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Safety, Health, and Welfare SHW

Catalogue reference: Sub-series within LAB 7

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Sub-series within LAB 7

There are some papers dealing with Police, Factories, etc. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1916, and a few with other Acts. There are regulations on lead smelting, pottery, tinning and enamelling, and on the use of horse-hair.

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Reference
Sub-series within LAB 7
Title
Safety, Health, and Welfare SHW
Date
1902-1932
Description

There are some papers dealing with Police, Factories, etc. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1916, and a few with other Acts. There are regulations on lead smelting, pottery, tinning and enamelling, and on the use of horse-hair.

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The files are in LAB 2/2152 and 2155-6: LAB 2/2152 LAB 2/2155 LAB 2/2156

Administrative / biographical background

The administration of the Factory Acts was transferred from the Home Office to the Ministry of Labour in 1940. Most SHW files were placed in LAB 14, others went into LAB 2.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C67882/

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