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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...

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Reference
MH 154
Title
Ministry of Health and Department of Health and Social Security: Local Authority Social Services Division and other Divisions: Registered Files (File Office D Series)
Date
1948-1993
Description

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.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
File Office D series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • 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
Physical description
1592 file(s)
Access conditions
Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 1994 Department of Health

Accruals
Series is accruing.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10992/

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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)