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Records of Middlemore House
Catalogue reference: BCC/10/BCH/7
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This record is about the Records of Middlemore House dating from 1950 - 1952.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BCC/10/BCH/7
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of Middlemore House
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1950 - 1952
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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BCC 10/BCH/7 Records of Middlemore House
BCC 10/BCH/7/1 Registers of admissions and discharges
BCC 10/BCH/7/2 Admission registers
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See Birmingham City Council Children's Committee minutes (BCC 1/CT/3).
'The First Four Years: the report of the Children's Officer of the city of Birmingham for the period from February, 1949 to January, 1953' contains a section on Middlemore House. Local Studies collection, ref. L41.31.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Middlemore House; Birmingham City Council
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 0.06 Cubic metres
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Items in this collection have restricted access for 100 years because they contain sensitive information about individuals under the DPA (1998)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Middlemore House was leased by Birmingham City Council from the Middlemore Emigration Homes; there is no further link between the two institutions.
Birmingham City Council leased Middlemore House between 1949 and 1955. The building was required because the council's existing accommodation was under considerable pressure by 1949, following the closure of the Garth and Caerynwch nurseries in Wales, and the closure of the Middlemore Emigration Home, which had been housing a number of children in the care of the local authority.
The building was not divided into small units in the way that cottage homes were, and children lived in larger groups and slept in dormitories. Because of the limitations of the building only 'short-stay' or 'medium-stay' children were accommodated there.
Middlemore House was under the control of the Children's Committee of Birmingham City Council.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/5ebd596a-fa4c-46a0-987b-a1da14aa734c/
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Records of Middlemore House