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The order in Council (20 and 21 Vict., cap. 81, sec. 23) which has
resulted from Mr. Granger's report on these vaults, bears date May 7th, 1858;
it is now in the hands of the authorities of the different places of worship for
execution, and is as follows :—
" Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy
" Council, is pleased to Order, and it is hereby Ordered, that the Churchwardens,
" or such other person as may have the care of the Vaults under Saint George's
" Church, Bloomsbnry, Saint Giles' Church and Trinity Church, Little Queen Street,
" the Wesleyan Chapel, Great Queen Street, and the Chapel of Saint Giles' Burial
" Ground, Old Saint Pancras Road, all in the Parish of Saint Giles, do respectively
" adopt, or cause to be adopted, the following measures, in respect of such Vaults,
" viz:—
" 1st, That where accessible, the Vaults be freely limewashed;
" 2nd. That in the Vaults under Saint George's, Bloomsbury, Saint
" Giles' and Holy Trinity Churches, the coffins be embedded in a mixture of fresh
" earth, sand or gravel, and powdered charcoal, and be entombed in brickwork or
" slate; and that in Saint George's and Saint Giles' Churches, ventilating tubes be
" provided to convey any foul air that may escape, above the roof;
"3rd. That in the Old Saint Pancras Road Chapel, the trap door,
" opening from the vaults into the Chapel, and the entrance leading into the vaults,
" be bricked up ;
"4th. That the coffins contained in the vaults under the Wesleyan
" Chapel, Great Queen Street, in the parish of Saint Giles, be, separately, buried in
" the earth under the Chapel; and that each coffin be covered with four feet six
" inches of earth, and six inches of powdered charcoal;
" 5th. That the works, so far as relates to sanitary precautions for the
" protection of the workmen, and otherwise, be effected under the superintendence
" of the Medical Officer of Health of the District; and that Mc Dougal's Powder
" and othtr disiufectants be employed whenever requisite."
Wm. L. BATHURST.
I must mention, however, one little circumstance about the Vaults under
Saint Giles'vestry-room. In accompanying Mr. Grainger in his inspection
this was found closed, and it was felt desirable, as Mr. Hunt had previously felt
that something should be known of the state of the interior. Very readily and
courteously Mr. Churchwarden Adams fell into these views, and caused the