, 1908-03-07

SANCTION the fOllOWlng ordnance concerning Corpse lnSpec-
ton in the Danish West India Islands passed at Bird discus
sion in the Colonial Councils for St Croix and for ST. Thomas
and St. Jan respectively on the 30th September and the 31st
October 1907.
Before Corpse Inspection has taken place and a certificate of death
has been issued in accordance with the rules given in the present Ordi-
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permission of the PoHcomaster, and if the death has been sudden with
A Corpse must not Be removed from the spot where death took
place until at least 2 hours have elapsed after death, unless special cir
cumstances should make removal necessary.
1t is the duty of the Sexton concerned lin ST. Jan the Quarter Off
cerl to see that no corpse is buried in any cemetery or churchyard be-
fore a proper certificate of death has been ISSUED.
If the burial takes place elsewhere than in a cemetery or church
yard the aforesaid duty rests on the clergyman, who conducts the tuner
then % on u The the tpDnt~ Of II t the property 5rpo D where the the funeral p|%i' takes Ike ply place, r when
the owner does not live on the property then on the manager n overseer.
In the town Corpse Inspection shall be undertaken by an authorized
physician. Likewise at the public hospitals and other Institutions for
ed for these Institutions regardless whittier they may ; Be- situated OUT
In the Country district of St Croiz Corpse Inspection otherwise
shall be undertaken by two Gendarmes.
In the country district If St. Thomas and nst Jan corpse inspection
shall be carried out by the Quarter Officer, and in his absence by another
The Poiccmaster concerned, the relatives of the deceased or other
rightly concerned persons are, however, in all cases. at s1berty to decide
that the inspection of the corpse shall be made by a physician
For slLborn children the Corpse Inspection, both in the towns and
in sat n ct ' tba brtb rs o % y Inc m'0""" "n0 s." cane" "H' ""' pre-
With regard to Corpse Inspection in tie towns, every authorized
physician residing in the town concerned is bound to make the inspection
te o u tbo deceased "Ji n his iat illness: e1 when this this physician has a lawful
hindrance " when the deceased has not been attended by any physician,
the duty rests first on the Public Physicians.
Regardless of the fact that the duty to inspect a corpse rests in &C
cordance with the foregoing rules o a certain physician, it is at all times
open to the relatives of the deceased or to other persons properly con-
cerned. to have the inspection made by the physician whom they may be
able to induce to undertake it,
So
In the Country Districts the Public Physicians are bound at the
request of the relatives of the deceased or other persons rightly concern
ed to undertake Corpse Inspection at any place within their Jurisdiction.
Sc.
Corpse Inspection can only be undertaken in full daylight and ~
is not undertaken by physician or a midwife, must not be held unnl6
hours have elapsed since the death, unless unmistakable signs O de-
composition have previously appeared. Exceptions to this rule can only
ba mode in accordance with the Regulations in force concerning lntec-
tious and epidemic diseases, and in cases where further orders may be
given by the Government
" ST.
After d Corpse Inspection has been made, q certlhcate OF death Is TO
he issued by the person or persons, who have made the Inspection Ihe
certificate is to be drawn up on the form prescribed by the Government
Inrinted blank forms an be had on application free OF chargeG It is to
be 6Ied in in duplicate, n copy being given to the person, who las
raoumted the inspection to be made and tho other being sent IN, within
"A hours of the inspection, to the Poicemaster concerned The latter
is to forward a copy of the certificate to the office Of Landphysicus.
So.
The Government shall have Instructions drawn up containing o 70
scnption of The most important signs of death, which al b used Dy
lavmen and directions for their use, also other elucldatloDs,whlch may De
neafnl in corpse inspection The Instructions shall be printed and, along
will a of this ordinance, shall be supplied gratis to every hyman
who undertakes corpse inspection; Landphysicus and the Public Phys
are bound, on application, to furnish snh further explanations as