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Section 7 of the Burials Act, 1852, excludes from the
operation of the Act any burial ground added after that
date, and as that portion of the Churchyard at present
used for burials was added in 1860, it is not possible to
close it under the provisions referred to. In a similar
case, provision was obtained in one of the General
Powers Acts of the London County Council deeming a
cemetery to have been closed for burials within the
meaning of the Open Spaces Acts applicable thereto.
In view of the many complaints which have been
received as to the conditions of the Churchyard, we are
of opinion that similar steps should be taken in this
case, subject to the Vicar of Plumstead concurring in
the action proposed."
The Vicar of Plumstead concurred, and in November the
London County Council decided, subject to the Woolwich
Borough Council agreeing to defray a proportion of the expenses
for the promotion of a Bill and all expenses specially incurred,
to promote legislation in Parliament in the session 1929-30
to enable the Borough Council to close that portion of Plumstead
Churchyard still open for burials and provide for matters
incidental thereto.
The area of the newer portion is 12,127 square yards.
The area of the closed portion, including the church, is 5,387
square yards, and excluding the church, 4,307 square yards.
A plan of the churchyard is shown on page 76, the two
portions being separately defined.
Removal of Infirm and Diseased Persons in Certain Cases.
The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1928,
includes a section which provides for the removal of aged,
infirm or diseased persons, on the certificate of the Medical