Department
Records of the Public Health Laboratory Service Board
Catalogue reference: DN
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The records of the Public Health Laboratory Service Board, which makes laboratory investigations into communicable diseases.Minutes and papers of the board are in DN 1, annual reports are in DN 2 and correspondence and papers are in DN 3
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DN
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Public Health Laboratory Service Board
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1961-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records of the Public Health Laboratory Service Board, which makes laboratory investigations into communicable diseases.
Minutes and papers of the board are in DN 1, annual reports are in DN 2 and correspondence and papers are in DN 3
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Public Health Laboratory Service Board, 1961-1961
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 series
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Public Health Laboratory Service Board , from 1984
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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 Public Health Laboratory Service Board (PHLS) was established on 1 August 1961 under the Public Health Laboratory Service Act, 1960. It took over functions in connection with the administration of the bacteriological service under the National Health Service Act, 1946, formerly exercised for the Ministry of Health by the Medical Research Council. The service is designed to make the laboratory investigations needed to provide a continuous picture of the communicable microbial diseases of England and Wales and developed out of the Emergency Public Health Laboratory Service established at the outbreak of the Second World War.
The act provides for the appointment to the Board of not less than two persons appointed after consultation with the Medical Research Council, two with experience as bacteriologists, two medical officers of health, one general practitioner, and one appointed after consultations with organisations representing the hospital services.
It is also involved in various aspects of the immunisation programme. It provides reference facilities on a national basis. Bacteriological examination of water, milk and food samples for local authorities is also undertaken.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C85/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Records of the Public Health Laboratory Service Board