Series
Welsh Board of Health: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: MH 96
What's it about?
MH 96
This series contains registered files of the Welsh Board of Health (WBH) and, in a few cases, of the Local Government Board and National Health Insurance Commission for Wales.The files deal with a wide variety of subjects, giving a history of...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MH 96
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Title (The name of the record)
- Welsh Board of Health: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1872-1978
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Welsh Board of Health (WBH) and, in a few cases, of the Local Government Board and National Health Insurance Commission for Wales.
The files deal with a wide variety of subjects, giving a history of health and public health matters in Wales, including the administration of the poor law in Wales, emergency Second World War services, the administration of the Executive Councils created under the National Health Service Act 1946, welfare services provided under the National Assistance Act 1948, maternity and child welfare, blind welfare, hospital services (including the building of hospitals), the treatment of tuberculosis carried out by the Welsh National Memorial Association, the provision of isolation hospitals, port health administration (sea and air ports) and outbreaks of disease in humans and animals (including poliomyelitis in the early 1950s).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
By former reference within accessions
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For files of the Welsh Hospital Board see BD 18
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Local Government Board, 1871-1919
- National Health Insurance Commission (Wales), 1911-1919
- Welsh Board of Health, 1919-1969
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2355 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1975 Department of Health and Social Security
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10939/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MH
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Welsh Board of Health: Registered Files