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Ministry of Health and predecessors and successor: Establishment and Organization...

Catalogue reference: MH 78

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MH 78

This series mainly consists of files of the Establishment Division of the Ministry of Health relating to the organisation of the department, its predecessors, the Local Government Board and the National Health Insurance Commissioners for England...

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Reference

MH 78

Title
Ministry of Health and predecessors and successor: Establishment and Organization Files
Date

1862-1985

Description

This series mainly consists of files of the Establishment Division of the Ministry of Health relating to the organisation of the department, its predecessors, the Local Government Board and the National Health Insurance Commissioners for England and Wales, and subordinate departments including the Welsh Board of Health, the Board of Control, the Government Lymph Establishment and the General Register Office. The papers also relate to the creation of the Ministry (otherwise in MH 19), emergency arrangements during the General Strike, 1926, and establishment matters generally. Some files continued to be used by the Department of Health and Social Security after its creation in 1968.

Related material

See the records of the Welsh Board of Health in

Separated material

For files transferred to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government see:

HLG 110

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Board of Control, 1913-1960
  • Department of Health and Social Security, Establishments and Organisation Division, 1968-1971
  • Department of Health and Social Security, Establishments and Personnel Division, 1972-1988
  • General Register Office, 1836-1970
  • Local Government Board, 1871-1919
  • Local Government Board, Government Lymph Establishment, 1907-1919
  • Ministry of Health, Establishments and Organisation Division, 1961-1968
  • Ministry of Health, Establishments Division, 1919-1961
  • Ministry of Health, Government Lymph Establishment, 1919-1946
  • National Health Insurance Commission (England), 1911-1919
  • National Health Insurance Commission (Wales), 1911-1919
  • Welsh Board of Health, 1919-1969
Physical description

451 files and volumes

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10921/

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Ministry of Health and predecessors and successor: Establishment and Organization Files