Series
Ministry of Health: Joint Hospital Boards' Correspondence and Minutes
Catalogue reference: MH 67
What's it about?
MH 67
This series contains correspondence and minutes of selected Joint Hospital Boards.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MH 67
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Health: Joint Hospital Boards' Correspondence and Minutes
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1903-1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence and minutes of selected Joint Hospital Boards.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For ministry files of correspondence with the joint hospital boards see MH 48
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Records of other joint hospital boards may also be found in local repositories.
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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)
- 237 file(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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Joint hospital boards were authorised under the Public Health Act 1875, which empowered local sanitary authorities to combine for the purpose of establishing and maintaining local hospitals. This power was not extensively used but did lead to the establishment of isolation hospitals, mental hospitals, sanatoria and centres for mental defectives. The boards came to an end with the inception of the National Health Service.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10910/
Catalogue hierarchy
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Ministry of Health: Joint Hospital Boards' Correspondence and Minutes