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Series
HM Factory Inspectorate: Specimens of Regional Office Papers
Catalogue reference: LAB 67
What's it about?
LAB 67
Records from HM Factory Inspectorate's South Western regional office, including annual reports, accident returns, companies files, conference minutes, legal papers, monthly circulars and other records, illustrating the routine work of the Inspectorate.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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LAB 67
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Factory Inspectorate: Specimens of Regional Office Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1903-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records from HM Factory Inspectorate's South Western regional office, including annual reports, accident returns, companies files, conference minutes, legal papers, monthly circulars and other records, illustrating the routine work of the Inspectorate.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of Employment and Productivity, Safety, Health and Welfare Division, HM Factory Inspectorate, 1968-1970
- Department of Employment, Safety, Health and Welfare Division, HM Factory Inspectorate, 1970-1972
- Home Office, Factory Inspectorate, 1833-1940
- Ministry of Labour and National Service, Factory and Welfare Department, 1942-1946
- Ministry of Labour and National Service, Factory Inspectorate, 1940-1941
- Ministry of Labour and National Service, Safety, Health and Welfare Department, Factory Department, 1946-1957
- Ministry of Labour and National Service, Safety, Health and Welfare Department, HM Factory Inspectorate, 1957-1959
- Ministry of Labour, Safety, Health and Welfare Department, HM Factory Inspectorate, 1959-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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205 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Manufacturing
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is not accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10182/
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HM Factory Inspectorate: Specimens of Regional Office Papers
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