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and specially-constructed chamber for these cases. I may add
that the officers of the County Council visited the premises,
and have expressed their satisfaction with the arrangements.
Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
REGULATIONS as to the USE OF THE MORTUARY.
i—Application for permission to deposit a body in the Mortuary, shall be
made to the Custodian at the Mortuary, Vestry Hall, Bancroft Road
2 —A body, in case of emergency, may be deposited at any hour of day or
night, but in ordinary cases only between the hours of 8 a m and
8 p.m.
3.—The ptrson depositing the body shall enter such particulars or furnish
such information for entry in a book kept for that purpose, and shall
sign the same.
4.—A body having been brought or sent in a shell or coffin, such shell or
coffin shall under no circumstances be removed, other than for the
burial of the body, unless permission be given by the Medical Officer
of Health.
5.—Should any shell be found defective, a thoroughly sound and larger
shell (in which the defective shell can be enclosed) must upon notice,
be forthwith supplied by the person sending the body.
6.—A body may be viewed by the friends of the deceased, between the hours
of 10 a m and 6 p m.
7.—A body deposited in the Mortuary shall not be allowed to remain after
a reasonable time.
8.—When death has occurred from an infectious disease, the coffin shall no
be opened after being deposited in the Mortuary, unless by order of
the Coroner.
9.—When a body shall have been brought to the Mortuary by an order of a
Justice, or the Coroner, or by the Medical Officer of Health, and the
friends of the deceased person shall, after notice in writing, reluse or
neglect to remove such body for interment by the time specified in
such order, or by these Kegulations, notice shall be given to the
Relieving Officer, and the body handed over to the Guardians of the
1'oor as unclaimed, and the interment shall take place, and the cost of
such burial shall be recovered from the person or persons liable.
10.—No Post-mortem shall take place without either the order of the
Coroner or the consent of the legal representative of the deceased.
Such order or consent shall be produced to the Custodian of the
Mortuary.
11.—The Custodian shall not take part in any way in a Post-mortem
Examination beyond giving the necessary attendance upon the
Medical Practioner making the examination.
12.—The Custodian shall not allow any person or spectator other than those
authorised or assisting, to be present during any Post-mortem examinations.