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Catalogue description Home Office: Scientific Adviser's Branch and successors: Reports (SA/PR Series)
| Reference: | HO 227 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Home Office: Scientific Adviser's Branch and successors: Reports (SA/PR Series) |
| Description: |
Reports dealing with the protection of civilians from the effects of a possible nuclear war. Topics studied include casualty assessment, the effects of radioactive fallout, shelter survival requirements, and Fire Service equipment and organisation. The series also includes notes of discussions with allied civil defence authorities. |
| Date: | 1951-1985 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | SA/PR file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 146 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1989 Home Office |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The SA/PR series of reports, dating from 1950, deals with the protection of the civil population against the effects of a possible nuclear war. Topics studied include casualty assessment in a variety of circumstances; the effects of radioactive fallout and possible countermeasures; shelter survival requirements; and Fire Service equipment and organisation. The series also contains notes of discussions with civil defence authorities in the USA, Canada and Federal Republic of Germany. |
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