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Mortuaries.—The Public Mortuary is in Sun Street, Woolwich, and a temporary
mortuary is provided in Eltham High Street. The following Table shows the use
made of the mortuaries during the year.

Cemeteries.—There are two cemeteries in the Borough, designated respectively
the Woolwich and the Plumstead Cemeteries. Both are owned by the Council,
and both are in the Parish of Plumstead. In addition, there are two Churchyards,
one at Eltham and one at Plumstead.
The condition of Plumstead Churchyard was fully reported on in my Annual
Report for 1929. At that time I reported that the graveyard should be closed.
The Council accepted this report and asked the London County Council to promote
legislation in Parliament accordingly. The County Council agreed, and in 1930
Parliamentary sanction was obtained. Section 64 of the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1930, reads as follows:—
The portion of Plumstead Churchyard in the Metropolitan Borough of
Woolwich, delineated and coloured pink on the plan marked " B " and
signed in triplicate by the Right Honourable the Earl of Lytton, the
Chairman of the Committee of the House of Lords to whom the Bill for
this Act was referred (of which plan copies have been deposited in the
Committee and Private Bill Office of the House of Commons in the,
Parliament Office House of Lords, and with the Town Clerk of the said
Metropolitan Borough respectively), shall be deemed to be a disused
burial ground within the meaning of the Open Spaces Act, 1906."
The last interment in the Churchyard was on 11th August, 1930.