Cremation Society of GB - National Cremation Statistics 1960-1997

The Cremation Society of Great Britain

National Cremation Statistics 1960-1997

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Year	Operating Crematoria	New Crematoria	Deaths**	Cremations	Percentage
1960	148	17	588,032	204,019	34.70
1970	206	2	638,834	353,981	55.41
1980	220	1	644,684	420,717	65.25
1981	220	0	642,268	421,597	65.64
1982	221	1	646,883	430,453	66.54
1983	221	0	643,062	431,531	67.10
1984	221	1*	629,226	421,571	67.00
1985	222	1	654,701	443,687	67.77
1986	223	1	644,670	440,997	68.40
1987	223	0	632,431	431,930	68.30
1988	223	0	637,104	436,850	68.57
1989	225	2	645,125	437,653	67.84
1990	225	0	629,629	438,066	69.57
1991	225	0	634,339	441,108	69.53
1992	226	1	622,410	437,000	70.21
1993	227	1	646,477	453,045	70.29
1994	228	1	616,335	434,223	70.45
1995	229	3*	630,396	445,574	70.07
1996	230	1	624,726	445,934	71.38
1997	234	4	619,721	446,305	72.02

* Includes replacement of existing crematorium.

** Sources ONS & General Register Office, Scotland, Crown copyright.

Cremation Comparisons

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CREMATORIA carrying out MOST cremations in 1997		COUNTIES carrying out MOST cremations in 1997
SOUTH ESSEX ELTHAM PORTCHESTER RUISLIP CITY OF LONDON GLASGOW (DALDOWIE) BOLTON SOUTHAMPTON BOURNEMOUTH LEICESTER	4751 4415 4402 4154 4130 4035 3991 4267 3869 3725	LONDON SCOTLAND WEST MIDLANDS WALES YORKSHIRE WEST ESSEX KENT GREATER MANCHESTER MERSEYSIDE TYNE & WEAR	(12 crematoria) (21 crematoria) (12 crematoria) (12 crematoria) (11 crematoria) (6 crematoria) (7 crematoria) (12 crematoria) (6 crematoria) (8 crematoria)	21,688 34,832 24,078 20,591 17,063 15,763 13,841 21,688 13,619 12,680

CREMATORIA having the highest percentage INCREASES on previous full year		CREMATORIA which have carried out MOST cremations since date of opening
PONTEFRACT BRADFORD LYTHAM ST ANNES WEST WILTSHIRE GATESHEAD THORNTON (Crosby) LIVERPOOL (Springwood) STOKE-ON-TRENT INVERNESS SALFORD	55.43% 43.14% 30.18% 29.22% 26.22% 15.54% 15.50% 13.90% 12.86% 12.58%	GOLDERS GREEN (1902) MANCHESTER (Chorlton-cum-Hardy) (1892) LONDON (City of) (1904) ENFIELD (1938) EDINBURGH (Warriston) (1929) NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE (1934) LONDON (South) (1936) NOTTINGHAM (1931) BOURNEMOUTH (1938) SHEFFIELD (City Road) (1904)		299,333 212,645 211,447 199,582 199,156 196,010 191,557 184,699 182,684 177,424

CREMATORIA carrying out the MOST (recorded) CATHOLOC CREMATIONS in 1997
ST HELENS GLASGOW (Daldowie) LIVERPOOL (Anfield) LONDON (West) BIRKENHEAD	610 476 459 415 405	MIDDLESBROUGH BOLTON GLASGOW (The Linn) GLASGOW (Maryhill) ELTHAM		400 390 355 349 293

List of the first ten and the last ten CREMATORIA to be opened in Great Britain
WOKING, Surrey MANCHESTER (Chorlton-cum-Hardy) GLASGOW (Maryhill) Scotland LIVERPOOL (Anfield) Merseyside HULL, Humberside DARLINGTON, Durham LEICESTER, Leics. GOLDERS GREEN, London BIRMINGHAM (Perry Barr) West Mids. LONDON (City of)	1885 1892 1895 1896 1901 1901 1902 1902 1903 1904	INVERNESS, Scotland SEMINGTON, West Wiltshire FOREST OF DEAN, Gloucestershire HARWOOD PARK, Hertfordshire EAST RIDING, Yorkshire HOLMSFORD BRIDGE, Scotland BASILDON & DISTRICT, Essex BASINGSTOKE, Hampshire HALTEMPRICE, Yorkshire GRENOSIDE, Sheffield, Yorkshire		27 July 1995 29 January 1996 6 January 1997 10 February 1997 27 May 1997 30 October 1997 30 April 1998 1 June 1998 29 June 1998 14 August 1998

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