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Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
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Working Group on Day Centres for the Physically Handicapped, the Elderly, the Mentally...
Catalogue reference: MH 154/857
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This record is about the Working Group on Day Centres for the Physically Handicapped, the Elderly, the Mentally... dating from 1974 Jan 01-1974 Dec 31 in the series Ministry of Health and Department of Health and Social Security: Local Authority.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MH 154/857
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1974 Jan 01-1974 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Working Group on Day Centres for the Physically Handicapped, the Elderly, the Mentally Ill and Mentally Handicapped: draft building notes; comments and correspondence; notes of meetings held between 30 January and 10 December 1974
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- D/H2/37 VOL B
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Welfare
- Mental illness
- Children
- Disability
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10949221/
Series information
MH 154
Ministry of Health and Department of Health and Social Security: Local Authority...
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