Catalogue description General Board of Health and Home Office, Local Government Act Office: Correspondence

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Reference: MH 13
Title: General Board of Health and Home Office, Local Government Act Office: Correspondence
Description:

This series contains correspondence of the General Board of Health and the Home Office's Local Government Act Office with local authorities and government departments relating to the provision and administration of public health, sanitary and other services under the several Public Health and Local Government Acts passed between 1848 and 1871. A few volumes relate to special subjects such as cholera, yellow fever, and metropolitan nuisances.

Date: 1846-1871
Arrangement:

The arrangement of the papers is an alphabetical one under urban and rural district councils.

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

General Board of Health, 1848-1858

Home Office, Local Government Act Office, 1858-1871

Physical description: 272 volume(s)

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