Series
Ministry of Health: Health Divisions: Public Health and Poor Law Services, Local...
Catalogue reference: MH 53
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MH 53
This series contains selected Ministry of Health files, dealing mainly with administration, in relation to specific groups of local authority employees involved in public health and poor law services. Other subjects include Parliamentary...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MH 53
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Health: Health Divisions: Public Health and Poor Law Services, Local Government Administration and Finance, General Registered Files (91,000 and other Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1910-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains selected Ministry of Health files, dealing mainly with administration, in relation to specific groups of local authority employees involved in public health and poor law services. Other subjects include Parliamentary legislation, the making and application of acts and regulations; exchequer grants to local authorities; housing accommodation for elderly persons; bye-laws relating to maternity homes and the Local Government Manpower Committee on food and drugs administration. Several files cover the reorganisation introduced by the Local Government Act 1958, involving the delegation of health and welfare functions to district councils. One sub series of papers deals with matters appertaining to radioactive substances, with special reference to the medical officer of health's responsibility for health and safety, in the face of potential radiation hazards.
Most of the files were registered in the 91001-91100 and 91401-91420 series of the Ministry of Health; there are also files with registered numbers in older file series 010100, 100000, 104000, 108000, 115000, 126000 and 155000.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further files relating to parliamentary legislation see MH 80
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 91,000 file series
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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)
- Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 298 file(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10896/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MH
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Ministry of Health: Health Divisions: Public Health and Poor Law Services, Local Government Administration and Finance, General Registered Files (91,000 and other Series)