duty to File Reports 
                      Under Section 13(a) or 15(d) Remains)

         Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i) [x]            Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) [ ]
         Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) [ ]           Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) [ ]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i) [ ]            Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i) [ ]
         Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii) [ ]           Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii) [ ]
                                                      Rule 15d-6 [ ]

               Approximate number of holders of record as of the
                        certification or notice date: 1
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         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Suburban Ostomy Supply Co., Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date:    February 19, 1998                    By: /S/ THOMAS J. BUCKLEY
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                                                  Thomas J. Buckley, Clerk