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the cost of burial and also to avoid rent accruing and to release the accommodation for housing
purposes as early as possible.
During 1966 a total of 85 burials or cremations were arranged by the Health Department as
follows:—
Burials at City of Westminster Cemetery, Hanwell 8
at Paddington Cemetery, Mill Hill, N.W.7. 15
at St. Marylebone Cemetery, Finchley, N.2. 5
Cremations at the City Council's Crematorium, East Finchley 57
Requests for burial or cremation were received from the following sources:—
H.M. Coroner 46
Relatives or friends of the deceased 31
Hospitals in the City 8
CREMATION—WORK OF THE MEDICAL REFEREE
The Medical Officer of Health is Medical Referee for the Council's Crematorium, which is situated
at the St. Marylebone Cemetery, East Finchley. During the year 1,679 certificates authorizing
cremation were issued, and since December, 1937, when the crematorium was opened 32,216
cremations have taken place.