Catalogue description Ministry of Health: Local Government Act 1929, Public Health Survey
Reference: | MH 66 |
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Title: | Ministry of Health: Local Government Act 1929, Public Health Survey |
Description: |
The series contains correspondence and reports of public health surveys carried out under the Local Government Act 1929 for individual authorities which have been classified in various groups. In some cases copies of annual reports of medical officers of health are included. |
Date: | 1930-1943 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Ministry of Health, 1919-1968 |
Physical description: | 1084 files and volumes |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The Local Government Act 1929 empowered the Minister of Health to withold monetary grants from local authorities if they were not providing efficient health services. A survey was under taken to satisfy the minister that the services were efficient. |
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