Series
Ministry of Health: Emergency Medical Services and related bodies: Registered Files...
Catalogue reference: MH 76
What's it about?
MH 76
This series comprises registered files of the Emergency Medical Services mainly of the period 1935-1953 with particular reference to the Second World War. The subjects covered include hospitals and first aid posts, personnel, supplies, equipment...
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 76
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Health: Emergency Medical Services and related bodies: Registered Files (EMS, 99,000 and other Series), Circulars and Second World War Medical History Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1935-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises registered files of the Emergency Medical Services mainly of the period 1935-1953 with particular reference to the Second World War. The subjects covered include hospitals and first aid posts, personnel, supplies, equipment and specialized services. Also contains departmental files of correspondence relating to evacuation, refugees, rest centres, air raid shelters, medical history of war, and the planning of measures for the prevention and relief of wartime distress. Drafts and papers used in the preparation of the Official Medical History of the Second World War are also included.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For files on the Ministry of Health's special wartime functions see HLG 7
For further files on the planning and operation of emergency wartime services see MH 79
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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)
- EMS 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)
- 665 file(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10919/
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: Emergency Medical Services and related bodies: Registered Files (EMS, 99,000 and other Series), Circulars and Second World War Medical History Papers