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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.
Division
Records of the Legal Branch
Catalogue reference: Division within MH
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Division within MH
Records of the Legal Branch relating to responsibilities for legal advice and drafting of legal documents.Comprises registered files of the branch in MH 164, Poor Law instruments in MH 64, bill papers in MH 80 and National Service Medical Board...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within MH
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Legal Branch
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1885-1988
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Legal Branch relating to responsibilities for legal advice and drafting of legal documents.
Comprises registered files of the branch in MH 164, Poor Law instruments in MH 64, bill papers in MH 80 and National Service Medical Board examination records in MH 114
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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See also Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, and of successor and related bodies,
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of Health and Social Security, Legal Branch, 1968-1969
- Department of Health and Social Security, Solicitors Office, 1969-1988
- Local Government Board, Legal Branch, 1871-1919
- Local Government Board, Order Department, 1871-1919
- Ministry of Health, Legal Branch, 1919-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 series
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The branch took over the purely legal aspects of the work of the Legal and Order Departments of the Local Government Board and the functions of the Solicitor to the National Health Insurance Commission for England. It was under the direction of the Solicitor and Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Health.
The main duties of the branch were legal advice and drafting in connection with legislation, provisional orders, model byelaws, planning clauses and forms for use by local authorities. It was also responsible for the issue of sealed orders, instruments and consents by the minister in connection with local authority boundaries, services, schemes and finance. After 1951 the solicitor and legal adviser also served the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, and staff were frequently seconded to that department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C613/
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