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"Hospital Funerals" - John Stanley James - The Argus (Melbourne, AUJ

 " ... The patient being dead, what happens to him? The first thing done is to communicate wiht his friends and ascertain if they are able or willing to bury him. If not, he receives a pauper's funeral at thee Melbourne General Cemetery. . . . "

The Argus  1876-12-23