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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Attendances for Slipper Baths in 1961/62 totalled 105,323 and
the total attendances for all services for the year was 734,031, a
decrease of 10,730 over the year 1960/61.
Altogether 183,459 schoolchildren attended at the Baths in
organised classes for swimming and swimming instruction, and 4,748
swimming lessons were provided for members of the public.
The detailed attendances for the year ended 31st March, 1962 were as followss:-
| Public Swimming | 338,849 |
| Swimming Tuition | 4,748 |
| School Swimming | 183,459 |
| Slipper Baths | 105,323 |
| Turkish Baths | 9,963 |
| Public Laundry - Hand Washing | 8,436 |
| Machine Washing | 17,688 |
| Swimming Club | 37,366 |
| Schoolchildren - Cricket School Free Baths to Old Age Pensioners | 1,505 |
| and Unemployed Persons | 7,229 |
| Spectators | 14,592 |
| Bowling Green (excluding Club | |
| reservations). | 4.873 |
| 754,031 |
ELTHAM CREMATORIUM
The Crematorium situated in the grounds adjoining Eltham
Cemetery, is administered by the Woolwich, Greenwich, and Northwest
Kent Joint Crematorium Committee, which comprises the Boroughs
of Woolwich, Greenwich, Bexley, Dartford, Erith, and Gravesend, and
the Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Sidcup, and Crayford.
The Crematorium was opened in August, 1956. The number of
cremations taking place at this Crematorium during 1962 totalled
2,762 being 97 more than the previous year.
BURIALS AND CREMATIONS
During the year arrangements were made by the Department
for the burial of two persons who had died in the Borough, where
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