The Ecclesiastical Art Review
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This journal, which was started to supply a want, has proved to be a great success. Religion and Art have been connected in all ages. There is nothing sectarian in the objects of the journal, and the current number contains a valuable article on " Relics of Religious Art in India." The following extract from a paper on " How we Bury our Dead " contains some excellent sanitary observations:?" Quite recently a Government inquiry was held respecting the sanitary condition of the Battersea Cemetery. Mr. Philip H. Holland, Medical Inspector for the Home Office under the Burials Acts, conducted the same. It must be mentioned that this inqtiiry was not spontaneous on the part of the Government. Not until a communication had been addressed by Mr. J. E. Gorst, Q.C., to the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, complaining of the existing evil, were any steps taken to protect the public health. Mr. Gorst pointed out that albeit the area of the cemetery in question was but eight acres, nevertheless sixteen thousand bodies had already been deposited therein, twelve thousand of this number occupying a space
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