Catalogue description Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Inquiry into the Circumstances Affecting the Collapse of Flats in Canning Town on 16 May 1968: Records

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Reference: HLG 157
Title: Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Inquiry into the Circumstances Affecting the Collapse of Flats in Canning Town on 16 May 1968: Records
Description:

This series contains the records of the Inquiry into the Circumstances Affecting the Collapse of Flats at Canning Town which took place between 8 June and 20 August 1968 to look into the cause of an explosion in a block of flats at Ronan Point, Canning Town, on 16 May 1968.

The records consist of transcripts of daily hearings and related documents, and includes the final draft of the 'Report of the Inquiry into the Collapse of Flats at Ronan Point, Canning Town' (piece 21).
Date: 1968
Arrangement:

Transcripts are arranged chronologically. Related records have been arranged in alphabetical and then numerical prefix order. It is unclear how these relate to specific transcripts.
Related material:

See also AT 54

For other files relating to the disaster see HLG 118
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Committee of Inquiry into the Circumstances Affecting the Collapse of Flats in Canning Town on 16 May 1968, 1968-1968
Physical description: 57 files and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Custodial history: Ministry of Housing and Local Government from 1968 to 1970, Department of the Environment from 1970 to 1997 and Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions from 1997
Selection and destruction information: All original papers have been selected for permanent preservation
Accruals: No future accruals expected
Administrative / biographical background:

The Inquiry into the Circumstances Affecting the Collapse of flats at Canning Town was appointed by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government under section 318 of the Public Health Act 1936 and section 290 of the Local Government Act 1933.

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