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9. On the admission, or removal of a body, the only persons
admitted into the Mortuary shall be the nearest relatives
of the deceased, the undertaker, and his assistants.
10. No charges are to be made for the use of the Mortuary, or
for the Post Mortem Room, or for the services of the
Mortuary Keeper.
11. Every person for the time being employed in depositing a
body in the Mortuary, or in removing a body therefrom,
shall, while so employed, conduct himself in all respects
with decency and propriety
12. Every person, who, being a friend, or relative, of one whose
body has been deposited in the Mortuary, has been admitted
to view the body, shall, while on the premises,
conduct himself in all respects with decency and propriety.
13. Every person, who, for the purpose of depositing a body in
the Mortuary, uses a shell which has not been provided
by the Sanitary Authority, shall, in every case where the
body is transferred from the shell before being carried
from the premises to the place of burial, cause the shell,
as soon as conveniently may be after the transfer of the
body therefrom, to be removed from the premises.
Compulsory removal of dead bodies:—Section 89 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, empowers a Justice in certain
cases to order the removal of a dead body to the Public Mortuary,
on the Certificate of the Medical Officer of Health, or
other legally qualified Medical Practitioner, as by such Section
is provided.
N.B.—All communications with reference to the Mortuary
should be addressed to the Clerk to the Board, Lewisham
Town Hall, Catford, S.E.
By Order,
Edward Wright,
28 th April, 1899. Clerk to the Board.