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tinued to make available to the Association; for the increasing
financial grants, and also for the free use of the Minor and Borough
Halls. This report would not be complete without expressing our
thanks to the Town Clerk, Medical Officer of Health, Borough
Treasurer, and their staffs, for the able and willing assistance given
by them during another busy and expending year, which has taken
us one step further towards the realisation of our ambition to
extend our services to benefit all senior citizens in the Borough."
Executive Committee, 1962/63—The Committee for the past
year has been as follows :—
Council Representatives:
Councillor Mrs. M. L. Wentworth (Chairman)
Councillor Mrs. M. L. Bennett
Councillor Mrs. J. E. Chrisp
Councillor H. W. H. Icough
Councillor H. Ingle
Councillor C. S. Jones
Councillor Mrs. E. Pennington
Elected Representatives:
Mr. A. S. Churchill (Blackheath Branch N.F.O.A.P.A.)
Mrs. M. Gardener (Women's Voluntary Services)
Mrs. L. Hilldrith (Greenwich Labour Party Charlton Women's
Section)
Mrs. Howard (Oaklands Darby and Joan Club)
Mrs. N. C. Lewis (Inner Wheel Club of Greenwich)
Mrs. I. Phillips (British Legion—Women's Section)
Miss K. Rackham (Vice-Chairman) (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 his death.
During 1962, arrangements were made under the above Act
for the burial of 11 bodies, 6 male and 5 female, at a total cost to
the Council of £20 17s. 6d.