Series
Ministry of Health: Care of Children and Elderly, Registered Files (99069 and 99073...
Catalogue reference: MH 122
What's it about?
MH 122
This series contains selected Ministry of Health files dealing with aspects of the care of children and old people. The papers relating to children deal mainly with the position of orphans, and other homeless and unaccompanied children who had...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MH 122
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Health: Care of Children and Elderly, Registered Files (99069 and 99073 Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1944-1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains selected Ministry of Health files dealing with aspects of the care of children and old people. The papers relating to children deal mainly with the position of orphans, and other homeless and unaccompanied children who had been evacuated to reception areas under the Government Evacuation Scheme 1939. The papers relating to old people consist of lists of various institutions for the elderly in the United Kingdom.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further files on the evacuation of children during the Second World War see HLG 7
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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)
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99,069 file series
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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)
- Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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7 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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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In 1945 instructions were issued to local authorities setting out interim arrangements for the future care and maintenance of orphans, and other homeless and unaccompanied evacuee children. These arrangements were designed to bridge the period of transition from the winding-up of the scheme in 1945 to the coming into force on 5 July 1948 of the National Health Service Act 1946, the National Assistance Act 1948 and the Children Act 1948, as the persons for whom they provided would then come within the scope of the services established under these measures.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10965/
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Ministry of Health: Care of Children and Elderly, Registered Files (99069 and 99073 Series)