Catalogue description Ministry of Health: Health Divisions: Public Health and Poor Law Services, Local Government Administration and Finance, General Registered Files (91,000 and other Series)

This series contains selected Ministry of Health files, dealing mainly with administration, in relation to specific groups of local authority employees involved in public health and poor law services. Other subjects include Parliamentary legislation, the making and application of acts and regulations; exchequer grants to local authorities; housing accommodation for elderly persons; bye-laws relating to maternity homes and the Local Government Manpower Committee on food and drugs administration. Several files cover the reorganisation introduced by the Local Government Act 1958, involving the delegation of health and welfare functions to district councils. One sub series of papers deals with matters appertaining to radioactive substances, with special reference to the medical officer of health's responsibility for health and safety, in the face of potential radiation hazards.

Most of the files were registered in the 91001-91100 and 91401-91420 series of the Ministry of Health; there are also files with registered numbers in older file series 010100, 100000, 104000, 108000, 115000, 126000 and 155000.

For further files relating to parliamentary legislation see MH 80

Ministry of Health, 1919-1968