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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| Sanitary district. | Population, 1896. | Situation of burial place provided by local authority. | Area in acres. | Deaths, 1897, in district. | Burials, 1897, in cemetery. | Charges for common interments. | a mount of Burial rate, if any, raised in parish. | Poor Law Union corresponding to sanitary district. | Paupers buried at | Fee 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.) | ||||||||||||||
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| Private. | Common. | Total. | Parishioners. | Non-parishioners. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Within county. | Without county. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unconsecrated ground. | Consecrated ground. | Unconsecrated ground. | Consecrated ground. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| None. | None. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | Whitechapel | City of London Cemetery, Ilford | s. | d. | ||||||||||||
| Vestry of St. George-in-the-East | 47,506 | None. | None. | ... | 1,259 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | St. George-in-the-East | E. London Cemetery | 13 | — | ... | |||||||
| ... | Roman Catholic Cemetery, Ley-ton stone | 21 | — | ... | |||||||||||||||||||||
| District Board of Limehouse | 58,305 | None. | None. | ... | 1,464 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Stepney | City of London Cemetery | 12 | 6 | ... | ||||||||
| Vestry of Mile-end | 111,060 | None. | None. | ... | 2,091 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Mile-end | City of London Cemetery | 13 | 6 | Jews' Cemetery | ||||||||
| Roman Catholic Cemetery, Ley-tonstone | 21 | — | City and Tower Hamlets Cemetery (partly in Mile-end, partly in Poplar district). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| District Board of Poplar | 169,267 | None. | None. | ... | 3,367 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Poplar | E. London Cemetery | 13 | — | ... | |||||||||
| South. District Board of St. Saviour, Southwark | 25,365 | None. | None. | ... | 612 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| St. Saviour | Necropolis Cemetery, Woking | 15 | — | ... | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vestry of St. George-the-Martyr | 60,278 | None. | None. | ... | 1,435 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| „ Newington | 120,939 | None. | None. | ... | 2,590 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| District Board of St. Olave | 11,731 | None. | None. | ... | 252 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | St. Olave | Do | 15 | -— | ... | |||||||
| Vestry of Bermondsey | 85,475 | None. | None. | ... | 1,884 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| „ Rotherhithe | 40,379 | None. | None. | ... | 770 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| „ Lambeth | 295,033 | Tooting | ... | 41½ | 5,272 | ... | ... | 3,750 | 13s. | 6d. | ... | ... | None. | Lambeth | Lambeth Cemetery | 9 | 6 | Norwood Cemetery | |||||||
| „ Battersea | 165,115 | Battersea (closed except for re-openings) | Morden | 130 | 2,742 | 149 | 1,932 | 2,081 | 14s | 17 s. | Raised with poor rate | Wandsworth and Clapham. | Battersea Cemetery | 11 | — | ... | |||||||||
| District Board of Wandsworth 1. Wandsworth parish | 187,264 | Earlsfield | ... | 34 | 2,620 | 160 | 765 | 925 | £1 | 1s. | ... | ... | Included in poor rate, equal to ½d l½d. | Wandsworth Cemetery | 21 | — | ... | ||||||||
| 2. Putney „ | ... | (a) Kingston-vale | ... | 13 | 97 | 101 | 198 | 10 | The fee for non-parishioners is treble that for parishioners. | Putney Cemetery | 9 | 10 | ... | ||||||||||||
| (b) Lower Common (now closed except for re-openings). | ... | 2¾ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Streatham „ | ... | Garratt-lane | ... | 26 | 91 | 292 | 383 | 9s. | 6d. | ... | ... | Included in poor rate. | Streatham Cemetery | 16 | — | ... | |||||||||
| 4. Tooting* „ | ... | *Tooting-church | ... | ... | ... | 123 | ... | 15 | - | ... | 3 | 15 | - | None. | Tooting Cemetery | 15 | — | ... | |||||||
| 5. Clapham „ | ... | yard Contract with Norwood cemetery | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14s. | 14 s. | 2/5d. | Necropolis Cemetery, Woking | 15 | — | ... | ||||||||||||
| Vestry of Camberwell | 253,076 | East Dulwich | ... | 32 | 4,279 | 477 | 3,121 | 3,598 | ... | 12 | 6 | ... | 2 | 1 | 6 | None. | Camberwell | Camberwell Cemetery | 9 | 6 | Nunhead Cemetery | ||||
| District Board of Greenwich 1. Greenwich parish | 175,774 | Shooter's-hill | ... | 16 | 3,052 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Greenwich | Greenwich Ceme | 13 | — | ... | |||||||
| 2. Deptford (St. Paul and St. Nicholas parishes) | ... | Ladywell | ... | 20 | 109 | 1,739 | 1,848 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | tery DeptfordCemetery | 13 | — | ... | |||||||||
| Vestry of Plumstead | 59,252 | Wickham-lane | ... | 32 | 836 | ... | ... | 657 | 9 | - | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | - | 3 | 16 | 6 | Included in poor rate, equal to 1¼d | Woolwich | Plumstead Cemetery | 14 | — | ... |
| Local Board of Woolwich | 41,314 | Plumstead | ... | ... | 738 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Woolwich Cemetery | 12 | — | ... | ||||||||
| District Board of Lee | 38,588 | Charlton | ... | 8 | 519 | 104 | 121 | 225 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | ... | ... | None. | ||||||||||
| L Charlton parish | ... | Charlton Cemetery | 10 | — | ... | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Lee „ | ... | Hither-green | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 183 | 13 | - | 18 | - | 1 | 19 | - | 2 | 14 | - | 2d. | Lewisham | Lee Cemetery | 18 | — | ... | ||
| 3. Eltham* „ | ... | *Eltham church | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 18 | - | 2 | 4 | - | None. | Eltham Cemetery | 11 | 2 | ... | ||||
| District Board of Lewisham | 104,521 | yard Ladywell | ... | 15 | 1,362 | 260 | 717 | 977 | 12s. 6d. (This includes 3s. for minister's fee.) | £2 4s -d. (This in eludes 6s. for nister's £2 | None. | Lewisham Cemetery | 9 | 6 | ... | ||||||||||
* In the ease of the parishes of Eltham and Tooting the burial places available are not burial grounds which have been provided by the
parish authorities under the powers conferred by the Burial Acts. The churchyards in these parishes which were in existence at the date of the
passing of the Act are still available for use, though in each case extension of the area of ground has taken place. At the present time these
parishes are semi-rural in character and their population is small.