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Board of Control - Commissioners; correspondence on office procedure with regard...
Catalogue reference: MH 51/525
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This record is about the Board of Control - Commissioners; correspondence on office procedure with regard... dating from 1878-1951 in the series Lunacy Commission and Board of Control: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MH 51/525
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1878-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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Board of Control - Commissioners; correspondence on office procedure with regard to the examination of admission documents and medical reports: Lord Shaftesbury's portrait: first chairman of Lunacy Commission, 1845-1885
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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)
- 60103/30
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Mental illness
- Medicine
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1690400/
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MH 51
Lunacy Commission and Board of Control: Correspondence and Papers
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