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(iii) the floor shall be laid with proper falls so that liquid may drain towards one or more vents in the walls of the room, and each such vent shall be so constructed as to discharge by way of a covered surface channel or waste pipe into one or more trapped gullies situated in the open air and within the curtilage of the funeral parlour and shall. at all times, be protected by a removable grating:
(iv) the internal surface of the walls shall be tiled or faced with smooth impervious material to a height of not less than six feet:
(V) light and ventilation shall be provided by natural means or mechanical means, or partly by natural means and partly by mechanical means, to the satisfaction of the Council;
(vi) no window shall open, and no exhaust fan shall dis- charge, otherwise than directly into the open air at a height above ground level of not less than six feet and so as to ensure that no nuisance is caused to any neighbouring or adjoining premises or in any public place;
(vi) every door shall be fitted with a self-closing device and screened or otherwise rendered fly-proof, and every window shall be screened or otherwise rendered fly-proof;
(viii) every door opening into any part of the premises to which the public have access shall be clearly marked on the outside in English and Chines¢-
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(ix) pol less than one embalming or preparation table shall be provided therein:
(x) the surface of every embalming or preparation table shall be not less than seven feet by two feet six inches, and every such table shall be so sited in the room as to leave an unobstructed space of not less than two feet on every side thereof;
(xi) every such table shall be constructed of or lined with smooth impervious material and shall be fitted with a raised edge on every side not less than two inches in height, and the whole table shall slope towards one end so as to drain any liquid falling thereon towards a waste pipe or channel so constructed as to lead into the vents required by the provi sions of sub-paragraph (iii) to be provided;
(xi) in respect of each such table, there shall be provided one washhand basin of glazed stone ware, which shall be supplied with water from the public mains or from such other source as the Council may approve and drain either into the
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vents required by the provisions of sub-paragraph (iii) to be provided or into a trapped gully situated in the open air and within the curtilage of the funeral parlour; and
(xii) one tap therein shall be so constructed that a hose- pipe may be fitted thereto so as to enable every part of the room to be hosed down as necessary, and a hose-pipe suitable for such purpose shall be kept available at all times.
B. (0) No body shall be embalmed or prepared for burial. Embalming, encoffining or cremation in any funeral parlour otherwise than in a CLE. room used exclusively for such purpose.
(2) At all times during which any body is retained in any such room, the windows thereof shall be kept fully opened and, if the room is ventilated wholly or partly by mechanical means, the ventilating system shall be kept in operation.
9. (1) No body in an advanced state of decomposition shall be Reception received into any funeral parlour unless encoffined in a hermetically and cetention scaled coflin.
(2) No body shall be retained in any funeral parlour for a longer period than forty-eight hours unless the same is encoffined in a bermeti- cally scaled coffin or is embalmed.
(3) Save with the permission in writing of the Director of Urban Services, no human remains whatsoever shall be retained in any funeral parlour for longer than seven days.
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10. Where it appears to the licensee of any funeral parlour that Bodies of the body of any person who has died while suffering from any quarantin- persons dying able disease has been received into such funeral parlour, he shall fering from
quarantinable forthwith notify a health officer or health inspector of the fact.
discoses.
II. (1) No person shall handle, or carry out any process of Use of rubber embalming, preparing or treating, the body of any person who, to the gloves, alt. knowledge or belief of such person or of the licensee of the funeral parlour, died while suffering from a quarantinable disease, unless he is wearing a rubber apron, or other protective clothing of a type approved by the Council, and rubber gloves.
(2) Any such rubber apron, protective clothing and rubber gloves shall be disinfected immediately after the same has been used.
of premises.
12. The licensee of any funeral parlour shall, at all times, keep Cleanliness the premises, including all fittings, equipment, furniture. utensils and apparatus therein, in a clean and sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Council.