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Series
Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Water Division and predecessors:...
Catalogue reference: HLG 50
What's it about?
HLG 50
General and local authority files of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Local Government and Planning and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government relating to water supply, sewerage, sewage disposal and river pollution, including papers...
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HLG 50
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Water Division and predecessors: Water and Sewerage, Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1874-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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General and local authority files of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Local Government and Planning and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government relating to water supply, sewerage, sewage disposal and river pollution, including papers relating to capital works, local inquiries and reports of departmental inspectors, parliamentary bills, reports, research data, geological and water surveys, drought returns, floods and tempests and land drainage. Some of the earlier files contain correspondence of the Local Government Board.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Earlier correspondence with local authorities will be found in MH 29
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2894 file(s)
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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
- Resources
- Housing
- Sewerage
- Local Government
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Subject index with series list.
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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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These local authority and general policy files contain Departmental and Joint Advisory Committee reports, research data, records of geological and water surveys, schemes of capital works, reports of local inquiries, Departmental Inspectors's reports, suggested legislation, legal opinions, records of Orders and loan consents, papers connected with the promotion of various Parliamentary Bills and related correspondence.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8745/
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