Catalogue description Ministry of Health Social Service Association: Minutes, Papers and Reports

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Reference: MH 84
Title: Ministry of Health Social Service Association: Minutes, Papers and Reports
Description:

This series contains the surviving minutes, reports and correspondence of the Ministry of Health Social Service Association, relating to the centres which it maintained at Crook Town, co Durham from subscriptions made by civil servants in the Ministry of Health.
Date: 1934-1949
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Health Social Service Association, 1934-1950
Physical description: 6 file(s)
Administrative / biographical background:

The Ministry of Health Social Service Association, a joint Committee approved by the Ministry and the Departmental Whitley Council,was founded in 1934 to assist persons in the distressed areas. The area selected for this operation was Crook Town, a mining community in County Durham. Capital grants were made available by the National Council of Social Services for the establishment of various Centres, the MHSSA being responsible for maintenance costs and the wardens' salaries.

The expansion of post-war years and the prosperity created by full employment contributed to a decline in the interest and support of the Departmental staff in the experiment and the Association was wound up on 30 June 1950.

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