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Welsh Board of Health: Registered Files

Catalogue reference: MH 96

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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...

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Reference

MH 96

Title
Welsh Board of Health: Registered Files
Date

1872-1978

Description

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).

Arrangement
Arrangement

By former reference within accessions

Related material

For files of the Welsh Hospital Board see BD 18

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Local Government Board, 1871-1919
  • National Health Insurance Commission (Wales), 1911-1919
  • Welsh Board of Health, 1919-1969
Physical description

2355 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1975 Department of Health and Social Security

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10939/

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Welsh Board of Health: Registered Files