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Series
Ministry of Health and successors: Miscellaneous Registered Files (99,000 Series)
Catalogue reference: HLG 102
What's it about?
HLG 102
The files in this series originated in the Ministry of Health and, from November 1951, in the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. From May to November 1951 the files were held by the short-lived Ministry of Local Government and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HLG 102
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Health and successors: Miscellaneous Registered Files (99,000 Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1916-1982
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files in this series originated in the Ministry of Health and, from November 1951, in the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. From May to November 1951 the files were held by the short-lived Ministry of Local Government and Planning.
Files in this series deal with subjects of an extremely miscellaneous character not readily assigned to, or cutting across, the various subject series of files in use in these departments. Among the more important subjects covered are the post-war building and civil engineering national programme, law and standardization, distribution of industry and industrial population, disposal of requisitioned land, post war economy and relations with the council of Europe. list contains a subject index.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Related files, re-registered into the H series, are in HLG 117
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 99,000 file series
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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)
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- Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1951-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 432 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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Subject index with series list
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8797/
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Ministry of Health and successors: Miscellaneous Registered Files (99,000 Series)
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