Catalogue description Department of Employment and Health and Safety Executive: Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health, Medical Services Division, and Employment Medical Advisory Service: Registered Files (MS Series)

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Reference: LAB 105
Title: Department of Employment and Health and Safety Executive: Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health, Medical Services Division, and Employment Medical Advisory Service: Registered Files (MS Series)
Description:

This series contains files of the Medical Services Division (MSD) of the Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health and the Employment Medical Advisory Service (EMAS) of the Health and Safety Commission and Executive. The files relate to a variety of topics including the Committee on Safety and Health at Work (Robens Committee), organisation and staffing of EMAS and MSD, surveys of particular diseases and hazards in certain industries, toxicity, pollution and other health hazards.
Date: 1962-1999
Arrangement:

By former file reference
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: MS file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Employment and Productivity, Medical Branch, 1968-1970

Department of Employment, Medical Branch, 1970-1972

Department of Employment, Medical Services Division, 1972-1974

Health and Safety Commission, Health and Safety Executive, Employment Medical Advisory Service, 1975-1984

Ministry of Labour, Medical Branch, 1954-1968
Physical description: 184 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1998 Health and Safety Commission, Health and Safety Executive
Accruals: Series is not accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

Under the Ministry of Labour's Safety, Health and Welfare Department, the Factory Inspectorate was divided into a number of specialist inspectors in themed branches. These included electrical, chemical engineering and medical inspectors. The Medical Branch was staffed by inspectors who were responsible for giving advice about occupational health matters and, in particular, helping to prevent ill-health caused by working practices or conditions.

The Safety, Health and Welfare Department was renamed the Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health in 1972, and the Medical Branch adopted the title of Medical Services Division (MSD). On the creation of the Health and Safety Commission and its Health and Safety Executive, MSD changed its name to the Employment Medical Advisory Service Division (EMAS), subsequently dropping the final word of its title.

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