The second of a series of lectures ... on the actual condition of the metropolitan grave-yards / [George Alfred Walker].

  • George Alfred Walker
Date:
1847
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Credit: The second of a series of lectures ... on the actual condition of the metropolitan grave-yards / [George Alfred Walker]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In Lecture No. I., I made certain statements in connection with the grave¬ yard and vaults of St. Ann’s, Soho. The following Report of the Committee of ratepayers of that parish, taken from the Daily News of Saturday, January 23, 1847, will he found to fully justify my allegations:— Desecration of the Church-yard of St. Ann’s, Soho.—In September last, much excitement was created in the parish of St. Ann’s, Soho, in consequence of the continued acts of desecration of the graves, and revolting scenes of disturb¬ ing the remains of the dead in the church-yard of that parish, arising from the crowded state of the ground. A public meeting was held, and a Committee appointed to report on the subject; that report has just been made and ordered to be printed. It states, that the complaints of the inhabitants of houses adjacent to the ground, with regard to injury to health, and the respect due to the dead, is borne out by ample evidence; that in future no coffin be allowed to approach nearer the surface than 5 feet; that no interment shall be made except at the lowest depth in each grave, and the depth of every interment be correctly entered in a book kept for the purpose. A Standing Committee has been appointed to inspect and carry into effect these resolutions. Printed by T. Ritson, 12, Northampton Street, Islington.
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