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Piece
Aberdare Urban District Council: Food and Drugs Act 1938, section 64
Catalogue reference: MH 96/264
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This record is about the Aberdare Urban District Council: Food and Drugs Act 1938, section 64 dating from 1939 in the series Welsh Board of Health: Registered Files. 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 96/264
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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Aberdare Urban District Council: Food and Drugs Act 1938, section 64
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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)
- F & D 282/12
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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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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
- Food and drink
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1894437/
Series information
MH 96
Welsh Board of Health: Registered Files
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