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EXHUMATION AND RE-INTERMENT OF BODIES.
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Harrow Road.
During the year licences were granted by the Secretary
of State for the exhumation and removal of the bodies of
10 persons from the catacombs or graves in St. Mary's
Cemetery.
Three of the bodies were re-interred in St. Mary's Cemetery,
Harrow Road, four were removed for re-interment
in the Private Burial Grounds, Twyford Abbey, Middlesex,
one to Genoa, British West Indies, one to the Irish Free State
and one to Italy.
The following conditions were attached to the licences:—
(1) That the removal be effected with due care and
attention to decency early in the morning.
(2) That freshly made ground lime be freely sprinkled
ever the coffin, the soil, or any matter that may be
offensive.
In those cases where the remains were removed to other
countries, it was required that they be placed in a lead lined
shell which shall be hermetically sealed.
Whilst in other cases the remains were contained in well
pitched shells and entirely surrounded by four inches of newly
made vegetable charcoal in powder.
The work of removal and re-interment was carried out in
accordance with the conditions and under tEe supervision of
the Sanitary Inspector on my behalf.