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9. No body shall be admitted except such admission be subject in all respects
to the Regulations from time to time in force for the regulation of the Mortuary.
10. It shall be the duty of the Mortuary Keeper to see that the above Regulations
are carried out, and that all persons having occasion to visit the
Mortuary conduct themselves in all respects with decency and propriety. The
Mortuary Keeper, or others in service at the Mortuary, shall not be allowed to
receive gratuities ot any kind from any person or persons whatsoever.
COMPULSORY REMOVAL OF A DEAD BODY TO THE MORTUARY.
(Sanitary Act, 1866. Section 27.)
1. This can be done by the order of a Justice of the Peace, on receipt of a
certificate, signed by a legally qualified Medical Practitioner, by the Medical
Officer of Health, to the effect that the body of one who has died of an
infectious disease is retained in a room in which persons live or sleep, or that
any dead body is in such a state as to endanger the health of the inmates of
the house or room in which such body is retained.
2. The Medical Certificate and Justice's Order shall be retained by the
Medical Officer of Health. On receipt of the said order for removal, the
Medical Officer shall send instructions to the Contractor to remove the body
to the Mortuary.
3. The Mortuary Keeper shall give a receipt for such body to the Contractor,
and a duplicate shall be kept at the Mortuary.
4. On receipt of the body, the Mortuary Keeper shall enter all particulars
in the book provided for such purpose, as required by the Regulations.
5. A notice shall be sent by the Medical Officer of Health to the Relieving
Officer to bury the body within the time limited by the Justice's Crder,
unless the friends or relatives of the deceased undertake to bury the body
within the time so limited. The expense of such burial, if incurred, shall be
subsequently recovered from the person or persons legally liable to defray
such charges.
REGULATIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PLACE
PROVIDED FOR POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS.
(Sanitary Act, 1866. Section 28.)
1. A dead body intended for posl-mortetm Examination, or for Inquest,
(except in case of emergency), shall be conveyed in a sound and pitched shell
or coffin, to be subsequently used for burial, or in a shell which, with its lid, is
properly lined. Ordinary shells shall not be allowed to be taken away unless
for use in burial in accordance with the Mortuary Regulations. The whole of
such Regulations shall be deemed to be Regulations made for the management
of the place provided for post-mortem Examinations so far as they may b®
applicable thereto.