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Ministry of Health and successors: Local Government Divisions and successors: Local...
Catalogue reference: HLG 53
What's it about?
HLG 53
This series comprises files of correspondence and papers relating to local authority administration and finance.
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 53
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Health and successors: Local Government Divisions and successors: Local Authority Administration and Finance, Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1914-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises files of correspondence and papers relating to local authority administration and finance.
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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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- Local Government Board, 1871-1919
- Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
- Ministry of Health, Accountant General's Department, 1919-1968
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1951-1970
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Local Government Division A, 1956-1970
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Local Government Division B, 1956-1970
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Local Government Finance Division, 1951-1970
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Local Government Organisation Division, 1951-1956
- Ministry of Land and Natural Resources, 1964-1967
- Ministry of Local Government and Planning, 1951-1951
- Ministry of Local Government and Planning, Local Government Organisation Division, 1951-1951
- Ministry of Town and Country Planning, 1943-1951
- Ministry of Works, 1943-1962
- Ministry of Works and Buildings, 1940-1942
- Ministry of Works and Planning, 1942-1943
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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300 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
- Local Government
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Local authorities 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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The Ministry of Health Act 1919 established the Ministry of Health and from July 1919 it assumed the powers and duties of the Local Government Board. In January 1951 the Ministry of Local Government and Planning was formed by the merger of the Ministry of Town and Country Planning and the local government and environmental health divisions of the Ministry of Health. The title of this department was changed to Ministry of Housing and Local Government in November 1951.
From May 1940 the Welsh Office took over responsibility for a number of functions carried out by local authorities in Wales.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8748/
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