Life and Death in Spitalfields 1700-1850

Title pages
    Frontispiece
    Contents(p i-v)
Introduction(p vi)
Acknowledgements(p vi)
Part 1: The background
Spitalfields(pp 1-3)
Christ Church(pp 3-7)
Part 2: The excavations 1984-86
The decision to excavate(p 8)
Clearance of the vaults(pp 8-11)
Skeletal and historical analysis(pp 11-13)
Preservation(pp 13-15)
Part 3: The named sample
Origins(pp 16-19)
Infancy and childhood (pp 20-26)
Marriage and motherhood (pp 27-38)
Families and relations (pp 38-42)
Physical appearance (p 43)
Living conditions (pp 43-50)
The diet of the middle classes (pp 50-7)
Occupations (pp 57-68)
Social and economic status (pp 68-73)
In sickness and in health (pp 73-85)
Oral health (pp 85-92)
Old age and death (pp 93-7)
Part 4: Disposal of the dead
The burial vaults (pp 98-9)
The coffins (pp 99-102)
Coffin fittings (pp 102-5)
Burial practice (pp 105-6)
The Ressurectionists (pp 106-8)
The funeral industry in London 1729-1867 (pp 108-11)
Death and burial at Christ Church, Spitalfields (pp 111-17)
Part 5: Epilogue
Epilogue(p 118)
An alphabetical list of the named sample (pp 119-25)
A chronological list of the named sample (pp 126-32)
Further reading (pp 133-4)
Index by Lynn Greenwood (pp 135-42)