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Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Local Government Division...
Catalogue reference: HLG 108
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HLG 108
General policy files which in 1951 were transferred to, and in some cases continued by, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. The files deal with particular aspects of public health administration (infestation, administration of the Rag...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HLG 108
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Local Government Division and predecessors: Public Health Administration, Registered Files (93,000 Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1920-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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General policy files which in 1951 were transferred to, and in some cases continued by, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. The files deal with particular aspects of public health administration (infestation, administration of the Rag Flock Acts, 1911 to 1951 and inspection of the hop field health conditions); and with government publicity covering such subjects as wartime evacuation and civil defence, post-war reconstruction, town and country planning housing, national parks and safety in the home.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Files from this series which were retained by the Ministry of Health after 1951 are in MH 55
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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)
- 93,000 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
- Ministry of Local Government and Planning, 1951-1951
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 86 file(s)
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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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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8803/
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