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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Cemetery. | Total area. | Area not yet buried in. (Estimated by officers of burial boards and cemeteries.) |
---|---|---|
ii. Cemeteries having soils which consist party of clay. [London clay, boulder clay, sand and gravel of higher grounds, Thanet and Woolwich beds, and valley gravel and sand.] | ||
38 | 8 | |
34 | 30 | |
Deptford (clay only to slight extent on surface, chiefly Woolwich and Thanet beds) | 20 | 8 |
Lewisham „ „ „ | 15 | 6 |
70 | 56 | |
105 | 70 | |
Islington „ „ „ | 79 | 49 |
St. Marylebone „ „ | 40 | 20 |
Total | 401 acres | about 247 acres |
iii.
40 | No estimate. A small area only probably under 10 acres | |
Jewish, Mile-end (rivergravel] | 4 | ½ |
40 | 2 | |
14 | 2 | |
Hammersmith „ „ | 18 | 8 |
Streatham „ „ | 26 | 25 |
Plumstead (Thanet, Woolwich andBlackheath beds) | 32 | 27 |
Charlton ,, „ „ | 8 | 4 |
Woolwich „ „ „ | 32* | 19* |
Putney, Old (river gravel) | 2J | None |
Tooting Churchyard(gravel) | A small area | |
Eltham Churchyard (sand) | 2| | ¾ |
45 | 20 | |
East London „ | 30 | 22 |
Woodgrange „ | No information. | |
Woking (Bagshot sand) | 500 | 400 |
15 | 6 | |
St. George, Hanover-square (river gravel) | 24 | 14 |
City of London (river gravel) | 168 | 100 |
Total | 1,001 acres (and unknown area in Woodgrange cemetery and Tooting-churchyard) | about 660 acres (and unknown area in Woodgrange cemetery and Tooting-churchyard) |
(17.) Summarising the above into those within and without the administrative county and
those in which the soil consists of clay, partly of clay and partly of gravel or sand, or of gravel and
sand, it appears that there are, so far as information is available—
No. of cemeteries. | Total area. | Area unused. | |
---|---|---|---|
Acres. | Acres. | ||
Clay | 12 | 354 | 141 |
Partly clay | 4 | 107 | 52 |
Gravel and sand | 12 | 219 | 98 |
Total | 28 | 680 | 291 |
*From Parliamentary Return No. 412, July 26th, 1897.