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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.) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private. | Common. | Total. | Parishioners. | Non-parishioners. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Within county. | Without county. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unconsecrated ground. | Consecrated ground. | Uncon ecrated ground. | Consecrated ground. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| s | d. | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | s. | d. | |||||||||||||
| District Board of Whitechapel | 77,717 | None. | None. | ... | 1,631 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Whitechapel | City of London Cemetery, Ilford | 13 | 6 | ... | ||||||
| Vestry of St. George-in-the-East | 47,506 | None. | None. | ... | 1,259 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | St. George-in the-East | E. London Cemetery | 13 | – | ... | ||||||
| Roman Catholic Cemetery, Leytonstone | 21 | – | ... | |||||||||||||||||||||
| District Board of Limehouse | 58,305 | None. | None. | ... | 1,464 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Stepney | City of London Cemetery | 12 | 6 | ... | ||||||
| Vestry of Mile-end | 111,060 | None. | None. | ... | 2,091 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Mile-end | City of London Cemetery | 13 | 6 | Jews' Cemetery | ||||||
| Roman Catholic Cemetery, Leytonstone | 21 | – | City and Tower Hamlets Cemetery (partly in Mile-end, partly in Poplar district). | |||||||||||||||||||||
| District Board of Poplar | 169,267 | None. | None. | ... | 3,367 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Poplar | E. London Cemetery | 13 | – | ... | ||||||
| South. District Board of St. Saviour, Southwark | 25,365 | None. | None. | ... | 612 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | St. Saviour | Necropolis Cemetery, Woking | 15 | - | ... | ||||||
| Vestry of St. George-the-Martyr | 60,278 | None. | None. | ... | 1,435 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| „ Newington | 120,939 | None. | None. | ... | 2,590 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| District Board of St. Olave | 11,731 | None. | None. | ... | 252 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | St. Olave | Do. | 15 | - | ... | ||||||
| Vestry of Bermondsey | 85,475 | None. | None. | ... | 1,884 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| „ Rotherhithe | 40,379 | None. | None. | ... | 770 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| „ Lambeth | 295,033 | Tooting | ... | 41½ | 5,272 | ... | ... | 3,750 | 13s. | 6d. | ... | ... | None. | Lambeth | Lambeth Cemetery | 9 | 6 | Norwood Cemetery | ||||||
| „ Battersea | 165,115 | Battersea (closed except for re-openings) | Morden | 130 | 2,742 | 149 | 1,932 | 2,081 | 14 s. | 17 s. | Raised with poor rate | Wandsworth and Clapham | Battersea Cemetery | 11 | – | ... | ||||||||
| District Board of Wandsworth | 187,264 | Earlsfield | ... | 34 | 2,620 | 160 | 765 | 925 | £1 | 1s. | ... | ... | Included in poor rate, equal to ½d. | Wandsworth Cemetery | 21 | – | ... | |||||||
| 1. Wandsworth parish | ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Putney „ | ... | ... | 13 | 97 | 101 | 198 | 10s. | The fee for non-parishioners is treble that for parishioners. | 1½ d. | Putney Cemetery | 9 | 10 | ... | |||||||||||
| (b) Lower Common (now closed except for re-openings). | ... | 2¾ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Streatham „ | ... | Garratt-lane | ... | 26 | 91 | 292 | 383 | 9s. | 6d. | ... | ... | Included in poor rate. | Streatham Cemetery | 16 | – | ... | ||||||||
| 4. Tooting* „ | ... | *Tooting-church yard | ... | ... | ... | ... | 123 | ... | 15 | – | ... | 3 | 15 | - | None. | Tooting Cemetery | 15 | – | ... | |||||
| 5. Clapham „ | ... | Contract with Norwood cemetery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14 s. | 14 s. | 2/5d. | Necropolis Cemetery, Woking | 15 | — | ... | ||||||||||
| Vestry of Camberwell | 253,076 | East Dulwich | ... | 32 | 4,279 | 477 | 3,121 | 3,598 | ... | 12 | 6 | ... | 2 | 1 | 6 | None. | Camberwell | Camberwell Cemetery | 9 | 6 | Nunhead Cemetery | |||
| District Board of Greenwich | 175,774 | Greenwich | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Greenwich parish | ... | Shooter's-hill | ... | 16 | 3,052 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Greenwich Cemetery | 13 | ~~ | ... | |||||||
| 2. Deptford (St. Paul and St Nicholas parishes) | ... | Ladywell | ... | 20 | 109 | 1,739 | 1,848 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Deptford Cemetery | 13 | – | ... | ||||||||
| Vestry of Plumstead | 59,252 | Wickham-lane | ... | 32 | 836 | ... | ... | 657 | 9 | – | 15 | 6 | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | 16 | 6 | Inc in poor rate, equal to ljd. | Woolwich | Plumstead Cemetery | 14 | – | ... |
| Local Board of Woolwich | 41,314 | Plumstead | ... | ... | 738 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Woolwich Cemetery | 12 | – | ... | |||||||
| District Board of Lee | 38,588 | Charlton | ... | 8 | 519 | 104 | 121 | 225 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | ... | ... | None. | Charlton Cemetery | – | ... | ||||||
| 1. Charlton parish | ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Lee „ | ... | Hither-green | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 183 | 13 | – | 18 | – | 1 | 19 | – | 2 | 14 | – | 2d. | Lewisham | Lee Cemetery | 18 | - | ... | |
| 3. Eltham* „ | ... | *Eltham church- yard | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 18 | - | 2 | 4 | - | None. | Eltham Cemetery | 11 | 2 | ... | ||
| District Board of Lewisham | 104,521 | Ladywell | ... | 15 | 1,362 | 260 | 717 | 977 | 12s. | 6d. | £2 | 4s | –d. | . | None. | Lewisham Cemetery | 9 | 6 | ... | |||||
| (This includes 3s. for minister's fee.) | (This includes 6s. for nister's £2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| * In the case of the parishes of Eltham and Tooting the burial places available are not burial grounds which have been provided by the parish authorities under the powers conferred by the Burial Acts. The churchyards in these parishes which were in existence at the date of the passing of the Act are still available for use, though in each case extension of the area of ground has taken place. At the present time these parishes are semi-rural in character and their population is small. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||