Series
Ministry of Health and Department of Health and Social Security: Local Authority...
Catalogue reference: MH 154
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MH 154
This series contains files from File Office D, which served the Local Authority Social Services Division, the Mental Health Division and Health Services Division 3 (Health Services Development Group) of the Department of Health and Social...
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 154
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Health and Department of Health and Social Security: Local Authority Social Services Division and other Divisions: Registered Files (File Office D Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1948-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files from File Office D, which served the Local Authority Social Services Division, the Mental Health Division and Health Services Division 3 (Health Services Development Group) of the Department of Health and Social Security and their predecessors at the Ministry of Health. Files relate to provision of healthcare services under the National Health Service Act 1946, local authority health and welfare services (including provision of care for the elderly, the blind and the deaf, and psychiatric care) vaccination and immunisation, health education (including smoking) and fluoridation of water supplies. Also includes minutes and papers of the Committee of Enquiry into Mental Handicap Nursing and Care (the Jay Committee), and papers concerning public enquiries into smallpox incidents in Britain in the 1970s.
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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)
- File Office D 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)
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- Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
- Department of Health and Social Security, Health Services Division 3, 1974-1975
- Department of Health and Social Security, Local Authority Social Services Division, 1972-1981
- Department of Health and Social Security, Mental Health Division, 1974-1987
- Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1592 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1994 Department of Health
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10992/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MH
Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Health and successors, Local Government...
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Ministry of Health and Department of Health and Social Security: Local Authority Social Services Division and other Divisions: Registered Files (File Office D Series)