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PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
BYE-LAWS
Made by the Vestry of the Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, being the Sanitary
Authority for the said Parish, with respect to the management of the
PUBLIC MORTUARY.
Interpretation of Terms.
1. Throughout these bye-laws the expression "The Sanitary Authority" means
the Vestry of the Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch.
For the Management of the Public Mortuary.
2. Every person who, in pursuance of permission obtained from the Sanitary
Authority, has caused the body of one who has died of an infectious disease to be
deposited in the Mortuary, shall cause the body to be removed therefrom for the
purpose of interment within a period of three days from the date of death.
3. Every person who, in pursuance of permission obtained from the Sanitary
Authority, has caused the body of one who has died of a non-infectious disease to be
deposited in the Mortuary, shall cause the body to be removed therefrom for the
purpose of interment within a period of five days from the date of death.
4. Every person for the time being employed in depositing a body in the
Mortuary, or in removing a body therefrom, shall, while so employed, conduct himsell
in all respects with decency and propriety.
5. Every person who, for the purpose of depositing a body in the Mortuary, uses
a shell which has not been provided by the Sanitary Authority, shall in every case
where the body is transferred from the shell before being carried from the premises
to the place of burial, cause the shell as soon as conveniently may be after the
transfer of the body therefrom, to be removed from the premises.