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3rd.—That in case the undertaker fails to remove the dead body,
within the time specified in the order, notice he given to
the Relieving Officer of the Parish, to bury such body at
the expense of the Poor Pate.
4th.—That the Sanitary Clerk be empowered to issue an Order to
the Keeper of the Mortuary Chamber, to receive such dead
bodies in accordance with the provisions of the Sewers'
Act, 1848.
No. XVI.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.
Sanitary Act, 1866, 29 & 30 Vict. Cap. 90.
CITY OF LONDON.
I hereby certify that the dead body of
who died on the aged years,
being the corpse of one who has died of an infectious disease,
namely— is retained
in a room in the house situate at No.
in the City of London, in which room
persons live or sleep; and is in such a state as to endanger the
health of the inmates of the said house or room.
(Name)
(Address)
[Legally qualified Medical Practitioner.]
To
[One of the Justices of the
Peace for the said City.]
Dated this day of 187
[This certificate when signed by the Medical Practitioner is to be
Bent as addressed on the outside.]
Extract from the Ad of Parliament above mentioned.
S. 27.—Any nuisance authority may provide a proper place for the Reception
of dead bodies, and where any such place has been provided, and any
dead body of one who has died of any infectious disease is retained in a room
in which poisons live or sleep, or any dead body which is in such a state as to