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Local Government Board: Metropolis Water Acts Department and Public Health Department:...
Catalogue reference: MH 16
What's it about?
MH 16
This series contains correspondence and papers of the Local Government Board's Metropolis Water Acts and Public Health Departments, relating to the regulating of chemical processes and the licensing of alkali and other chemical works in England,...
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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MH 16
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Title (The name of the record)
- Local Government Board: Metropolis Water Acts Department and Public Health Department: Regulation and Licensing of Alkali and other Chemical Works, Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1873-1898
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence and papers of the Local Government Board's Metropolis Water Acts and Public Health Departments, relating to the regulating of chemical processes and the licensing of alkali and other chemical works in England, Wales and Ireland, and in Scotland (up to 1855), under the several Alkali Acts.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the Alkali Inspectorate see BT 328
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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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- Local Government Board, Metropolis Water Acts Department, 1873-1884
- Local Government Board, Public Health Department, 1876-1919
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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9 box(es)
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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
- Ireland
- Local Government
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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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The Alkali Works Inspectorate and an examiner of metropolitan water were taken over from the Board of Trade in 1873 and were under the control of the Metropolis Water Acts Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10859/
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