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Until legislation is made I have thought it advisable to
draw up a leaflet, copies of which could be handed to persons
registering the death by the Registrar.
The leaflet states:—
"Where the dead body of any person is retained in
any house or building so as to endanger the health of the
inmates of such house or building, any justice may, upon
the application of the Medical Officer of Health, order the
body to be removed to the public mortuary, and direct the
same to be buried within a time which the said justice will
state in the order. No person, without the sanction, in
writing, of the Medical Officer of Health, or of a registered
medical practitioner, shall retain unburied, elsewhere than
in a public mortuary, or in a room not used at the time as
a dwelling-place, sleeping-place, or workroom, for more
than 48 hours, the body of any person who has died of any
infectious disease. In such a case any justice may give
the same order as above referred to for the removal of the
body and burial thereof. If the relatives or friends fail to
bury any such body as aforesaid, the burial will be carried
out by the relieving officer of the poor, and the expenses
thereof may be recovered in a summary manner from any
person legally liable to bury the body."
Infantile Mortality.
Total deaths of Infants under one year, 258.
1912.
Average for previous
10 years.
Deptford Infantile death rate
per 1000 births
89
129
England and Wales
95
95 Large Towns
101
136 Smaller Towns
98
County of London
90