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Setting up of the Royal Commission
Catalogue reference: MH 121/6
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This record is about the Setting up of the Royal Commission dating from 1954 in the series Royal Commission on the Law Relating to Mental Illness and Mental Deficiency (Percy.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MH 121/6
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1954
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Description (What the record is about)
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Setting up of the Royal Commission
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Mental illness
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1716215/
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Royal Commission on the Law Relating to Mental Illness and Mental Deficiency (Percy...
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