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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hammersmith 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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At the present rate of progress it is estimated that new burial land will be required in
some 15-20 years. Perhaps by that time the public will be even less opposed to cremation than
they are today. The local figures for cremation in comparison with earth burials show a percentage
more or less the same as the national average. The London Borough of Hammersmith, in association
with some other West London Boroughs, provides a Crematorium adjacent to Hammersmith
Cemetery, Mortlake.
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