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Britain’s youngest prisoner of war: John Giles Hipkin
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Series
Home Office: Children (CHN Symbol Series) Reports and Papers: Local Authorities and...
Catalogue reference: BN 61
What's it about?
BN 61
Files concerning the review by Home Office Children's Department inspectors of the child care arrangements of local authorities and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).The series contains reports on reception,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BN 61
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Children (CHN Symbol Series) Reports and Papers: Local Authorities and NSPCC
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Date (When the record was created)
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1945-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files concerning the review by Home Office Children's Department inspectors of the child care arrangements of local authorities and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).
The series contains reports on reception, remand, and foster homes; local administration; and case work. They also contain reports on NSPCC inspectors. The files include surveys on child care organisations and boarding out arrangements in a few Welsh counties.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Finance files of the Home Office and Department of Health and Social Security are in HO 362 MH 102 MH 109
For Home Office files relating to children see:
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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)
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CHN Symbol file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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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)
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459 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to closure for periods up to 75 years
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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
- Children
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2994/
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