The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-23

Health whose report. covered by few
remarks from the principal medical on
GER has now been issued. To the unscien-
tiHc mind the problem presented hy the
nrFt two terms ~ fhe reference might
seem % d. one OF beautiful simplicity, 20
bo solved by elementary arithmet.c. basel
on measurements 81 land are as and vial
statistics A. matter o. fact it ie one -
extreme camuitNlty Ia the first place.
funeral fashions are changing. ana con-
vcntional arriua emerts are giving way be-
fore the irresistible advance % nygi"nic
and rommon-aeuse methods. The practice
% hcrmeticany scaling up bodies IN BRICK
lined graves o. being superseded hy earth
to-earth burial. Wlth paper collins, which
allow holy rapidly 10 resolve into
mother earth. process which BE- ~ keep
ing With both the example Of nature and
the spirit of thc Prayer Book. Sir Seymour
Hadcn's experiments point 60 the ultimate
general adoption ~ shallow graves with
single burial ln preference 20 the old sy~-
tom II deep graves containing hNe OF siA
superimpos.d collins 0, BIS held that with
this method o. burial in vogue q grave
could be used over again after the lapse 81
fourteen years at the very ous~ide from
the d4fr o. tho first iutermeut- II VIII Pc
seen that any estimate as 10 London's need
FOR more cemeteries must depend very
largely on che degree 10 which the late
change ~ public opinion on this subject is
developed ln tho future. and similar re-
gard must be paid 90 the possibilities o.
cremation
O,hcr complaining questions are those %
urivafs graves and Of the nature Of the
soil - IN. cemetcrles Family sepulchers
upset the figures as % the number OF IN
'srmsnts that can take place In given
area. and the suitability ~ any piece Of
ground for funeral purposes depends en-
tirely on the nature % the soil hght.
friablc earth being favorable 20 "a quick
ana inonensive decomposition. All these
matters are set forth very particularly in
Dr YounR's report An examination Of an
the burial grounds ~ any importance 10
the METROPOLITAN district showed thns the
space still unused amounts IN the agRr"-
gate 20 $40 acres According 10 various
setimates 81 the likely death rate and che
number Of hurials per acre. al 81 whi'h. u
is 90 b. presumed. are vel Wfhn inc
hounds OF prot.a hility this area Will serve
tho administrative County 81 London for
from ~ to GA years and Greater Lon on
for from 2ii 10 432 years pr. Young an-
pears 10 think that by the time the
shortest OF these periods has elapsed the
problem viii have solved itself ny me
adoption Of more sensible and seemlv Gus
toms IN tho disposal Of London death.
His conclusions" are 1s follows;
THE conclusion indicated ~ the facts
sot ont in the foregoing part 81 this report
Is that there would BE- advantage u alier'-
lions could be made tn the conditions un-
der which the burial ~ the human body In
tha.arth is NJ present effected. The recoE-
milton by the community Of the true OBJ
iect Of burial which IS indicat i Boy ne
preference for earthen gr1ves rather than
vaults or brick graves lends hope 10 the
idea that eventually there would not no
any objection to an acceptance 81 the view
that tenure 81 the ground by a corpse IS
under such conditions, Of temporary
nature only.
with a view 20 bringing about altera-
ton IN the present conditions. the follow
ing steps might be- taken:
.-rhat mower b. obtained TO bury bodies
nj sunerfcial depth with a view 4 tn
examination Of the ground at q tuture
date
Z That n no contra-indicatione were
forthcoming the existing regulations
should be relaxed with a view 60 allowing
burial within TWO or three feet q The sur
face. provided that the nature Of the soil
h, suitable and that bodies he buried ~
collins made OF perishahie material
That n In any special case there be no
reason 90 the contrary, permission snoulA
boz given. iu regard To- existing burial PA
ces 10 utilize the upper layer soil In
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common interments ana which IS no lon
sor under existing conditions Of further
use. provided that the body be buried ~
coffin OF pcrishanlc material.
THAT pcrishable collins be used 10 tho
case of al paupers or the Ia'es OF hospi-
tal cases buried at the expense OF the
guardians
The adoption Of burial under the a.
tered conditions would DO away with the
I present undesirable method 81 common IN
I terments. and each body % adult and OF
/ child would have SIS separate grave
Z secondly. % would. 30 "a large extent "
not entirely. overcome the difficulty which
cxlst4 under present conditions Of having
al periodical intervals 20 extend existing
or a. provide new cemeteries by enabling
the ground to be utilized over again after
a suficient interval has been allowed 20
elapse since previous interments. II Is this
aiinculty which. with view 20 the eco
nomy OF space has led 90 the present UNI
desirable mode q intcrmeut in common
graves The persistence % desire 70 erect
monuments over the actual site OF inter
mont would possibly necessitate the res
orvation OF part OF the ground for graves
to be- held in pcrpctuity. and 20 this eN-
dent would restrict the use OF tho whole
area OF ground over again"
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