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 Paddington]
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BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
CONSECRATED GROUND.
Parishioners. | Non-Parishioners. | Total. |
---|---|---|
763 | 394 | 1,157 |
UNCONSECRATED GROUND.
Parishioners. | Non- Parishioners. | Total. |
---|---|---|
796 | 393 | 1,189 |
During the same period there were 243 graves
purchased.
In the preceding year the number of interments
in the Consecrated Ground was 1,139, and in the
Unconsecrated Ground 1,013.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
HENRY CECIL,
Clerk to the Board.
To Frank Dethridge, Esq.,
Vestry Clerk, Paddington, W.
Note. In August, 1889, the Board received—"for the
general purposes of the said Cemetery the sum of £100, re"questing
but not requiring them to have my tomb and tomb"stone
kept in repair from time to time and the lettering on the
"stone renewed when necessary."—Extract from the Will of the
late Rev. Henry William Smith, of 10, Warrington Crescent.