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- 1940-1965 (Creation)
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0.66 linear metres
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The National Health Service Act, 1948, transferred the County Council's responsibility for the provision of a countywide hospital service to the new regional hospital boards. The Act came into force in July 1948. In the same month the National Assistance Act was enforced and transferred the responsibility of the County Councils for relieving financial distress to the National Assistance Board. Thus a new Welfare Department was set up as successor to the Public Assistance Department. The first meeting of the Welfare Committee took place on 5 July 1948.
Under Part III of the National Assistance Act the Welfare Department had the following functions:
1 Provision of residential accommodation for the aged and infirm
2 Provision of temporary accommodation for the homeless
3 Promotion of the welfare of people with disabilities such as blindness;
and under Part IV of the Act:
4 Administration of the registration of all homes for the elderly and disabled and responsibility to ensure the homes were suitably maintained
5 Registration of charities for the disabled
6 Provision of temporary protection of moveable property of certain persons
The following areas were used to administer these responsibilities within Middlesex.
Area 1: Enfield, Edmonton
Area 2: Southgate, Wood Green, Potters Bar, Friern Barnet
Area 3: Tottenham, Hornsey
Area 4: Hendon, Finchley
Area 5: Harrow
Area 6: Wembley, Willesden
Area 7: Ealing, Acton
Area 8: Uxbridge, Rusilip-Northwood, Hayes and Harlington, Yiewsley and West Drayton
Area 9: Brentford and Chiswick, Southall, Heston and Isleworth
Area 10: Twickenham, Staines, Feltham, Sunbury on Thames
On 1 April 1965 on the abolition of the Middlesex County Council the functions of the Welfare Department were transferred to the newly established London Boroughs.
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MCC/CL/L/WE 1940-1965 Collection 0.66 linear metres MCC , Middlesex County Council x Middlesex County Council
The National Health Service Act, 1948, transferred the County Council's responsibility for the provision of a countywide hospital service to the new regional hospital boards. The Act came into force in July 1948. In the same month the National Assistance Act was enforced and transferred the responsibility of the County Councils for relieving financial distress to the National Assistance Board. Thus a new Welfare Department was set up as successor to the Public Assistance Department. The first meeting of the Welfare Committee took place on 5 July 1948.
Under Part III of the National Assistance Act the Welfare Department had the following functions:
1 Provision of residential accommodation for the aged and infirm
2 Provision of temporary accommodation for the homeless
3 Promotion of the welfare of people with disabilities such as blindness;
and under Part IV of the Act:
4 Administration of the registration of all homes for the elderly and disabled and responsibility to ensure the homes were suitably maintained
5 Registration of charities for the disabled
6 Provision of temporary protection of moveable property of certain persons
The following areas were used to administer these responsibilities within Middlesex.
Area 1: Enfield, Edmonton
Area 2: Southgate, Wood Green, Potters Bar, Friern Barnet
Area 3: Tottenham, Hornsey
Area 4: Hendon, Finchley
Area 5: Harrow
Area 6: Wembley, Willesden
Area 7: Ealing, Acton
Area 8: Uxbridge, Rusilip-Northwood, Hayes and Harlington, Yiewsley and West Drayton
Area 9: Brentford and Chiswick, Southall, Heston and Isleworth
Area 10: Twickenham, Staines, Feltham, Sunbury on Thames
On 1 April 1965 on the abolition of the Middlesex County Council the functions of the Welfare Department were transferred to the newly established London Boroughs.
Acquired with the records of its parent authority, the Middlesex County Council, and with successor authorities.
Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to the Welfare Department, 1940-1965, including general papers relating to maternity and child welfare services, accommodation for people rendered temporarily homeless, employment of blind workers and workshops for the disabled; papers relating to liaison with district councils; papers relating to individual cases; papers relating to staffing; registers of homes for disabled persons and old people.
MCC/CL/L/WE: General; MCC/CL/L/WE/02: Miscellaneous files; MCC/CL/L/WE/03: Miscellaneous registers.
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 to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
See also papers of the Public Assistance and Welfare Departments, reference MCC/WE/BL-PA.
For further information on the history of the Middlesex County Council please see Middlesex by Sir Clifford Radcliffe (2 editions, 1939 and 1953), LMA Library reference 97.09 MID; and The County Council of the Administrative County of Middlesex: 76 years of local government, 1 April 1889 to 31 March 1965, by Middlesex County Council (1965), LMA library reference S97.09 MID.
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 Care for the disabled Child welfare Social welfare Maternal welfare Disadvantaged groups Disabled persons Blind Physically disabled Health services Care Care for the elderly Construction engineering Building design Building standards Accommodation Housing Residential care homes Architecture Buildings Workshops Homeless people People by roles People MCC , Middlesex County Council x Middlesex County Council Clerk's Department , Middlesex County Council Welfare Department , Middlesex County Council x Public Assistance Department London England UK Western Europe Middlesex Europe
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Acquired with the records of its parent authority, the Middlesex County Council, and with successor authorities.
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Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to the Welfare Department, 1940-1965, including general papers relating to maternity and child welfare services, accommodation for people rendered temporarily homeless, employment of blind workers and workshops for the disabled; papers relating to liaison with district councils; papers relating to individual cases; papers relating to staffing; registers of homes for disabled persons and old people.
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MCC/CL/L/WE: General; MCC/CL/L/WE/02: Miscellaneous files; MCC/CL/L/WE/03: Miscellaneous registers.
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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 to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
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- English
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- Latin
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See also papers of the Public Assistance and Welfare Departments, reference MCC/WE/BL-PA.
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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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