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tives of the deceased, the undertaker, and the bearers of
the body.
7. The friends and relatives of a deceased person deposited
within the mortuary may, except in cases where
the death has occurred from infectious disease, visit the
building daily, in numbers not exceeding three at a time,
between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m., and in the event of
any person or persons causing disturbance, or behaving in
an improper or disorderly manner, the mortuary keeper
will cause such person to be forthwith removed from the
building.
8. No post-mortem examination shall be made on Sundays,
unless under urgent circumstances, with the sanction
of the Medical Officer of Health.
Sanitary Act, 1866, Sec. 27.
As to the compulsory Removal of a Dead Body to the Mortuary.—On
the receipt of a certificate signed by the Medical Officer of Health, or by
any duly qualified medical practitioner, to the effect that the dead body of
one who has died of any infectious disease is retained in a room in which
persons live or sleep, or that such 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, application will at once be made to a Justice for an order for
the compulsory removal of the said body. Such order will specify the
time in which the said body shall be buried, and the Board will, immediately
on receipt of the same, cause the said body to be removed from the
house in which it is retained and deposited in the mortuary, and shall
give notice to the friends or relatives of the deceased of the time within
which such body shall be buried, as specified in the said order, and in the
event of their not burying the body within such time, the relieving officer
of the parish will bury such body, and the expenses incurred thereby may
be recovered from the person legally liable to pay the expenses of such
burial,