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Executive Committee, 1956/57.
Council Representatives
Alderman Mrs. L. Hilldrith (Chairman)
Alderman H. W. H. Icough
Councillor Mrs. C. Berry
Councillor Mrs. A. D. A. Kennedy
Councillor W. S. Manners
Councillor T. E. Smith
Councillor Mrs. M. L. Wentworth
Elected Representatives
Mrs. P. M. Beacham,
(Greenwich & Deptford Hospital Management
Committee)
Miss E. Bertrand
(The Albany Institute)
Mr. T. Essex
(Federation of Old Age Pensioners' Association,
Greenwich Branch)
Mrs. M. E. Kidd (Vice-Chairman)
(Women's Voluntary Service)
Mrs. N. C. Lewis
(Inner Wheel Club of Greenwich)
Miss L. M. Scott (Resigned on removal to another area)
(Family Welfare Association)
Mrs. E. M. Wigley
(Honorary General Secretary)
(British Red Cross Society)
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
for 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 bis death.
During 1956, arrangements were made under the above Act for
the burial of 3 bodies. In 2 instances expenses were recovered from
death grants and from relatives but in the remaining case the burial
was arranged at a cost to the Council of £7 15s. Od.
Exhumations.—No exhumations were carried out during the
year.