Practical suggestions for the establishment of national cemeteries / by George Alfred Walker.

  • Walker, George Alfred, 1807-1884.
Date:
1849
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Credit: Practical suggestions for the establishment of national cemeteries / by George Alfred Walker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ETC. ETC. ^*lib]ic opinion has at lengtli pronounced itself so de- cidedly against intramural sepulture that we may regard the abolition of that immoral and injurious practice as being not only inevitable, but imminent. Having contributed, so far as my humble means permitted, to the attainment of this necessary and long-desired reform, I have thought it incumbent on me to offer some brief observations on the manner in which the reform may be carried out, to the benefit and satisfaction of the public. It is not enough to point out the existence of an abuse, we must also indicate the remedy, and its mode of application. Did space permit, it were easy to demonstrate that the moral and physical evils which more immediately arise from burials in towns, are not the only ones connected with that practice. In all large cities, esj)ecially in London, the exj)enses of intramural sepulture press most heavily on the poorer classes. Hence, the dead are often kept, before burial, for an almost incredible period in the nudst of the living. I brought this point prominently before Parlia-