LANDING AT THE PORTS OF THE PHILIPPINES OF HUMAN CADAVERS AND/OR REMAINS

It has been observed that human cadavers and/or remains from abroad
intended for burial in the Philippines are being landed without the
required death certificates.  This is a violation of the provisions of
Circular No. 1 of this Office under date of September 22, 1947.  For the
guidance and information of all concerned the following amended
provisions of Circular No. 1 shall take effect immediately:

1.  All cadavers and/or remains for landing at Philippine ports
should be accompanied by a death certificate or a true copy thereof and
duly certified by the custodian of such document;

2.  Cadavers and/or remains shall be accompanied by a certificate
of the embalmer and/or the undertaker certifying that the cadavers
and/or remains have been properly embalmed and placed in a sealed casket
which is air-tight and water-proof while the bones and ashes shall be
placed in a hermetically sealed urn or box lined inside with zinc or
tin; and

3.  In addition to the above, the body of a person who died of
cholera or of smallpox shall not be allowed to pass through quarantine
without having been properly disinfected and until one year has elapsed
since death, and an authentic certificate that such corpse was
disinfected should accompany the body, and the body of a person who died
of typhus or plague may be permitted to pass through quarantine only if
free from vermin.  An authentic certificate that such corpse was
disinsecticized should accompany the body.

You are, therefore, again reminded that failure in the observance of
the foregoing regulations shall cause the cadavers and/or remains not to
be landed at any Philippine port and such cadavers and/or remains shall
be shipped back to their ports of origin.

Adopted: 25 Sept. 1950

(SGD.) R. ABRIO Colonel, B.Q.
Director of Quarantine

Effective: 25 September. 1950