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LAST week, the Lagos State government outlawed the burial of corpses within residential premises across the state. This, it said, was part of the measures enacted to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases. It has also prohibited the use of residential areas as morgues. This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Law Reform Commission, Ade Adeyemo, who noted that the prohibition had become imperative as the state sought to step up to the 21st century realities of preventing communicable diseases. Adeyemo added that the commission arrived at the measure after careful consideration and review of the laws addressing the immediate and peculiar needs of Lagos residents. She said: “The commission, after review, found it expedient to ensure that the Lagos State Public Health Law was expanded to include present-day disease outbreaks like Ebola, Lassa fever and other communicable diseases.”