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Duties of the Keeper of the Mortuary.
1. The keeper of the mortuary shall act under the
direction of the Sanitary Committee of the Board, through
the Clerk to the Board and the Medical Officer of Health,
in all matters relating to the duties of his office.
2. He shall reside in the apartments provided for him
by the Board, and shall not absent himself from the
premises without leave from the Sanitary Committee or
from the Clerk to the Board.
3. He shall receive and take charge of all dead bodies,
and keep them in decent and proper manner until they are
removed from the mortuary.
4. He shall enter in the book or books to be provided
and kept for the purpose, all particulars concerning each of
the dead bodies received in the mortuary, and is to obtain
the signature of the person removing the same ; and shall
on the first day of every month produce to the Medical
Officer of Health to the Board the book or books above
referred to for the Medical Officer's examination.
5. He shall on the Monday in every week pay over to
the Accountant Clerk to the Board all money received by
him, such money having been previously entered when
received in a book provided for that purpose.
6. He shall keep the mortuary, the Coroner's court,
waiting rooms, post-mortem room, and the building
generally, in a cleanly state and in good order, and at all
times properly disinfect the same, and also all disused
shells.