Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 2. Private Cemeteries.
Cemetery. | Situation. | Area in acres. | Burials in 1897. | Charges for common interments.— Adults. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Within county. | Without county. | Private | Common. | Total. | |||
Bromptcn (belonging to the Government) | Kensington | ... | 40 | 738 | none | 738 | No common interments allowed now. |
Kensal-green | Kensington | ... | 70 | 1,089 | 960 | 2,049 | ... |
St. Mary's, Koman Catholic | Hammersmith | ... | 23 nearly | 332 | 1,469 | 1,801 | ... |
Highgate | St. Pancras | ... | 38 | 1,254 | 414 | 1,668 | £2 2b. |
City of London and Tower Hamlets | Mile - end Old-town | ... | 40 | 370 | 2,465 | 2,835 | First class, £1 10s. Second class, £1 5s. |
Abney-park | Stoke Newing-ton | ... | 33 | 557 | 1,014 | 1,571 | £2 |
Nunhead | Camberwell | ... | 64 | 931 | 4,403 | 5,334 | £1 10s. |
Norwood | Lambeth | ... | 40 | 1,214 | 802 | 2,016 | ... |
Great Northern | ... | New Southgate | 70 | 300 | 685 and 324 Paupers | 1,309 | Third class, £2 7s. |
Fourth class, £1 5s. | |||||||
Fifth class, 18s. | |||||||
Chingford Mount | ... | Chingfcrd | 60 | 395 | 3,218 | 3,613 | 15s. |
Manor-park | ... | Manor-park, Ilford | 45 | 200 | 5,500 | 5,700 | Ordinary, £1. First class, £1 10s. |
East London | ... | Plaistow, Essex | 30 | 224 | 4,454 | 4,678 | |
Necropolis | ... | Woking | 500 | ... | ... | 3,534 | No common interments as at other cemeteries. Fee for interment in unpurchased grave, including conveyance by train from London, £1. |
Wood grange | ... | Ilford | N | o informat | ion. | No information. | |
Elmer's-end or Crystal Palace district | ... | Elmer's-end | 35 | 175 | 270 | 445 | No information. |
Jewish (Spanish and Portuguese Jews) | Mile - end Old-town | ... | 4 | ... | about 60 a year | No common interments as at other cemeteries take place in Jewish burial places. | |
Jewish | Islington | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | This ground is filled, except for a small number of graves which have all been purchased. |
Jewish | ... | Hendon | 8 | ... | ... | ... | Only 27 bodies buried here up to present time. |
Jewish | ... | Willesden | 9 | ... | ... | 141 | ... |