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Catalogue description Ministry of Power and Predecessors: Safety and Health Division and Inspectorate of Mines and Quarries
| Reference: | POWE 8 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ministry of Power and Predecessors: Safety and Health Division and Inspectorate of Mines and Quarries |
| Description: |
The files relate to incidents and accidents, accident prevention, health, inspection, labour and unions, legal action, mine equipment and fittings, miners' equipment, local and departmental organisation, pit ponies, quarries and slagheaps, regulations and legislation, rescue, storage in disused mines. Until 1920 these are records of the Industrial Department of the Home Office, thence until 1942 of the Health and Safety Division of the Mines Department, and subsequently of the Safety and Health Division of the Ministry of Fuel and Power. |
| Date: | 1876-1984 |
| Arrangement: |
Pieces 1-315 of this series are arranged in alphabetical subject order. Pieces from 316 onwards are listed in numerical sequence according to their departmental file number order. Subjects headings (with subject codes) have been prefixed to individual pieces. |
| Related material: |
For relevant Home Office papers see: For records of the Ministry of Power, which also also include Annual Reports of Inspectors of Mines and Quarries see POWE 7 For correspondence and papers of the Chief Scientist' Division of the Ministry of Power, and their predecessors, see POWE 25 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Department of Trade and Industry, 1970-1974 Home Office, Mines Department and Inspectorate, 1843-1920 Mines Department, Health and Safety Division, 1920-1942 Ministry of Fuel and Power, Health and Safety Division, 1942-1946 Ministry of Fuel and Power, Health, Safety and Training Division, 1946-1951 Ministry of Fuel and Power, Safety and Health Division, 1951-1957 Ministry of Power, Safety and Health Division, 1957-1969 Ministry of Technology, 1964-1970 |
| Physical description: | 1148 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1965 Ministry of Power |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Publication note: |
Reports of most major mining disasters are printed as Parliamentary papers. |
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