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
Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation: Divisional General: Registered Files (DG...
Catalogue reference: BX 6
What's it about?
BX 6
This series covers various aspects of the work of the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation, including welfare committees, youth activities, the Coal Industry Protective Glasses Scheme and convalescent homes. These files deal specifically...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BX 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation: Divisional General: Registered Files (DG Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1952-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series covers various aspects of the work of the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation, including welfare committees, youth activities, the Coal Industry Protective Glasses Scheme and convalescent homes. These files deal specifically with subjects of a national nature with the specific policy requirements at a local level.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Numerical order by former file reference.
The full DG file series includes:
- DG 1 Administrative arrangements for Welfare Committees
- DG 2 Welfare Committee Meetings: agendas and minutes
- DG 4 Divisional programmes
- DG 5 Office Accommodation
- DG 7 Capital assets
- DG 10 Youth activities
- DG 11 Annual reports
- DG 12 Grant aid under Physical Training & Recreation Act 1937
- DG 13 Social, sporting and cultural activities
- DG 14 Coal Industry glasses scheme
- DG 15 Convalescent homes and schemes
- DG 16 International Youth Conference: Sonnenberg
- DG 17 Rating and valuation
- DG 18 Provision of social welfare facilities for new communities
- DG 20 Social workers
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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)
- DG file 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)
- 22 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3560/
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