MH1798-2001Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Health and successors, Local Government Boards and related bodies
Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Health and its successor the Department of Health and Social Security, Local Government Boards and related bodies relating to the provision of health and public health services.
Comprises records of:
Poor Law Commission, Poor Law Board, General Board of Health and Local Government Board
National Health Insurance Commissions and Joint Committee, Ministry of Health Insurance Department and Welsh Board of Health
Central administrative records of the Ministry of Health
Health Divisions
Poor Law Division
Legal Branch
Establishment Division
Accountant General's Department
Regional offices
Local and regional health bodies
Government Lymph Establishment
Anatomy Inspectorate
Consultative councils
Lunacy Commission, Board of Control and Special Hospitals
General Nursing Council for England and Wales
Wartime services
League of Mercy
Dental Estimates Board
Medical Practices Committee
Central Health Services Council and Central Council for Health Education
Commissions and committees
MH 124, MH 125, MH 126, MH 127 and MH 138 are numbers not used.