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Cemeteries.—The Council own three cemeteries within the Borough, two in
Plumstead and one in Eltham. The two in Plumstead are known respectively as
the Woolwich Cemetery and the Plumstead Cemetery, the Woolwich one being
divided into two portions, the Old and the New. Eltham Cemetery was opened
for interments in April, 1935. Burials also take place in Eltham Churchyard, and
rarely in a private burial ground within the grounds of Christchurch Priory in
Eltham High Street.
In the following Table is shown the number of interments in the different
graveyards. The information in the case of the cemeteries is given through the
courtesy of the Town Clerk, and, in the case of the Eltham Churchyard, through
that of the Vicar of Eltham.

Exhumations.— During the year three exhumations under Home Office licences
were carried out.
Offensive Trades.—By the Transfer of Powers Order, 1933, consideration
of, and decision on, applications for the establishment anew or the enlargement
of certain offensive businesses, or imposition, modification, or removal of conditions,
was transferred from the London County Council to the Metropolitan Borough
Councils. At that time there was only one offensive trade, namely, that of a
slaughterer of poultry, the premises at which this was carried on being approved
by the London County Council in November, 1931.
An application by the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society to establish anew
the business of a slaughterer of cattle and of a tripe boiler was considered by the
Council in July, 1936, and was approved subject to the conditions which are set
out under slaughterhouses in the food section of the report.
Removal of Infirm and Diseased Persons.—Power is given by Section
224 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, to remove infirm and diseased persons
living under insanitary conditions to institutions. Usually such persons are persuaded
to enter an institution, but occasionally difficulty is experienced in this