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- 1876-1965 (Creation)
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5.45 linear metres
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The London County Council delegated administrative matters to its committees, both standing committees and a number of special committees appointed for specific purposes. The committees met frequently, either weekly or fortnightly, while the Council met weekly. Committee reports requiring decision by the Council were dealt with weekly, and each committee reported to the Council every 6 months. In addition the Council also had representatives on many bodies such as industrial councils, school governing bodies and charitable foundations. For the purpose of carrying out the services of the Council, the staff is organised into departments, each of which is under the responsibility of a chief officer.
The Clerk of the Council was the chief administrative officer of the Council, acting as the clerk of the Council itself as well as the various committees. Additional important duties of the Clerk's Department included the maintenance of the library for members of the Council at City Hall, the preparation of general publications and the responsibility for general work including records.
Committees concerned with public health:
Sanitary and Special Purposes Committee, 1889-1891
Public Health and Housing Committee, 1891-1896
Public Health Committee, 1896-1930
Central Public Health Committee, 1929-1934
Hospital and Medical Services Committee, 1934-1948
Housing and Public Health Committee, 1934-1948
Health Committee, 1948-1965
Asylums Committee, 1889-1914
Asylums and Mental Deficiency Committee, 1914-1922
Mental Hospitals Committee, 1922-1948
Church of England Advisory Committee on Spiritual Ministration, 1932-1964
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LCC/CL/PH 1876-1965 Collection 5.45 linear metres LCC , London County Council x London County Council
The London County Council delegated administrative matters to its committees, both standing committees and a number of special committees appointed for specific purposes. The committees met frequently, either weekly or fortnightly, while the Council met weekly. Committee reports requiring decision by the Council were dealt with weekly, and each committee reported to the Council every 6 months. In addition the Council also had representatives on many bodies such as industrial councils, school governing bodies and charitable foundations. For the purpose of carrying out the services of the Council, the staff is organised into departments, each of which is under the responsibility of a chief officer.
The Clerk of the Council was the chief administrative officer of the Council, acting as the clerk of the Council itself as well as the various committees. Additional important duties of the Clerk's Department included the maintenance of the library for members of the Council at City Hall, the preparation of general publications and the responsibility for general work including records.
Committees concerned with public health:
Sanitary and Special Purposes Committee, 1889-1891
Public Health and Housing Committee, 1891-1896
Public Health Committee, 1896-1930
Central Public Health Committee, 1929-1934
Hospital and Medical Services Committee, 1934-1948
Housing and Public Health Committee, 1934-1948
Health Committee, 1948-1965
Asylums Committee, 1889-1914
Asylums and Mental Deficiency Committee, 1914-1922
Mental Hospitals Committee, 1922-1948
Church of England Advisory Committee on Spiritual Ministration, 1932-1964
Acquired with the records of its parent body, the London County Council.
Records of the London County Council Clerk's Department relating to Committees concerned with public health, 1876-1965. Committee Clerk's general papers on a variety of topics including: hospital stewards and clerical staff; massage staff; medical artist and photographer; pathological laboratory staff; pharmacists; radiographers; veterinary surgeon for the Public Control Department; hospital laundries; statistics of patients and staff at hospital; epileptic hospitals; Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot; Norwood Children's Hospital; Princess Mary's Hospital for Children, Margate; Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup; River Hospitals (Joyce Green Hospital, Orchard Hospital and Long Reach Hospital, Dartford and Southern Hospital, Dartford); emergency arrangements for small-pox treatment; St Benedict's Hospital, Tooting; St James' Hospital, Balham plastic surgery unit and central dental workshop; medical education facilities in LCC hospitals; Hammersmith post-graduate Medical School; venereal disease clinics; spiritual ministration in hospitals and institutions; District Nursing; domiciliary midwifery service; Invalid Meals for London; rag and bone dealers; seamen's lodging houses; food and drugs (including milk); National Health Service Act, 1946; alcoholism; domestic home help service; Health Centres and group practices; maternity and child welfare; distribution of welfare foods; ante-natal care; welfare of children in hospitals; preventive mental health education; services for children with impaired hearing; mentally sub-normal children; problem families; chiropody; day nurseries; child minder service; health education; dental treatment and laboratories; tuberculosis; closure of tuberculosis hospitals; chest clinics rehabilitation of the tuberculous; vaccination and immunisation; infectious and endemic diseases; vital and health statistics; mental health statistics; co-operation between hospital, local authority and general practitioner services; liaison with Regional Hospital Boards; family planning clinics; fluoridation of London water supply; polio-myelitis; effect on Health Committee of reorganisation of local government in Greater London; Woodberry Down Health Centre; London Ambulance Service; return of Sanitary Officers and Staff; Licensing Sessions for Slaughterhouses, Cowhouses and Knackers' Yards; bye laws under Public Health Act, 1891; offensive trades; lodging houses; infectious diseases; vagrancy; flies and vermin; removal of dust and refuse; disinfection; factories, workshops and bakeries; cemeteries and burial grounds and cremation; London County Asylums; conference on measles and verminous conditions in London; papers of the Working party on transfer of Personal Health Services to London Boroughs.
