Series
Home Office, Children's Department, and Department of Health and Social Security,...
Catalogue reference: MH 109
What's it about?
MH 109
This series contains indexed volumes of circulars, and folders containing incomplete sets of circulars issued by the Chief Inspector of the Children's Department to establishments entrusted with the care of children. The circulars deal with a...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MH 109
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office, Children's Department, and Department of Health and Social Security, Children's Division: Circulars
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1909-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains indexed volumes of circulars, and folders containing incomplete sets of circulars issued by the Chief Inspector of the Children's Department to establishments entrusted with the care of children. The circulars deal with a wide range of subjects including air raid precautions, after-care, clothing, food, education, hygiene and other aspects of the children's welfare, as well as the employment, training and salaries of staff.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further files of the Home Office and Department of Health and Social Security relating to children see BN 29
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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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- Department of Health and Social Security, Childrens Division, 1971-1985
- Home Office, Childrens Branch, 1924-1949
- Home Office, Childrens Department, 1949-1971
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 46 files and volumes
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Child care responsibilities were transferred from the Home Office to the Department of Health and Social Security Office in 1971.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10952/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MH
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Home Office, Children's Department, and Department of Health and Social Security, Children's Division: Circulars