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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The following are copies of the Regulations and the Duties of the
Mortuary Keepers made by the Council on the 19th July, 1905:—
PUBLIC MORTUARIES.
Regulations.
1. Application for permission to deposit a body in the Mortuary
shall be made to the Caretakers either at the Mortuaries, or at the
addresses below, or at the offices of the Public Health Department,
Huguenot Place, East Hill, Wandsworth. The applicant shall fill in
and sign the form stating the name and age of deceased, address, and
other particulars.
2. In cases of emergency a body may be deposited at any hour
of the day or night, but in ordinary cases between the hours of eight
a.m. and twelve noon, and five and nine p.m. only.
3. A body shall be conveyed to the Mortuary in a decent and
proper manner, and shall be, except in cases of emergency, encased in
a pitched shell or coffin. The body must be removed therefrom for
burial within five days from date of death or when required by the
Medical Officer of Health.
4. The body of any person having died from an infectious disease
shall not be removed from the Mortuary, except for burial, nor shall
any body be removed home before burial except on sufficient reasons,
which must be forthwith reported by the Caretaker to the Medical
Officer of Health.
5. No person except the relatives of the deceased, the undertakers,
or bearers of the body, shall be allowed within the building
when the body is received into or removed from the Mortuary.
6. Except in cases where the death has occurred from an
infectious disease a body may be viewed by relatives or friends
between the hours of two and five in the afternoon. A body may be
viewed for identification at any reasonable hour.
7. When death has occurred from an infectious disease, or when
the body is in an offensive condition, the coffin must be filled in with
an approved disinfectant, and properly and securely fastened, before