Public Health Funerals

This dataset contains details of all public health (“paupers”) funerals conducted since 2011. It is updated on a quarterly basis due to the low numbers of such funerals within the district.

Under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, when a resident in the area passes away outside of a hospital and there is no one else willing to pay, the Council will make the necessary arrangements for a public health funeral.