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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 1.
Provision for burial made by local authorities.
| Sanitary district. | Population, 1896. | Situation of burial place provided by local authority. | Area in acres. | Deaths, 1897, in district. | Burials, 1897, in cemetery. | Charges for common interments. | Amount of Burial rate, if any, raised in parish. | Poor Law Union corresponding to sanitary district. | Paupers buried at | Fee for adults. | Other cemeteries which are in use and which are situated in district. (Does not include burial places still available for occasional use under special conditions.) | |||||||||||||
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| Private. | Common. | Total. | Parishioners. | Non-parishioners. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Within county. | Without county. | Unconsecrated ground. | Consecrated ground. | Unconsecrated ground. | Consecrated ground. | |||||||||||||||||||
| West | s. | d. | s. | d. | £ | s. | d | £ | s. | d | s. | d. | ||||||||||||
| Vestry of Paddington | 124,506 | ... | Willesden-lane | 25 | 1,823 | 539 | 1,416 | 1,955 | 11 | 6 | 15 | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | - | — | None. | Paddington | Paddington Cemetery | 3 | 6 | |
| „ Kensington | 170,465 | ... | Hanwell | 15 | 2,692 | 81 | 650 | 731 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 6 | Double fees | Included with poor rate of which it equals from 0 to a fraction of a penny, but usually cemetery is self-supporting | Kensington | Necropolis Cemetery | 15 | - | Brompton Cemetery Kensal-green Cemetery | |||||
| „ Hammersmith | 104,199 | Margravine-road, Fulham | ... | 18 | 1,763 | ... | ... | 1,441 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 9 | 6 | ½d. | Fulham | Hammersmith Cemetery Fulham Cemetery | 9 | – | St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery |
| „ Fulham | 113,781 | Bishop's Palace-road, Fulham | ... | 14 | 2,039 | 483 | 1,429 | 1,912 | 12 | - | 17 | 6 | Non-parishioners cannot be buried in common ground. | None. | 9 | – | ... | |||||||
| „ Chelsea | 96,646 | None. | None. | ... | 1,713 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Chelsea | Necropolis Cemetery, Woking | 10 | – | ... | ||||||
| „ St. George, Hanover-square | 79,967 | ... | Hanwell | 24 | 1,064 | 181 | 1,605 | 1,786 | 14 | - | 14 | - | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | 5 | - | None. | St. George, Hanover-square | Do. | 15 | — | ... |
| Charges are the same as those of Cemetery Company | None. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| „ Westminster | 53,234 | ... | 8 acres of Woking cemetery is reserved by arrangement with cemetery company. | ... | 1,025 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| „ St. James | 23,050 | None. | None. | ... | 391 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | None. | Westminster (also includes St. Anne, Soho, part of Strand district) | Do. | 27 | 6 | ... | ||||||
| North. Vestry of Marylebone | 141,188 | ... | East Finchley | 40 | 2,564 | 186 | 1,666 | 1,852 | ... | ... | ... | ... | Included in poor rate and equal to ¾d. in the £ | Marylebone | Marylebone Cemetery | None. | ... | |||||||
| „ Hampstead | 75,449 | Fortune-green | ... | 20 | 914 | ... | ... | 821 | ... | ... | Non-parishioners cannot be bu ried here. | None. | Hampstead | Hampstead Cemetery | 10 | 6 | ... | |||||||
| St. Pancras | 240,764 | ... | East Finchley | 105 | 4,528 | 300 | 5,272 | 5,572 | 10 | – | 15 | – | - | 15 | – | 1 | 3 | 6 | None. Cemetery is self-supporting | St. Pancras | St. Pancras Cemetery | 5 | — | Highgate Cemetery |
| „ Islington | 336,764 | ... | East Finchley | 79 | 5,393 | 336 (graves sold) | 3,906 | 4,242 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 2 | ... | ... | None. | Islington | Islington Cemetery | 12 | 2 | Jews' Cemetery | ||||
| „ Stoke Newington | 33,485 | None. | None. | ... | 488 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | None. | Hackney | Manor-park Cemetery | 13 | 6 | Abney-park Cemetery | ||||||
| „ Hackney | 213,044 | None. | None. | ... | 3,586 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | None. | |||||||||||
| Central. District Board of St. Giles | 38,237 | None. | None. | ... | 698 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | None. | St. Giles and (St. George Strand this does not include St. Anne, Soho, a part of the Strand sanitary district.) | Necropolis Cemetery, Woking | 20 | - | ... | ||||||
| Vestry of St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 13,077 | None. | None. | ... | 207 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Do. | 27 6 & 30 6 if from workhouse at Edmonton | ... | ||||||||
| District Board of the Strand | 23,782 | None. | None. | ... | 499 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| „ Holborn | 31,208 | None. | None. | ... | 706 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | None. | Holborn | City of London Cemetery, Ilford | 13 | 6 | ... | ||||||
| Vestry of Clerkenwell | 66,202 | None. | None. | ... | 1,461 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | None. | |||||||||||
| „ St. Luke | 41,527 | None. | None. | ... | 1,053 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | None. | |||||||||||
| City of London | 30,970 | ... | Ilford | 168 | 641 | 749 | 4,010 | 4,759 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | 5 | – | None. | City of London | Do. | 9 | 6 | ... |
| 1st Class | 1st Class, plus Incumbent's fees | plus Incumbent's fees | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | ... | ||||||||||||||
| 2nd Class | 2nd Class, plus Incumbent's fees | plus Incumbent's fees | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| East. Vestry of Shoreditch | 122,348 | None. | None. | ... | 2,624 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Shoreditch | Great Northern Cemetery, New Southgate | 14 | – | ... | ||||||
| Bethnal-green | 129,162 | None. | None. | ... | 2,761 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | None. | Bethnal-green | E. London Cemetery, Plaistow, Essex | 13 | – | ... | ||||||