Catalogue description Ministry of Health: Emergency Medical Services and related bodies: Registered Files (EMS, 99,000 and other Series), Circulars and Second World War Medical History Papers
Reference: | MH 76 |
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Title: | Ministry of Health: Emergency Medical Services and related bodies: Registered Files (EMS, 99,000 and other Series), Circulars and Second World War Medical History Papers |
Description: |
This series comprises registered files of the Emergency Medical Services mainly of the period 1935-1953 with particular reference to the Second World War. The subjects covered include hospitals and first aid posts, personnel, supplies, equipment and specialized services. Also contains departmental files of correspondence relating to evacuation, refugees, rest centres, air raid shelters, medical history of war, and the planning of measures for the prevention and relief of wartime distress. Drafts and papers used in the preparation of the Official Medical History of the Second World War are also included. |
Date: | 1935-1970 |
Related material: |
For files on the Ministry of Health's special wartime functions see HLG 7 For further files on the planning and operation of emergency wartime services see MH 79 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | EMS file series |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Ministry of Health, 1919-1968 |
Physical description: | 665 file(s) |
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