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
Health and Safety Executive: Hazardous Substances Group: Registered Files (HSG Series)
Catalogue reference: EF 16
What's it about?
EF 16
This series contains registered files from the Health and Safety Executive's HSG series, containing papers of the Hazardous Substances Group.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- EF 16
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Title (The name of the record)
- Health and Safety Executive: Hazardous Substances Group: Registered Files (HSG Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1969-1996
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files from the Health and Safety Executive's HSG series, containing papers of the Hazardous Substances Group.
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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)
- HSG 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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 182 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 2004 Health and Safety Commission, Health and Safety Executive
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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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- Topics
- Welfare
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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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 Hazardous Substances Group was set up when the Health and Safety Commission and the Health and Safety Executive was established by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act of 1974. There were four main divisions: Branch A dealing with explosives; Branch B concerning flammables; Branch C focusing on toxics and corrosives; and Branch E specialising in Major Hazards.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16145/
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Health and Safety Executive: Hazardous Substances Group: Registered Files (HSG Series)
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