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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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Table 1. Provision for burial made by local authorities.
Sanitary district.Population 1896.Situation of burial place provided by local authority.Area in acres.Deaths, 1897, in district.BurialB, 1897, in cemetery.Charges for common interments.Amount of Burial rate, if any. raised in parish.Poor Law Union corresponding to sanitary district.Paupers buried atFee for adults.Other cemeteries which are in use and which are situated in district. (Does not include burial places still available for occasional use under special conditions.)
Parishioners.Non-parishioners.
Private.Common.Total.
Within county.Without county.
Unconsecrated ground.Consecrated ground.Unconsecrated ground.Consecrated ground.
West.Vestry of Paddington124,506Willesden-lane251,8235391,4161,955s.d.s.d.£s.d.£s.d.None.PaddingtonPaddington Cemes.d.Brompton CemeteryKensal-green Cemetery
11615-1262--36
„ Kensington170,465Hanwell152,69281650731176176Double feesIncluded with poor rate of which it equals from 0 to a fractionof a penny,but usually cemetery is self-supporting ⅓d.KensingtonteryNecropolis Cemetery15-
„ Hammersmith104,199Margravine-road, Fulham...181,763......1,44112617622-296FulhamHammersmith Cemetery9-St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery
„ Fulham113,781None.
Bishop's Palace-road, Fulham...142,0394831,4291,91212-176Non-parish loners cannot be buried in common groun d.Fulham Cemetery9-...
„ Chelsea96,646None.None....1,713.....................ChelseaNecropolis Cemetery, Woking10-...
„ St. George, Hanover-square79,967...Hanwell241,0641811,6051,78614-14—15—15—None.St. George, Hanover- square )Do.15-...
„ Westminster53,234...8 acres of Woking cemetery is reserved by arrangement with cemetery company....1,025.........Charges are the same as those ofCemetery CompanyNone.
„ St. James23,050None.None....391...............None.Westminster (also includes St. Anne, Soho, part of Strand district)Do.276...
North.Vestry of Marylebone141,188...East Finchley402,5641861,6661,852......Included in poor rate and equal tojd. in the £
MaryleboneMarylebone CemeteryNone....
„ Hampstead75,449Fortune-green...20914......821...Non-parish ioners cannot be bn ried here.None.HampsteadHampstead Cemetery106...
„ St. Pancras240,764...East Finchley1054,5283005,2725,5721015-15136None.Cemetery is self-supportingSt. PancrasSt. Pancras Cemetery5-Highgate Cemetery
„ Islington336,764East Finchley795,393336 (graves sold)3,9064,24286122None.IslingtonIslington Cemetery122Jews' Cemetery
„ Stoke Newington33,485None.None....488...............None.HackneyManor-park Cemetery136Abney-park Cemetery
„ Hackney213,044None.None....3,586..................None.
Central................
District Board of St. Giles38,237None.None....698...............None.St. Giles and St. GeorgeNecropolis Cemetery, Woking20-...
Vestry of St. Martin-in-the-Fields13,077None.None.207............Strand this does not include St. Anne, Soho, a part of the Strand sanitary district.)Do.27 6 &...
306
District Board of the Strand23,782None.None....499............•••...•if from work house atEdmonton
„ Holborn31,208None.None....706..................None.Holborn
Vestry of Clerkenwell66,202None.None....1,461......1.........None.City of London Cemetery, Ilford136...
...
„ St. Luke41,527None.None....1,053...............None.
City of London30,970...Ilford1686417494,0104,75917617615—15_None.City of LondonDo.96•
1st Class1st Class, plus Incumbent's feesplus Incumbent's fees
East. Vestry of Shoreditch122,348None.None....2,624......86861__1mm—...
2nd Class2nd Class, plus Incumbent's feesplus Incumbent's fees
............ShoreditchGreat Northern Cemetery, New Southgate14-...
...
Bethnal-green129,162None.None....2,761............
None.Bethnal-greenE. London Cemetery, Plaistow, Essex13-...