Record revealed
Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
In this letter, Thomas Henshaw of Derbyshire complained of his treatment by local officials who denied him welfare despite his ‘most distressing’ situation.
Series
Home Office: Children's Department: Statistical Reports
Catalogue reference: HO 414
What's it about?
HO 414
This series contains statistical summaries of local authorities' returns for children in care, 1949-1970. The returns also give information about the manner in which the children were accommodated.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 414
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Children's Department: Statistical Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1949-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains statistical summaries of local authorities' returns for children in care, 1949-1970. The returns also give information about the manner in which the children were accommodated.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Later statistical reports on children in care can be found in BN 35
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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)
- 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)
- Home Office, Childrens Department, 1949-1971
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 22 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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In 2003 Department of Health
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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)
- Records previously held in the Statistics Branch
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16043/
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Home Office: Children's Department: Statistical Reports
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