exploring death in shanghai [christian henriot]
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Scythe and the city: exploring deathin 20th century Shanghai
20 March 2006
Number of funeral parlors and coffin repositories
(1938-1943)
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Funeral parlors Coffin repositories Guild repositories Total
Storage fee Rate
A Rate
B Rate
C Rate
D Rate
E Rate
F
Chung Hwa Funeral Parlor 360 240 120 Happy Garden Funeral Directors 400 240 120 60 36
Vien Coffin repository 600 360 240 120 60 36
Da Hwa coffin repository 720 120 60 36
Coffins Rate
A Rate
B Rate
C Rate
D Rate
E Rate
F Total
Chung Hwa Funeral Parlor 31 35 115 181 Happy Garden Funeral Directors 1 16 22 240 1417 1696
Vien Coffin repository 4 12 24 155 193 408 796
Da Hwa coffin repository 1 16 2 485 504
Total 6 43 75 308 435 2310 3177
Income Rate
A Rate
B Rate
C Rate
D Rate
E Rate
F Total
Chung Hwa Funeral Parlor 11160 8400 13800 33360 Happy Garden Funeral Directors 400 3840 2640 14400 51012 72292
Vien Coffin repository 2400 4320 5760 18600 11580 14688 57348
Da Hwa coffin repository 720 1920 120 17460 20220
Total 3520 15480 18000 36960 26100 83160 183220
Rates and income of four coffin repositories in 1941
Evolution of the number of coffins stored in the IS
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May 1938 Sept. 1938 Oct. 1939 May 1940 Sep. 1940 Sep. 1941 Oct.1942 Mar. 1943
Funeral parlor Coffin repository Guild repository
Exposed corpses collected by the SPBC in the IS (1929-1943)
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ADULTS
INFANTS
Total
1931 - 1935 - 1936
1937 - 1939 - 1940
1942 - 1943
1931-35-36
1937-39-40
1942-1943
IS
FC
Zhabei
Unknown
IS
FC
Zhabei
Nanshi
1931 1937
Distribution of unclaimed corpses in Shanghai, 1931 & 1937
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