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Local Government Board and predecessors: Registers of Correspondence with Government...
Catalogue reference: MH 20
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MH 20
This series contains registers of correspondence with other government departments (MH 19). The register also contains cross-references to other series of correspondence and registers, including series no longer in existence.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MH 20
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Title (The name of the record)
- Local Government Board and predecessors: Registers of Correspondence with Government Offices
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1837-1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registers of correspondence with other government departments (MH 19). The register also contains cross-references to other series of correspondence and registers, including series no longer in existence.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Local Government Board, 1871-1919
- Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
- Poor Law Board, 1847-1871
- Poor Law Commission, 1834-1847
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 85 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
- Local Government
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10863/
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