Series
Ministry of Health: Civil Defence, Registered Files (P(H) and CD(H) Series)
Catalogue reference: MH 131
What's it about?
MH 131
This series contains files covering the whole range of the Ministry of Health's civil defence activities, in particular the National Hospital Service Reserve.
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 131
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Health: Civil Defence, Registered Files (P(H) and CD(H) Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1965-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files covering the whole range of the Ministry of Health's civil defence activities, in particular the National Hospital Service Reserve.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Former file reference
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For comparable files for Wales see BD 2
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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)
- P(H) file series
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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)
- Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 153 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1999 Department of Health
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred to the Department of Health and Social Security in 1968 and to the Department of Health in 1988.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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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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Section 1 of the Civil Defence Act 1948 made it 'part of the functions of designated Ministers to take such steps as appear from time to time to be necessary or expedient for civil defence purposes.' By an Order in Council dated 28 July 1949, The Civil Defence (Designation of the Minister of Health) Order 1949, the Minister of Health was designated responsible for a number of civil defence junctions. These included control of medical manpower, care of the homeless and other refugees, emergency ambulance service, and civil defence arrangements in hospitals. This included the National Hospital Service Reserve which was established by the minister to provide a trained and organised body of men and women available to meet the needs of an expanded hospital service in the event of war.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10970/
Catalogue hierarchy
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Within the department: MH
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Ministry of Health: Civil Defence, Registered Files (P(H) and CD(H) Series)