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EXHUMATION AND RE-INTERMENT OF BODIES.
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Harrow Road.
During the year licences were granted by the Secretary
of State for the exhumation and removal of the bodies of
27 persons from the catacombs or graves in St. Mary's
Cemetery.
Twenty-one were bodies of Belgian soldiers and were
removed to Belgium, one removed to Manila, Phillipine
Islands, one to France, one to United States, one to the
Argentine Republic, one to St. Marylebone Cemetery, Finchley,
and one reinterred in St. Mary's Cemetery, Harrow Road.
The following conditions were attached to the licenses :—
(1) That the removal be effected with due care and
attention to decency early in the morning.
(2) That freshly made ground lime be freely sprinkled
over the coffin, the soil, or any matter that may be
offensive.
In the case of bodies removed to Belgium, Valpariso or
Ireland it was further required that the remains be contained
in a lead lined shell which shall be hermetically sealed.
The work of removal and re-interment was carried out in
accordance with the conditions and under the supervision of
the Sanitary Inspector on my behalf.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The figures tabulated below, indicate in some measure the
extent of the ground to be covered on the one hand, and on the