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The first American invention to obtain an English patent
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Series
Welsh Office: Health and Social Work Department and successors: Registered Files...
Catalogue reference: BD 119
What's it about?
BD 119
This series consists of files relating to general health issues in Wales. Topics covered include Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the anthrax outbreak in North Wales, incidences of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and Bovine Spongiform...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BD 119
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Title (The name of the record)
- Welsh Office: Health and Social Work Department and successors: Registered Files (GHS prefix)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1981-1995
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of files relating to general health issues in Wales. Topics covered include Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the anthrax outbreak in North Wales, incidences of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), meningitis, the Chernobyl accident of 1986 and its effect on Wales, salmonella, incidence of cancer near Trawsfynydd and Wylfa power stations, childrens hospitals and hospices, child abuse, clenbuterol in farm animals and the restructuring of District Health Authorities.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged chronologically in file prefix order.
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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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GHS prefix
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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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- Welsh Office, Health and Social Work Department, 1973-1984
- Welsh Office, Housing, Health and Social Services Policy Group, 1984-1995
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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48 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2015 Welsh Government
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The records have been stored by the Welsh Government and predecessors in Cathays Park and Neptune Point, Cardiff, prior to transfer to The National Archives.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1983 to 1995
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is acrruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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RCP - 3.1.1 - the principal policies and actions of the UK central government and English and Welsh Governments.
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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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The Health and Social Work Department was part of the Education, Health and Social Work, Housing, Water and Environmental Protection Sector. From the mid-1980s this Group also included the functions of transport, highways and planning. From 1984, the Health and Social Work Department became the Housing, Health and Social Services Policy Group under the same Sector to 1995.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14056869/
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Welsh Office: Health and Social Work Department and successors: Registered Files (GHS prefix)
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