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of the offence from the Council; provided, nevertheless, that the
Justices or Court before whom any complaint may be made or
any proceedings may be taken in respect of any such offence
may, if they think fit, adjudge the payment, as a penalty, of any
sum less than the full amount of the penalty imposed by this
by-law.
12. Every person using the Mortuary for the purposes of
embalming, injecting or otherwise treating any body with the
object of preventing or delaying putrefactive changes, shall pay
to the Council a charge of Twenty Shillings in respect of each
body so treated.
The Seal of the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of St.
Marylebone was hereunto affixed on the 14th day of January,
1909.
By order,
J. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
Allowed by the Local Government Board
this 20th day of March, 1909,
S. B. PROVIS,
Secretary.
Acting on behalf of the said Board
under the authority of their General
Order, dated the twenty-sixth day of
May, 1877.
DUTIES OF MORTUARY KEEPER.
1. He shall carry out the By-laws and Regulations of the
Public Health Committee relating to the Mortuary and postmortem
room and the instructions of the Medical Officer of
Health, and shall be at their service at any hour of the day or
night.
2. He shall keep the whole of the premises and all articles
therein in a clean and tidy condition, and shall be responsible
for the washing of all sheets, covers, towels, etc., and for the
cleaning of windows, gullies, lamps, eaves gutters, etc., and shall
execute all minor repairs to the premises and the various fittings.