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Poor Law Board and Local Government Board: Poor Law Administration Department and...
Catalogue reference: MH 27
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MH 27
This series contains correspondence of the Poor Law Administration and Metropolitan Departments relating to Poor Law School Districts and London School Boards. The volumes fall into two distinct groups. The first contains correspondence of the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MH 27
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Title (The name of the record)
- Poor Law Board and Local Government Board: Poor Law Administration Department and Metropolitan Department: Poor Law School Districts and London School Board, Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848-1910
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence of the Poor Law Administration and Metropolitan Departments relating to Poor Law School Districts and London School Boards. The volumes fall into two distinct groups. The first contains correspondence of the Poor Law Board and the Local Government Board with the Poor Law School Districts relating to the administration and control of district schools, including appointment of managers and administrative, teaching and nursing staff, school inspection, buildings and extensions, loans sanctions, medical services, etc.
The second contains correspondence of the Local Government Board relating to the audit and financial control of London School Board expenditure. Two volumes relate to the celebrated 'Cockerton Case'.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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1859-1861 No. 1 Central London, 1895 No. 2 South Metropolitan and 1898 Mar.- Dec. No. 2 South Metropolitan are missing.
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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, Metropolitan Department, 1871-1884
- Local Government Board, Poor Law Administration Department, 1871-1919
- Poor Law Board, Metropolitan Department, 1867-1871
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 143 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10870/
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Poor Law Board and Local Government Board: Poor Law Administration Department and Metropolitan Department: Poor Law School Districts and London School Board, Correspondence