London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| 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 | 738 | none | 738 | No common interments allowed now. | ||
| Kensal-green | Kensington | 70 | 1,089 | 960 | 2,049 | ||
| St. Mary's, Roman Catholic | Hammersmith | 23 nearly | 332 | 1,469 | 1,801 | ... | |
| Highgate | St. Pancras | 38 | 1,254 | 414 | 1,668 | £2 2s. | |
| 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 Newington | 33 | 557 | 1,014 | 1,571 | £2 | |
| Nunhead | Camberwell | 54 | 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 | Chingford | 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. | |||||||
| Woodgrange | Ilford | No information. | No information. | ||||
| Elmer's-end or Crystal Palace district | Elmer's-end | 35 | 175 | 270 | 445 | No information. | |
| 4 | |||||||
| Jewish (Spanish and Portuguese Jews) | Mile - end Old-town | 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 | ||||