Bodies of persons dying of infectious diseases in hospital, etc., to be removed only for burial

(1) If any person dies from any infectious disease in any hospital or place of temporary accommodation for the sick, and a medical officer of health, or registered medical practitioner, certifies that in his opinion it is desirable, in order to prevent the risk of communicating any infectious disease or of spreading infection, that the body should not be removed from such hospital or place except for the purpose of being forthwith buried, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to remove such body from such hospital or place except for the last-mentioned purpose, and when the body is taken out of such hospital or place for that purpose it shall be forthwith carried or taken direct to some cemetery or place of burial, and shall be forthwith there buried. (2) Nothing in this section shall prevent the removal of any dead body from any hospital or temporary place of accommodation for the sick to any mortuary, and such mortuary shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed part of such hospital or place as aforesaid.