RAPIDLY PULING CEMETERIES.
Tho fact that the areas used in London for burial pun-poses are being rapidly ' filled up is causing apprehension among the .metropolitan authorities. The average number of deaths in the metropolis is about 2300 per week, and the number of cemeteries in and around London is about twenty. In 6ome cases tho authorities have been fortunate in securing extensions which will enable them to meet 'local needs for another fifty years. But suoh extensions have been found impossible in other districts, and within the next few years space will, not be 'available for ordinary and the cemeteries will be solely used for tho interment of the relatives of those who own prdvate graves. The. effect of such .a state of things must' be to inorease the number of burials in the other cemeteries, and thus hasten the day when they, too, will becomol congested and unable to provide a last! resting place for those who die in. the' locality. This state of affairs should' prove a good advertisement for cremation.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19091030.2.90
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6962, 30 October 1909, Page 10
Word Count
173RAPIDLY PULING CEMETERIES. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6962, 30 October 1909, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in