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Ministry of Health and predecessor: Register of Official Inquiries into Charges Against...
Catalogue reference: MH 155
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MH 155
This series consists of a single volume (known as "the Black Book"), which contains brief notes of official inquiries into charges against officers. The cases documented were brought against officers performing a range of duties; the commonest...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MH 155
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Health and predecessor: Register of Official Inquiries into Charges Against Officers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1873-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of a single volume (known as "the Black Book"), which contains brief notes of official inquiries into charges against officers. The cases documented were brought against officers performing a range of duties; the commonest being inspectors of nuisances, and medical officers of health. Other officers were clerks, rate collectors, sanitary inspectors and surveyors, vaccination officers, and public health inspectors. Cases listed in this volume concern infringements of rules and regulations, details of criminal and civil proceedings against officers, cases of fraud and embezzlement, professional misconduct and malpractice, incompetence and votes of no confidence in officers to carry out their duties, and cases of officers discharged on medical grounds.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Correspondence on cases in this register has not survived.
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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)
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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)
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- Local Government Board, 1871-1919
- Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10993/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MH
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Ministry of Health and predecessor: Register of Official Inquiries into Charges Against Officers