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Ministry of Health: Emergency Medical Services and related bodies: Registered Files...

Catalogue reference: MH 76

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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...

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Reference
MH 76
Title
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
Date
1935-1970
Description

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.

Related material

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

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
EMS file series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
Physical description
665 file(s)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10919/

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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