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i8^ e rv b the a Rn la ? S V i lr Sh ru ld be known ’ were con demned in 
i»5° ; by the Board of Health, and ordered to be closed, in the 
Thrill tHe P , UbHc heaUh ’ but t0 this da ^ the y remain united. 
lb last-named cemetery wag bought by Parliament, yet the 
remu^eSt ° f ^ ?°^ ntr y ]S now using it ‘at high pressure and 
generation sLTf”’ S ‘ COndemned ’ ^ its Board a 
d W« must here P ause t0 make a remark. An offensive and 
^ a y e -y ard > appears, has privileges unlike any other 
nuisance. Take an ill-managed manure-works, or a sewage- 
‘“* ed rlver : The owners or other parties occasioning the 
fV, receive a ; once peremptory orders to discontinue or 
abate the same and are liable day by day to a penalty until the 
evil complained is removed. If this is not feasible the works 
may be stopped altogether, no matter at what loss to the owners. 
IN ay, we have heard of a case where a verdidt of manslaughter 
was duly returned against the proprietor of a manure-works, it 
having been shown that certain deaths had been at least accele- 
lated by the fumes given off. But we believe that when a grave- 
yaid or a cemetery is found to be a nuisance, and is closed 
accordingly, its owners, so far from being liable to any penalties 
fm past mischief are considered entitled to “compensation.” 
del i h t s ° ° 6 ° th ° Se P ‘ eCeS ° f incons istency in which John Bull 
We are glad to find that in this pamphlet Dr. Davey, unlike 
the bulk of modern sanitary authorities, distinctly admits the 
merit ot G. Walker as the reformer of our grave-yards,— a merit 
t0 ° ° fte , n . a f nbe ^ t0 others, who shine, if at all, merely by 
lefledted light. But a quite different reform is now necessary, 
it the dead are to be carried out to such a distance that the 
cemeteries shall be in no danger of being surrounded by houses, 
the cost of funerals, already a heavy burden for all but the 
wealthy, will be greatly increased. One escape, and one onl y 
is open. In the words of the Rev. H. R. Haweis here quoted— 
. Ahe P ure fire-angel of cremation stands now at the door.” It 
is proved that the microbia of infectious diseases are not destroyed 
by burial. 1 hey multiply in the putrescent corpse, and the earth- 
worms, as it has been distinctly shown in Pasteur’s experiments 
bring them up to the surface. When once there the flies, colpor- 
teurs of fever and pestilence, do the rest. 
are par f rom asserting that cremation is without its 
difficulties. But in the three weightiest points, public health, 
economy of land, and decrease of funeral expenses, its advantages 
are indisputable. 
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