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some space to the subject he so wondrously handled ; but circumstances have for the time prevented us . AVe shall hope to enter thereon in our next , meantime we shall give the following extract . " Overcrowding ofthe Metropolitan Grave-yards . —Accurate returns have been made of the superficial extent of the parochial and some other burial-grounds of the Metropolis , and of the numbers of bodies annually interred in each . The annual number of burials acrefor
average per , the seven descriptions of burial-places comprised in the intra-mural grounds , is stated by these official returns to be 2 , 271 . Now , if we divide this by 7 , we have the average for each , which gives 324 burials annually to the acre . From the total , we may fairly abstract the burialplaces of the Jews , and those of the Society of Friends , which are well conducted . This will give us five species of grounds , with an annual average of 2 , 130 burials to the acre , or an average of 426 for each . The
proper number , you will remember , is 136 to the acre ; in Germany , the average is only 110 burials per acre per annum . Thus , at the first glance , it is evident that our parish grave-yards are made to receive every year three times as many bodies as they ought , and four times as many as are permitted by the laws of well-regulated Continental states . The inevitable crowding of our grave-yards may be illustrated in another way . The annual mortality of the Metropolis , at a low computation , is
50 , 000 . Now , supposing the burials to be renewed every ten years ( and this is the shortest period that should be allowed for the decomposition of the human body , ) 444 acres would be required , whereas we have only 209 . But this is not all . There are 182 parochial grave-yards in London . Of these , only 48 are confined within the proper limit of 136 burials to the acre ; the rest exhibit various degrees of saturation , from 230 up to 3 , 000 per acre annually . This is scarcely credible , but official returns confirm the truth of what I assert . In very many the annual average per acre exceeds 1 , 000 . "
A Treatise on Diet and Regimen . By W . H . Robertson , M . D . The fifth part of this serial fully equals the former . The subjects are , climate , water , clothing ^—the skin , its sympathy with the internal organs —female discipline , in particular as to tight lacing—general bathing , and the use and abuse of that great element of nature , water . Although we but thus briefly notice this serial , we look to the next number with much interest .
An Essay on the Diseases of the Jaws , and their Treatment . By Leonard Koecker , Surgeon-dentist . New edition , with copious Notes and an Appendix , & c , by J . B . Mitchell , M . D „ Surgeon-dentist . London : John Churchill . Dr . Mitchell has the honour to be the pioneer to several master minds , among them the late Mr . Liston , who , in taking up this very delicate and important sectionhave thereblaced the original hilanthropist
, y p p , Leonard Koecker , in an enviable position . Dr . Mitchell pays his partner Koecker deserved respect , and in his prefatory observations adduces much sound reasoning on the connexion of dentistry , as a branch of surgical science , with the great parent stem of surgery itself . The catalogue of cases , with the analytical table , is statistically curious .
The Emigrants of Ahadarra . By W . Carleton , Sims and M'Intyre , The amiable author has given another original work , and invested it with that peculiar interest that may be said to be created h y " Ireland's Q
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Literary Notices.
some space to the subject he so wondrously handled ; but circumstances have for the time prevented us . AVe shall hope to enter thereon in our next , meantime we shall give the following extract . " Overcrowding ofthe Metropolitan Grave-yards . —Accurate returns have been made of the superficial extent of the parochial and some other burial-grounds of the Metropolis , and of the numbers of bodies annually interred in each . The annual number of burials acrefor
average per , the seven descriptions of burial-places comprised in the intra-mural grounds , is stated by these official returns to be 2 , 271 . Now , if we divide this by 7 , we have the average for each , which gives 324 burials annually to the acre . From the total , we may fairly abstract the burialplaces of the Jews , and those of the Society of Friends , which are well conducted . This will give us five species of grounds , with an annual average of 2 , 130 burials to the acre , or an average of 426 for each . The
proper number , you will remember , is 136 to the acre ; in Germany , the average is only 110 burials per acre per annum . Thus , at the first glance , it is evident that our parish grave-yards are made to receive every year three times as many bodies as they ought , and four times as many as are permitted by the laws of well-regulated Continental states . The inevitable crowding of our grave-yards may be illustrated in another way . The annual mortality of the Metropolis , at a low computation , is
50 , 000 . Now , supposing the burials to be renewed every ten years ( and this is the shortest period that should be allowed for the decomposition of the human body , ) 444 acres would be required , whereas we have only 209 . But this is not all . There are 182 parochial grave-yards in London . Of these , only 48 are confined within the proper limit of 136 burials to the acre ; the rest exhibit various degrees of saturation , from 230 up to 3 , 000 per acre annually . This is scarcely credible , but official returns confirm the truth of what I assert . In very many the annual average per acre exceeds 1 , 000 . "
A Treatise on Diet and Regimen . By W . H . Robertson , M . D . The fifth part of this serial fully equals the former . The subjects are , climate , water , clothing ^—the skin , its sympathy with the internal organs —female discipline , in particular as to tight lacing—general bathing , and the use and abuse of that great element of nature , water . Although we but thus briefly notice this serial , we look to the next number with much interest .
An Essay on the Diseases of the Jaws , and their Treatment . By Leonard Koecker , Surgeon-dentist . New edition , with copious Notes and an Appendix , & c , by J . B . Mitchell , M . D „ Surgeon-dentist . London : John Churchill . Dr . Mitchell has the honour to be the pioneer to several master minds , among them the late Mr . Liston , who , in taking up this very delicate and important sectionhave thereblaced the original hilanthropist
, y p p , Leonard Koecker , in an enviable position . Dr . Mitchell pays his partner Koecker deserved respect , and in his prefatory observations adduces much sound reasoning on the connexion of dentistry , as a branch of surgical science , with the great parent stem of surgery itself . The catalogue of cases , with the analytical table , is statistically curious .
The Emigrants of Ahadarra . By W . Carleton , Sims and M'Intyre , The amiable author has given another original work , and invested it with that peculiar interest that may be said to be created h y " Ireland's Q