A supplementary report on the results of a special inquiry into the practice of interment in towns

"A supplementary report on the results of a special inquiry into the practice of interment in towns" by Edwin Chadwick was a comprehensive report that was conducted to examine the evidence on the practice of interment, and the means of its improvement. Sir Edwin Chadwick KCB was an English social reformer who is noted for his leadership in reforming the Poor Laws in England and instituting major reforms in urban sanitation and public health. This made him uniquely qualified to tackle the topic.