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Series
General Board of Health and Home Office, Local Government Act Office: Correspondence
Catalogue reference: MH 13
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MH 13
This series contains correspondence of the General Board of Health and the Home Office's Local Government Act Office with local authorities and government departments relating to the provision and administration of public health, sanitary and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MH 13
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Title (The name of the record)
- General Board of Health and Home Office, Local Government Act Office: Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1846-1871
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence of the General Board of Health and the Home Office's Local Government Act Office with local authorities and government departments relating to the provision and administration of public health, sanitary and other services under the several Public Health and Local Government Acts passed between 1848 and 1871. A few volumes relate to special subjects such as cholera, yellow fever, and metropolitan nuisances.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The arrangement of the papers is an alphabetical one under urban and rural district councils.
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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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- General Board of Health, 1848-1858
- Home Office, Local Government Act Office, 1858-1871
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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272 volume(s)
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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
- Welfare
- Disease
- Local Government
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10856/
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