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The Committee inspected the plans presented by the Borough
Surveyor and viewed the sites submitted by him. The Committee
had a decided opinion in favour of the adoption of the site in
Cottage Street, but out of deference to the fact that the
Council as then constituted would shortly cease to be, the Committee
was reluctant to make any binding recommendation on the subject.
REMOVAL OF DEAD BODIES.
At a meeting of the Public Health Committee, on the 23rd
September, I reported that during the last audit by the Auditor
of the Local Government Board, I was informed a surcharge would
be made if any dead bodies were removed to a Mortuary without
an " Order " of a Justice.
The Section of the Public Health Act relating to the removal
of dead bodies is as follows : —
89.—1. Where either—
(а) The body of a person who has died of any
tious disease is retained in a room in which
persons live or sleep; or
(б) The body of a person who has died of any dangerous
infectious disease is retained without the sanction
of the Medical Officer of Health, or any
legally qualified medical practitioner, for more
than 48 hours elsewhere than in a room not
used at the time as a dwelling-place, sleepingplace,
or work-room; or
(c) Any dead body is retained in any house or room,
so as to danger the health of the inmates thereof,
or of any adjoining or neighbouring house or
building,
a Justice may, on a certificate signed by a Medical Officer
of Health or other legally qualified medical practitioner,
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