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ELTHAM CREMATORIUM
The Eltham crematorium which was built in 1956 on land
adjoining the Eltham Cemetery is administered by the
Woolwich, Greenwich, and North West Kent Joint Crematorium
Committee. This Committee comprises the Boroughs of
Woolwich, Greenwich, Bexley, Dartford and Erith and the
Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Sidcup and Crayford.
During the year the Gravesend Borough Council became
the eighth authority to participate in the Joint
Crematorium scheme.
The number of cremations taking place at this
crematorium during the year was 2,377, the greatest number
for any year since the crematorium was opened, and,for
1959, more than at any other crematorium in South London.
HOUSING
REPAIRS
At the end of 1959 it was estimated that the total
number of dwellings in the Borough was 43,311. The
number of premises inspected for housing defects under the
Public Health or Housing Acts was 2,605, and 1,066 houses
were found to be not in all respects reasonably fit for
habitation.
The total number of houses rendered fit during the
year by informal action was 711. This informal action
included the service of 66l intimation notices.
In 275 cases it was necessary to serve statutory
notices to secure the abatement of the nuisances.
House-to-house inspections under the provisions of
the Housing (Consolidated) Regulations 1925 totalled 105.
OVERCROWDING
During the course of the year, seven families were
found to be living in overcrowded conditions and reports
were made to the Council's Housing Department in respect
of these families. Fifty-three families were also visited
after complaints of overcrowding or at the request for
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