Series
Ministry of Health: Local Government Act 1929, Public Health Survey
Catalogue reference: MH 66
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MH 66
The series contains correspondence and reports of public health surveys carried out under the Local Government Act 1929 for individual authorities which have been classified in various groups. In some cases copies of annual reports of medical...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MH 66
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Health: Local Government Act 1929, Public Health Survey
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1930-1943
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series contains correspondence and reports of public health surveys carried out under the Local Government Act 1929 for individual authorities which have been classified in various groups. In some cases copies of annual reports of medical officers of health are included.
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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)
- Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1084 files and volumes
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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 empowered the Minister of Health to withold monetary grants from local authorities if they were not providing efficient health services. A survey was under taken to satisfy the minister that the services were efficient.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10909/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MH
Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Health and successors, Local Government...
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Ministry of Health: Local Government Act 1929, Public Health Survey