167.12 - DISPOSING OF BODIES.
167.12 DISPOSING OF BODIES.
The following requirements shall be observed in the disposal of
such bodies:
1. Cooking vats or tanks shall be airtight, except proper escapes
for live steam.
2. Steam shall be so disposed of as not to cause unnecessary
annoyance or create a nuisance.
3. The skinning and dismembering of bodies shall be done within
said building.
4. The building shall be so situated and arranged, and the
business therein so conducted, as not to interfere with the
comfortable enjoyment of life and property.
5. Such portions of bodies as are not entirely consumed by
cooking or burning shall be disposed of by burying as hereafter
provided, or in such manner as the department may direct.
6. In case of disposal by burying, the burial shall be to such
depth that no part of such body shall be nearer than four feet to the
natural surface of the ground, and every part of such body shall be
covered with quicklime, and by at least four feet of earth.
7. All bodies shall be disposed of within twenty-four hours after
death. Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2755; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73,
75, 77, 79, 81, § 167.12]