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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
Hammersmith 1905
Sixth annual report year ended 31st March 1906
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CEMETERY.
(a) Margravine Road.
The Borough Cemetery in Margravine Road has an area
of 16½ acres, and was opened in November, 1869. The
number of private graves purchased between the date when
the Cemetery was opened and the 31st March, 1906, was
3,694. The total number of interments in private and
common graves during the same period was 45,389. The
statistics for the year 1905-06 are as follow:—
Interments:—
| Number of interments in private graves for which grants have been issued | 123 |
| Number of interments in private graves re-opened | 131 |
| Total private interments | 254 |
| Number of interments in common graves | 1,252 |
| Number of stillborns interred | 86 |
| Total interments for year | 1,592 |
Grave Stones, Monuments, &c.:—
| Number of permits issued for the erection of grave stones and monuments | 128 |
| Number of permits for miniature stones not exceeding 2 feet in height | 45 |
| 173 |
Interment Fees:—
The total amount received in respect of interment fees
amounted to £2,051 is. 4d., including the sum of
£328 19s. od., fees for Incumbents and Nonconformist
Ministers, thus leaving the net sum of £1,722 2s. 4d. for
the Council's fees.
The scale of fees in force is appended, with a copy of
the regulations.