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Ministry of Health: Poor Law Division: Local Government Act 1929, Administrative...
Catalogue reference: MH 54
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MH 54
This series contains copies of administrative schemes submitted by council of counties and county boroughs for discharging functions transferred from poor law authorities under the Local Government Act 1929. The series also includes schemes...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MH 54
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Health: Poor Law Division: Local Government Act 1929, Administrative Schemes and Regulations
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Date (When the record was created)
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1929-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains copies of administrative schemes submitted by council of counties and county boroughs for discharging functions transferred from poor law authorities under the Local Government Act 1929. The series also includes schemes (under s.63 of the Act) and amending schemes (under s.185(6)) of the Public Health Act 1936) relating to the provision of hospital accommodation for infectious diseases; and regulations for domiciliary assistance to blind persons under s.2 of the Blind Persons Act 1920 drawn up by councils pursuant to declarations made in their administrative schemes.
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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)
- Ministry of Health, Poor Law Division, 1919-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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7 volume(s)
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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 Local Government Act, 1929 (19 and 20 Geo. 5, c.17) was passed to amend the law relating to the administration of poor relief, registration of births, deaths and marriages, highways, town planning and local government. This Act inter alia transferred the functions of the former Poor Law Guardians to county and county borough councils; and S.4 required the latter to prepare and submit to the Minister of Health administrative schemes of the arrangements proposed to be made for discharging the functions thus transferred.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10897/
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Ministry of Health: Poor Law Division: Local Government Act 1929, Administrative Schemes and Regulations