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Norway.
A Crematorium was opened at Bergen in June, 1907, during which month
three bodies were cremated.
Sweden.
Crematoria were established in Stockholm and Gothenburg in the years
1887 and 1890 respectively, where up to the middle of 1907, 1,152 cremations
had taken place.
Switzerland.
Basle, Geneva, St. Gall and Zurich are supplied with Crematoria, the first
being built in the latter town in 1889. From that date to the middle of
1907, 3,129 cremations have taken place in this republic.
United States of America.
Washington, D.C., was the first town in the United States in which a
Crematorium was introduced. It was built in 1876. The next were built at
Lancaster Pa., and Washington Pa., in 1884, and since that date thirty
similar establishments have been erected in other parts of the Union.
The returns of the number of bodies incinerated are somewhat incomplete,
but it is known that from 1876 to the middle of 1907, 335,732 cremations
have been carried out in the States.
Canada.
The only Crematorium in Canada was opened in 1903, when up to the end
of 1904, 44 bodies were dealt with. The returns for 1906-7 are not available.
South America.
Crematoria have been established at Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Ayres and
Monte Video, but the number of bodies cremated are not given.
In addition to the foregoing, Crematoria are in operation at Calcutta, India,
Adelaide, South Australia; also one at Shanghai, China, for the use of
Europeans.
An attempt is being made by a local Cremation Society at Auckland, New
Zealand, to induce the Municipality to establish a Crematorium.