What is a Public Health Funeral?
When someone dies within a local authority area and there are no surviving relatives, or there is no-one to arrange a funeral, the local authority may be able to arrange a funeral at public expense.
We don't provide a funeral service. However, under the Section 46(1) of the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984, we have a duty to arrange the funeral if someone dies within the district boundary.
We are not responsible for funeral arrangements if the deceased lived in South Cambridgeshire but died within another council's district boundary.
Public Register
The below table shows the Public Health Funerals which have been arranged by us since January 2019.
| Year | Reference | Deceased | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Last Address | Type of funeral | Passed to Bona Vacantia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2020/2 | David Cutter | 24/10/1942 | 20/10/2020 | Redacted | Cremation | Unknown |
| 2020 | 2020/3 | Gareth Taylor | 17/09/1946 | 29/08/2020 | Redacted | Cremation | Unknown |
| 2020 | 2020/4 | Susan Walker | 13/10/1936 | 31/10/2020 | Redacted | Cremation | Unknown |
| 2021 | 2021/1 | Nicholas Fuller | 25/04/1950 | 08/01/2021 | Redacted | Cremation | Unknown |
| 2021 | 2021/2 | Trevor Ealey | 27/08/1928 | 16/01/2021 | Redacted | Cremation | Unknown |
| 2021 | 2021/3 | Gillian Haynes | 29/08/1943 | 09/01/2021 | Redacted | Cremation | Unknown |
| 2021 | 2021/4 | Vivienne Anne Bear | 03/05/1955 | 01/02/2021 | Redacted | Cremation | Unknown |
| 2021 | 359198 | David Capcon | 20/09/1944 | 16/10/2021 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2021 | 360484 | Christin Hatton | 01/05/1937 | 07/12/2021 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2022 | 362822 | Neil Smith | 06/05/1967 | 04/02/2022 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2022 | 365907 | Nicholas Grieve | 12/03/1967 | 25/05/2022 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2022 | 367874 | Mary Heath | 26/07/1943 | 10/07/2022 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2022 | 370872 | Eileen Gladys Jones | 10/08/1937 | 23/08/2023 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2022 | 371478 | Margret Lance | 05/02/1959 | 13/10/2022 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2023 | 37487 | Brian Emson | 28/05/1940 | 20/10/2022 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2023 | 373795 | John Boothy | 17/03/1966 | 13/01/2023 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2023 | 374899 | Theodora Noddings | 05/10/1934 | 24/01/2023 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2023 | 375978 | Micheal Crick | 25/02/1943 | 18/02/2023 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2023 | 376171 | Justin McKenzie Sharp | 07/03/1962 | 28/11/2022 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2023 | 376988 | Keith Choda | 25/12/1951 | 27/02/2023 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2023 | 3708069 | Roman PLCH | 11/10/1972 | 13/03/2023 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2023 | 379572 | Graham Frodham | 03/01/1949 | 13/04/2023 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2023 | 380038 | Fredrick Whitby | 13/12/1952 | 12/06/2023 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2023 | 383806 | Kevin Hancox | 01/10/1959 | 31/07/2023 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2023 | 383821 | Robert Ross | 07/06/1953 | 10/09/2023 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2023 | 385977 | Louise Harvey-Freeman | 21/06/1950 | 06/11/2023 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2024 | 388381 | James Butler | 10/10/1973 | 21/12/2023 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2024 | 390184 | David Hayden | 24/10/1949 | 27/02/2024 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2024 | 400295 |
Linda Chappell |
04/05/1948 | 07/10/2024 | Redacted | Cremation | No |
| 2024 | 400334 |
Lucy Caroline Petitt |
16/05/1980 | 16/10/2024 | Redacted | Cremation | No |