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
Health and Safety Commission: Circulated Papers and Memoranda
Catalogue reference: EF 7
What's it about?
EF 7
This series contains material, including circulars and memoranda, relating to the establishment of the Health and Safety Commission, its organisation, administration and procedures, and to its responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- EF 7
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Title (The name of the record)
- Health and Safety Commission: Circulated Papers and Memoranda
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1969-2002
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains material, including circulars and memoranda, relating to the establishment of the Health and Safety Commission, its organisation, administration and procedures, and to its responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974. Included are papers on the reorganisation of the Factory Inspectorate.
Also present is material relating to the commission's policy on consultation and liaison with local authorities, its advisory services and committees, health and safety training, safety representatives and committees, research, the inspection of mines and mine regulations, safety in the offshore petroleum and gas industries, nuclear installations, and hazardous substances and their transport.
The series also contains files on the commission's responsibility for the Employment Medical Advisory Service and for appointments to the Mining Qualifications Board and the Safety in Mines Research Advisory Board, and evidence submitted to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- 5304 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1989 Health and Safety Commission, Health and Safety Executive
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Key to abbreviations is available at the Public Record Office
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7074/
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