LCC/CL/PH/1: Committee Clerk's general papers; LCC/CL/PH/2: Working party on transfer of Personal Health Services to London Boroughs.
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
Copyright: City of London
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
See also London County Council Public Health department (LCC/PH).
For further information on the history of the LCC please see Achievement: A Short History of the London County Council by W Eric Jackson (1965), LMA Library reference 18.0 1965, The London County Council 1938, LMA Library reference 18.7 SER 4, and The Youngest County: A description of London as a county and its public services, 1951, LMA Library reference 18.0 1951.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. April to June 2009 Queen Mary's Hospital x The Queen's Hospital , 1917-1929 Princess Mary's Hospital for Children x East Cliff House Convalescent Home , 1898-1919 x Princess Mary's Convalescent Home , 1919-1921 Norwood Hospital x Norwood Cottage Hospital , 1882-1953 Heatherwood Hospital , Ascot Clerk's Department , London County Council LCC , London County Council x London County Council Social welfare Venereal diseases Sexually transmitted diseases Agronomy Actinomycetales infections Pest control Medical centres Health statistics Licensing Medical institutions Infectious diseases Smallpox People Personnel People by occupation Health policy Food control Food safety Public health Health Medical profession Hospital staff Medical personnel Nursing Midwifery Health services Hospitals Pathology Diseases Tuberculosis Medical sciences Dentistry Dental care Law Legislation Health and welfare legislation Public health legislation Joyce Green Hospital x Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital St Benedict's Hospital , Tooting St James' Hospital x St James' Infirmary , 1909-1922 National Health Service Sanitary and Special Purposes Committee , London County Council Public Health and Housing Committee , London County Council Public Health Committee , London County Council Central Public Health Committee , London County Council Hospital and Medical Services Committee , London County Council Housing and Public Health Committee , London County Council Health Committee , London County Council Asylums Committee , London County Council Asylums and Mental Deficiency Committee , London County Council Mental Hospitals Committee , London County Council Church of England Advisory Committee on Spiritual Ministration London England UK Western Europe Europe
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Acquired with the records of its parent body, the London County Council.
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Records of the London County Council Clerk's Department relating to Committees concerned with public health, 1876-1965. Committee Clerk's general papers on a variety of topics including: hospital stewards and clerical staff; massage staff; medical artist and photographer; pathological laboratory staff; pharmacists; radiographers; veterinary surgeon for the Public Control Department; hospital laundries; statistics of patients and staff at hospital; epileptic hospitals; Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot; Norwood Children's Hospital; Princess Mary's Hospital for Children, Margate; Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup; River Hospitals (Joyce Green Hospital, Orchard Hospital and Long Reach Hospital, Dartford and Southern Hospital, Dartford); emergency arrangements for small-pox treatment; St Benedict's Hospital, Tooting; St James' Hospital, Balham plastic surgery unit and central dental workshop; medical education facilities in LCC hospitals; Hammersmith post-graduate Medical School; venereal disease clinics; spiritual ministration in hospitals and institutions; District Nursing; domiciliary midwifery service; Invalid Meals for London; rag and bone dealers; seamen's lodging houses; food and drugs (including milk); National Health Service Act, 1946; alcoholism; domestic home help service; Health Centres and group practices; maternity and child welfare; distribution of welfare foods; ante-natal care; welfare of children in hospitals; preventive mental health education; services for children with impaired hearing; mentally sub-normal children; problem families; chiropody; day nurseries; child minder service; health education; dental treatment and laboratories; tuberculosis; closure of tuberculosis hospitals; chest clinics rehabilitation of the tuberculous; vaccination and immunisation; infectious and endemic diseases; vital and health statistics; mental health statistics; co-operation between hospital, local authority and general practitioner services; liaison with Regional Hospital Boards; family planning clinics; fluoridation of London water supply; polio-myelitis; effect on Health Committee of reorganisation of local government in Greater London; Woodberry Down Health Centre; London Ambulance Service; return of Sanitary Officers and Staff; Licensing Sessions for Slaughterhouses, Cowhouses and Knackers' Yards; bye laws under Public Health Act, 1891; offensive trades; lodging houses; infectious diseases; vagrancy; flies and vermin; removal of dust and refuse; disinfection; factories, workshops and bakeries; cemeteries and burial grounds and cremation; London County Asylums; conference on measles and verminous conditions in London; papers of the Working party on transfer of Personal Health Services to London Boroughs.
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LCC/CL/PH/1: Committee Clerk's general papers; LCC/CL/PH/2: Working party on transfer of Personal Health Services to London Boroughs.
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These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
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Copyright: City of London
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- English
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- Latin
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See also London County Council Public Health department (LCC/PH).
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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