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Ministry of Health: Health Divisions: General Health Questions, Registered Files,...

Catalogue reference: MH 58

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MH 58

This series contains subject files of correspondence, mostly from the Ministry of Health 95,000 and 99,000 series, concerning general health questions. Subjects covered include the medical inspection of aliens, anatomy, dentistry, disease, drugs,...

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Reference

MH 58

Title
Ministry of Health: Health Divisions: General Health Questions, Registered Files, (95,000, 99,000 and other Series)
Date

1910-1972

Description

This series contains subject files of correspondence, mostly from the Ministry of Health 95,000 and 99,000 series, concerning general health questions. Subjects covered include the medical inspection of aliens, anatomy, dentistry, disease, drugs, international health, lunacy and mental deficiency, medical education, nurses and nursing, poisons, population and censuses, professional registration, public medical services, radioactive substances, therapeutic substances, voluntary hospitals, and the medical examination of recruits and the recruitment or deferment of medical personnel under the Military Training Act 1939. Also contains papers of the Voluntary Hospitals Commission 1921 to 1928 and minutes and papers of the National Radium Trust from 1929.

Related material

For records of National Service Medical Board examinations see MH 114

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

95,000 file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
Physical description

915 files and volumes

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10901/

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Ministry of Health: Health Divisions: General Health Questions, Registered Files, (95,000, 99,000 and other Series)