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Catalogue description National Institute of Houseworkers: Correspondence and Papers
| Reference: | LAB 70 |
|---|---|
| Title: | National Institute of Houseworkers: Correspondence and Papers |
| Description: |
This series contains correspondence and papers of the National Institute of Houseworkers, comprising policy files, annual reports, training courses, publications, Board papers and minutes. |
| Date: | 1945-1977 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
National Institute of Housecraft Ltd, 1962-1972 National Institute of Houseworkers, 1946-1962 |
| Physical description: | 76 files and volumes |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Accruals: | Series is not accruing. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The National Institute of Houseworkers was set up in 1946 as a result of the Report on Post War Organisation of Private Domestic Employment (Cmd 6650) June 1945. The institute was established to supervise the training and placing of women and girls in approved private domestic employment; to award certificates of efficiency; and to regulate minimum wages and working conditions for certified workers placed in approved employment. Residential training centres were set up in London and Swansea. The institute was grant aided by the Ministry of Labour and National Service, though the grant was very much reduced in 1956. In 1962, it was renamed the National Institute of Housecraft Ltd, and was dissolved in 1972. |
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