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2. Any legally qualified Medical Practitioner shall be permitted to use such
place, subject to the conditions prescribed by the Vestry.
3. No post-mortem Examination shall be made without either the order of
the Coroner, or the written consent of the legal representatives of the
deceased; such order or consent shall be produced to the Mortuary Keeper.
4. No post-mortem Examination shall be made on Sunday, unless in case of
emergency.
5. The Mortuary Keeper shall not be allowed to interfere or take part, in
any way, in a post-mortem Examination, beyond giving the attendance
necessary upon the Medical Practitioner making the post-mortem.
6. No person shall be admitted to prepare for, or to commence, a post-mortem
Examination, unless the Medical Practitioner authorised to make such postmortem,
or his qualified assistant, being a duly registered practitioner, shall be
present at the same time.
7. No part of a body examined shall be taken away from the place appointed
for post-mortem Examination, except upon an order from the Coroner, or other
person duly authorized.
DUTIES OF THE MORTUA.RY KEEPER.
1. The Mortuary Keeper shall act under the direction of the Works, Sanitary,
and General Purposes Committee, through the Medieal Officer of Health; and
shall preserve and enforce decorum and due respect to the dead.
2. He shall reside in the place appointed by the Vestry, and shall be responsible
for all arrangements connected with the reception, the care, and the
removal of the dead.
3. He shall keep books in which he shall enter all such particulars with
reference to bodies brought to the Mortuary as the Committee shall direct.
4. He shall aflix to the coffin a card bearing the name and age of the deceased.
5. He shall keep the Mortuary and the place appointed for post-mortem
examinations in good order.
6. He shall deliver to the Medical Officer of Health, at ten o'clock of the
morning on the day preceding the usual day of meeting of the Committee, a
return of the work done since the previous meeting, and shall bring with him
the book referred to in Rule 3.
7. He shall not engage himself directly or indirectly, or be concerned in any
manner with any occupation whatever, that does not strictly belong to the
duties of his office, as set out in these Rules and'the Rules for the Regulation
of the Mortuary; but shall give the whole of his time and attention to his
duties, unless he receive permission from the Committee.
8. He shall not receive gratuities of any kind from any person or persons
whatever,