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Folio 31. Pro-forma draft letter from Edwin Chadwick [Secretary to the Poor Law Commission],...

Catalogue reference: MH 12/8979/24

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This record is about the Folio 31. Pro-forma draft letter from Edwin Chadwick [Secretary to the Poor Law Commission],... dating from 17 February 1845 in the series Local Government Board and predecessors: Correspondence with Poor Law Unions and.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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MH 12/8979/24
Date
17 February 1845
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Folio 31. Pro-forma draft letter from Edwin Chadwick [Secretary to the Poor Law Commission], to Messrs W and E Willoby [William Willoby and Edward Willoby], Clerks to the Guardians of the Berwick-upon-Tweed Poor Law Union, acknowledging receipt of their letter of 12 February enclosing the vaccination return. He notes the discrepancy between the 746 births in the union and the 323 vaccinations for the year ended 29 September 1844, states that the Commission considers a greater number might have been vaccinated and suggests that the attention of the vaccinators be called to the subject. Paper number: 1851/A/1845. Poor Law Union Number 325. Counties: Town and County of Berwick-upon-Tweed and Northumberland.
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The National Archives, Kew
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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