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Series
Home Office and Department of Health and Social Security: Children's Department:...
Catalogue reference: HO 366
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HO 366
Reports and working papers of the inspectors of the Children's Department of the Home Office, and of the Department of Health and Social Security concerned with the inspection of the administration and operation of children's homes run by local...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 366
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office and Department of Health and Social Security: Children's Department: Inspectors' Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
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1941-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports and working papers of the inspectors of the Children's Department of the Home Office, and of the Department of Health and Social Security concerned with the inspection of the administration and operation of children's homes run by local authorities and voluntary organisations.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Although not formally registered, these papers bear a number of acronymic prefixes, which are locational or functional indicators. The prefixes are summarized below: LON London MDX Middlesex STN Southampton SUR Surrey WH West Ham WIL Wiltshire N Nurseries PB and PBN Probation homes and hostels RH Remand homes VH Voluntary homes WO Welfare officers (approved schools) NSPCC National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Department of Health and Social Security Children's Division files are in BN 74
Related files will be found in BN 62
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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)
- Home Office, D Division, 1913-1913
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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311 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 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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- Topics
- Children
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9230/
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