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Burial or Cremation of the Dead.—Under Section 50 of
the National Assistance Act, 1948, the Council is required to arrange
for the burial or cremation of any person who has died or has been
found dead in the Borough if in such cases it appears to the Council
that no suitable funeral arrangements have been or are being made.
The Council is empowered, if it so desires, to recover expenses
f or the burial or cremation from the estate of the deceased person or
from any person who, for the purposes of this Act, was liable to
maintain the deceased person immediately prior to his death.
During 1953 arrangements were made under the above Act for
the burial of 4 bodies (3 males and 1 female). The total expenses
of these burials amounted to £34 3s. 6d., of which the sum of
£17 Is. Id. was recovered, making the nett cost to the Council of
£17 2s. 5d.
Exhumation.—During the year there were two exhumations
at the Greenwich Cemetery, one concerning the removal of a body
from a common to a private grave, the other in respect of a body
removed to another area. The Sanitary Inspector for the district
was present to see that the usual precautions were observed.