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City of London 1936

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CREMATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. 52 YEARS—1885-1936.

YEAR.Woking.*Manchester.Glasgow.Liverpool.Hull.Darlington.Leicester.Golder's Green.Birmingham.Leeds.City of London.Sheffield.Bradford.W. Norwood.Hendon Park.Pontypridd.Bristol.Ipswich.Edinburgh.Brighton.Guernsey.Nottingham.Reading.Southampton.Birkenhead.Newcastle-on Tyne.Plymouth.Stockport.Blackpool.Dundee. (Opened 14 th Oct., 1936).Kent County (Charing). (Opened 13th June, 1936).S. London. (Streatham). (Opened 9th July, 1936).No. of Cremations each year.
18853............................................................................................................................3
188610............................................................................................................................10
188713............................................................................................................................13
188828........................................................................................................................28
188946............................................................................................................................46
189054............................................................................................................................54
189199............................................................................................................................99
18921043........................................................................................................................107
189310130....................................................................................................................131
189412547....................................................................................................................172
1895150581....................................................................................................................200
189613752102............................................................................................................201
1897173511610............................................................................................................250
1898240621227................................................................................................................341
1899240881623................................................................................................................367
1900301832040................................................................................................................444
1901273961840171........................................................................................................445
190227581205413215............................................................................................451
19031439224|3518151581............................................................................................477
1904138981940207822019............................................................................................569
190595973535154162522216971............................................................................604
1906140904446171312298251523614............................................................................743
1907108983034288122903316181813............................................................................707
1908119116283237l14364182419126............................................................................795
19091051063046158194213019241813............................................................................855
1910106114283721816415381222814............................................................................840
191111412438502512135424417201013............................................................................1,023
19121251494452211514591402432129............................................................................1,134
191312817248662211116025916211515............................................................................1,188
1914124184574816117t6715328422018............................................................................1,279
19151531656354341622730452045211230........................................................................1,410
19161251797158251023633632243141189........................................................................1,366
191712917867622415347194917682510118........................................................................1,515
191814219774694317428206434705020153........................................................................1,795
191918123584894626369197630684131169........................................................................2,031
192014920380693C18328517226583220156........................................................................1,796
192115922887754320368937831572924162........................................................................1,922
1922193189757445172393998317038251866....................................................................2,009
1923170227906245213692075276937231786........................................................................1,986
192423525182744728401,114974768322424074................................................................2,390
1925271287116754132571,21412648664832266714................................................................2,700
192630530398965533701,27012840844332299813................................................................2,877
19273203571291017038681,459150599557502791122................................................................3,265
19283443671411037239611,4831576010351453061120712........................................................3,436
192942644318510397551241,7972056699814741014281163720....................................................4,535
193044644212116084521191,787180731125949390124014355125786............................................4,533
193147650815816312862891,8662571091128777415134317768169144470........................................5,195
193244662616517112677942,245307116158841234801351237942662639741377................................6,315
19334476742022471481191222,3963951531921081016241084300120359300209067193................................7,480
19344307172552401831001292.55338616523712013565311105329132474348151368129920261048................8,337
1935464790307207194741492,85545920021512915872613953121675414492012595359781881229429............9,614
1936480892341222195861983,12648620629514618868015139350201730516171841184101122701531091101310419111,289
Totals10,30810,5493,5163,2912,0691.0671,74037,4184,3351,7672,6151,4581,3517,0101595852,0358762 6842 098916793741.34421048428525113913104191101,178

* "Viscount Cross in the year 1879 forbade the practice of cremation there (Woking) under the threat of passing an Act to make it illegal .... But in 1884 appeared the well-known judgement of Mr. Justice Stephen, whch in the case of a child's
" body having been burned by its father contrary to the order of the coroner, determined cremation to be a legal act. provided no nui.ance be caused thereby to others "—Extract from speech made by the late Mr Henry Thompson at the opening of
" Golder's Greeen Crematorium 22nd, November 1902. Vide "Transactions of Vremations Society of england, 1903." P.21