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No. XVIII.
Sanitary Act, 1860.—29 & 30 Victoria, cap. 90.
PROCEEDINGS FOR THE REMOVAL OF A DEAD BODY
TO THE MORTUARY.
1. Only to be clone.
1. On receipt of certificate by the Sanitary Clerk of the
missioners of Sewers, who are the Nuisance Authority
for the City, signed by a duly qualified medical man,
with particulars duly written therein.
2. "Which certificate is to be at once taken by the Sanitary
Clerk to the Mansion House, or the Justice Room, Guildhall,
after being by him duly filled up with the particulars,
and there to obtain the signature of the Lord Mayor or
Alderman thereto.
2. The certificate and order are to be retained by the Sanitary
Clerk, who is, immediately on receipt of the Justice's Order
for removal, to send an order to the Contractor to remove
the body from the house in which it is retained to the
Mortuary.
3. The Keeper of the Mortuary is to give a receipt for such body
to the Contractor.
4. On receipt of such body the Keeper of the Mortuary is to act in
manner described in the rules already given to him, and
to enter all particulars in the book provided for such purpose.
5. A printed notice is to be sent by the Sanitary Clerk to the
Relieving Officer to bury the body at the expense of the
Poor Rate within the time limited by the Justice's Order,
unless the friends or relations of the deceased undertake to
bury the body within the time so limited.
JOSEPH DAW,
Principal Clerk.
Sewers' Office, Guildhall,
May 23rd, 1871.