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Vagrancy: night shelters for homeless men and women
Catalogue reference: MEPO 2/203
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This record is about the Vagrancy: night shelters for homeless men and women dating from 1889 - 1901 in the series Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: 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)
- MEPO 2/203
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1889 - 1901
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Description (What the record is about)
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Vagrancy: night shelters for homeless men and women
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Includes common lodging houses and ruling regarding Salvation Army shelters: see MEPO 2/44 and 49
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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)
- ON 101143
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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
- Policing
- Poverty
- Sex and gender
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C546150/
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MEPO 2
Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Correspondence and Papers
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