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A supplementary report on the results of a special inquiry into the practice of interment in towns.

Chapter 1: A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF A SPECIAL INQUIRY INTO THE PRACTICE OF INTERMENT IN TOWNS. MADE AT THE REQUEST OF HER MAJESTY’S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT,
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A systematic inquiry into the practice of burying the dead within towns assesses sanitary risks from decomposing bodies, evaluates evidence about noxious emanations and specific disease transmission, and considers contamination of wells and the limits of deep burial. It documents health and social harms from delayed interment, the financial burdens and abuses of funeral expenses among the labouring classes, and consequent moral effects. The report compiles statistical returns, medical and civic testimony, and examples of foreign regulatory arrangements, and sets out practical recommendations for administrative, sanitary, and economic reforms intended to reduce hazards and lessen undue funeral costs.

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Title: A supplementary report on the results of a special inquiry into the practice of interment in towns.

Author: Edwin Chadwick

Release date: May 2, 2017 [eBook #54646]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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REPORT ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE LABOURING POPULATION OF GREAT BRITAIN.

A
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT
 
ON THE RESULTS OF A SPECIAL INQUIRY INTO
 
THE
 
PRACTICE OF INTERMENT IN TOWNS.
 
MADE
 
AT THE REQUEST OF HER MAJESTY’S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT,

BY
EDWIN CHADWICK, Esq.
BARRISTER AT LAW.
Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by Command of Her Majesty.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,
FOR HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE.
1843.