Undertakers, like physicians and all those who may be called at any
time of the day or night to make use of their physical and mental
faculties, whose duties compel them to breathe the foul effluvia of
the sick chamber, or the noxious gases generated by the dead, even to
come into direct contact with every variety of contagious or epidemic
disease—such professionals find it to their interest and physical
welfare to observe certain rules of living in accordance with the
requirements of their calling.
It is a matter of great importance that their diet, clothing and
habits be regulated by certain laws, which will, to a great extent,
reduce the dangers to which they are exposed in the discharge of
their duties.