Series
Local Government Board and predecessors: Reports on Foreign Epidemics
Catalogue reference: MH 98
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MH 98
This series comprises volumes of correspondence respecting foreign epidemics. Most of this correspondence consists of reports returned to Britain by consular staff giving details of disease outbreaks wherever they may have occurred. Mortality...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MH 98
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Title (The name of the record)
- Local Government Board and predecessors: Reports on Foreign Epidemics
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1805-1882
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises volumes of correspondence respecting foreign epidemics. Most of this correspondence consists of reports returned to Britain by consular staff giving details of disease outbreaks wherever they may have occurred. Mortality statistics and tables showing the extent of the disease affecting the population are sometimes inserted. Other relevant correspondence is included such as that concerning arrangements for ship quarantine, and verification of details of reports. There are also newspaper cuttings, including some from foreign journals.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For similar material (in volumes dealing with special subjects) see MH 19
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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)
- 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)
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- Local Government Board, 1871-1919
- Poor Law Board, 1847-1871
- Poor Law Commission, 1834-1847
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 25 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10941/
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Local Government Board and predecessors: Reports on Foreign Epidemics