§ 155. In 1834, some returns of the extent of burial grounds and the number of burials during the three years preceding, in the places of burial within the diocese of the Bishop of London and the bills of mortality, were laid before the House of Commons. From those it appeared that the ground occupied as burial ground within the diocese amounted to 103 acres, and that the average number of burials was 22,548, or 219 per acre, being from 108 to 117 more per acre than the preceding rule would give. In some grounds the number of interments were as high as 891 per acre. But that return did not include the burials in the whole of the metropolis. From the results of a systematic inquiry which has been recently made throughout the whole district of the metropolis (as defined in the report of the Registrar-General) into the extent of the burial-grounds and the average weekly number of burials at each place, it appears that the total area now occupied as burial ground, including the new cemeteries, and the annual rate of burial in each class, is, as nearly as can be ascertained, as follows:— ────────────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬────────── │ │ Annual │ Average │ Highest │ Lowest Burial Grounds │ │Number of │ Annual │Number of │Number of in the │ Area in │ Burials, │Number of │ Burials │ Burials Metropolis. │ Acres. │exclusive │ Burials │ per Acre │ per Acre │ │ of Vault │per Acre. │ in any │ in any │ │ Burials. │ │ Ground. │ Ground. ────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────── Parochial │ 176–3/10│ 33,747│ 191│ 3,073│ 11 Grounds │ │ │ │ │ Protestant │ │ │ │ │ Dissenters’ │ 8–7/10│ 1,715│ 197│ 1,210│ 6 Grounds │ │ │ │ │ Roman Catholics │ 0–3/10│ 270│ 1,043│ 1,613│ 814 Jews │ 9–2/10│ 304│ 33│ 52│ 13 Swedish Chapel │ 0–1/10│ 10│ 108│ │ Undescribed │ 10–9/10│ 3,197│ 294│ 1,109│ 5 Private Grounds │ 12–6/10│ 5,112│ 405│ 2,323│ 50 ────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────── Total of │ │ │ │ │ Intra-mural │ 218–1/10│ 44,355│ 203│ 1,080│ 46 Grounds │ │ │ │ │ ────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────── Total of New │ 260–5/10│ 3,336│ 13│ 155│ 4 Cemeteries │ │ │ │ │ Vault Burials │ │ 789│ │ │ ────────────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────