(A) It shall be unlawful for any person who may have charge of anyone who has died of smallpox to fail, refuse or neglect to cause the body of the person to be interred within 12 hours of the death.
(B) Whenever any person has died from smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria or cholera the body must be placed in a coffin by the person who may have charge or control of the body as soon as possible, and the coffin securely closed and never again opened.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any undertaker or other person who shall have charge, control or direction of the funeral of any person who has died from smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria or cholera, to conduct a funeral or permit a funeral to be conducted as a public funeral. The funeral shall be strictly private and it shall be unlawful for any person, other than immediate relatives of the deceased and the necessary help to conduct the funeral, to attend the funeral.
(Prior Code, § 95.15) Penalty, see § 10.99