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Series
Ministry of Health and predecessors: Miscellaneous Instruments and Consents
Catalogue reference: HLG 19
What's it about?
HLG 19
This series includes draft and sealed orders of the General Board of Health, the Local Government Act Office of the Home Office, the Local Government Board and the Ministry of Health concerning district and ward boundaries, appeals against rating...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HLG 19
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Health and predecessors: Miscellaneous Instruments and Consents
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Date (When the record was created)
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1853-1952
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series includes draft and sealed orders of the General Board of Health, the Local Government Act Office of the Home Office, the Local Government Board and the Ministry of Health concerning district and ward boundaries, appeals against rating and other decisions of local authorities, and consents to the appointment or removal of local officials, the formation of burial grounds, local authority works and official transactions. Also includes instruments and consents relating to the purchase, sale and appropriation of corporate lands of boroughs.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- General Board of Health, 1848-1858
- Local Government Board, 1871-1919
- Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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350 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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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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- Topics
- Local Government
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8714/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: HLG
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