Coleção LCC/CO/GEN - COMPTROLLER OF THE COUNCIL'S DEPARTMENT: SUBJECT AND POLICY

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LCC/CO/GEN

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COMPTROLLER OF THE COUNCIL'S DEPARTMENT: SUBJECT AND POLICY

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  • 1870-1971 (Produção)

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26.47 linear metres

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The Comptroller of the London County Council was responsible for the finances and accounts of the Council, and offered financial advice to the Committees.

The Comptrollers were:

1889: A Gunn (transferred from the Metropolitan Board of Works)

1893: Sir Harry Haward

1920: HW Stovold

1933: FG Bowers

1937: AR Wood

1949: G Miles

1956: F Holland

1964: WL Abernethy

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LCC/CO/GEN 1870-1971 Collection 26.47 linear metres LCC , London County Council x London County Council

The Comptroller of the London County Council was responsible for the finances and accounts of the Council, and offered financial advice to the Committees.

The Comptrollers were:

1889: A Gunn (transferred from the Metropolitan Board of Works)

1893: Sir Harry Haward

1920: HW Stovold

1933: FG Bowers

1937: AR Wood

1949: G Miles

1956: F Holland

1964: WL Abernethy

Acquired with the records of its parent body, the London County Council.

Records of the London County Council Comptroller, 1870-1971.

Subject and policy files on a variety of topics including financial arrangements for the transfer of education services from the School Board for London to the London County Council; sale of Thames steamboats following discontinuance of the service; procedures for dealing with drowned human bodies; collections for the Belgian and Serbian Children's Clothing Fund; local bonds for housing; rating of site values; annual maintenance estimates; education maintenance estimates; precepts and county rates; registers of County and Main Drainage Contributions and Equalisation Charges; Equalisation Fund; Fire Insurance Companies' contributions; returns made by insurance companies and associated correspondence; annual tables showing contributions due from each insurance company; loans sanctioned for other authorities and loans advanced to other authorities; loans advanced to, or sanctioned for, Vestries and District Boards of Works, Metropolitan Borough Councils, the School Board for London, the Metropolitan Asylums Board and the Boards of Guardians; register of applications from borough councils for loans; weekly cash papers; financial statements accompanying minutes of Council proceedings; invoices received for the Works account; wages books (kept as specimens); LCC Stock and Bills; returns of LCC investments; Government grants and relations with the central government; Commercial audit; First World War economy measures and savings campaigns; average weekly cost of maintenance per patient or inmate for each hospital and institution; Superannuation and Provident Fund; analysis of expenditure and receipts; Joint Select Committee on Local Government Acts Financial Adjustments; papers relating to Parliamentary Bills; London Passenger Transport Board; booklet "Pounds, Shillings and Pence - A few Notes about the Comptroller's Department, 1948"; Royal Commission on the Port of London.

Ledgers and accounting records including Capital ledgers for education; Capital accounts (excluding Joint Improvements) ledgers; Capital accounts (Classification Book) payments; Capital accounts ledger of receipts; Capital accounts ledger of payments; Joint Improvements account ledger; register of Joint Improvements; Total account ledgers; Tramways account ledgers; Aggregate accounts; Superannuation and Provident Fund Investments ledger; Investments Transactions journals

Registers of staff transferred from the Poor Law authorities on 1 April 1930 (showing details of dates of birth and appointment, pay, allowances and emoluments and superannuation and other deductions), including Bermondsey Board of Guardians, Bethnal Green Board of Guardians, Camberwell Board of Guardians, Chelsea Board of Guardians, City of London Board of Guardians, Fulham Board of Guardians, Greenwich Board of Guardians, Hackney Board of Guardians, Hammersmith Board of Guardians, Hampstead Board of Guardians, Holborn Board of Guardians, Islington Board of Guardians, Kensington Board of Guardians, Lambeth Board of Guardians, Lewisham Board of Guardians, Paddington Board of Guardians, Poplar Board of Guardians, Saint Marylebone Board of Guardians, Saint Pancras Board of Guardians, Shoreditch Board of Guardians, Southwark Board of Guardians, Stepney Board of Guardians, Wandsworth Board of Guardians, City of Westminster Board of Guardians and Woolwich Board of Guardians; Poor Law School District Boards; Metropolitan Asylums Board; Central Unemployed Body for London and Mental Hospitals.

General: LCC/CO/GEN/1; Annual Maintenance Estimates: LCC/CO/GEN/2; Precepts and County Rates Made: LCC/CO/GEN/3; Fire Insurance Companies' Contributions: LCC/CO/GEN/4; Loans sanctioned for other authorities and loans advanced to other authorities: LCC/CO/GEN/5; Weekly cash papers: LCC/CO/GEN/6; Miscellaneous Finance: LCC/CO/GEN/7; Ledgers and Accounting Records: LCC/CO/GEN/8; Registers of staff transferred from the Poor Law authorities: LCC/CO/GEN/9.

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

The records of Boards of Guardians (various references); Poor Law School District Boards (various references); the Metropolitan Asylums Board (reference MAB) and the Central Unemployed Body for London (reference CUB) are held at the London Metropolitan Archives, please consult the catalogues for more information.

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 Information sources Documents Financial records Statements of account Investment Financial administration Accounting Financial statements Expenditure Local taxation Public finance Insurance Fiscal policy Public expenditure Taxation Community charge Government Public administration Local government Local boards Poor Law boards of guardians Finance Financing Loans People People by occupation Personnel Pensions Social security Social services Accounts ledgers Accounts LCC , London County Council x London County Council Comptroller of the Council's Department , London County Council School Board for London MAB , Metropolitan Asylums Board x Metropolitan Asylums Board Central Unemployed Body for London 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 Comptroller, 1870-1971.

Subject and policy files on a variety of topics including financial arrangements for the transfer of education services from the School Board for London to the London County Council; sale of Thames steamboats following discontinuance of the service; procedures for dealing with drowned human bodies; collections for the Belgian and Serbian Children's Clothing Fund; local bonds for housing; rating of site values; annual maintenance estimates; education maintenance estimates; precepts and county rates; registers of County and Main Drainage Contributions and Equalisation Charges; Equalisation Fund; Fire Insurance Companies' contributions; returns made by insurance companies and associated correspondence; annual tables showing contributions due from each insurance company; loans sanctioned for other authorities and loans advanced to other authorities; loans advanced to, or sanctioned for, Vestries and District Boards of Works, Metropolitan Borough Councils, the School Board for London, the Metropolitan Asylums Board and the Boards of Guardians; register of applications from borough councils for loans; weekly cash papers; financial statements accompanying minutes of Council proceedings; invoices received for the Works account; wages books (kept as specimens); LCC Stock and Bills; returns of LCC investments; Government grants and relations with the central government; Commercial audit; First World War economy measures and savings campaigns; average weekly cost of maintenance per patient or inmate for each hospital and institution; Superannuation and Provident Fund; analysis of expenditure and receipts; Joint Select Committee on Local Government Acts Financial Adjustments; papers relating to Parliamentary Bills; London Passenger Transport Board; booklet "Pounds, Shillings and Pence - A few Notes about the Comptroller's Department, 1948"; Royal Commission on the Port of London.

Ledgers and accounting records including Capital ledgers for education; Capital accounts (excluding Joint Improvements) ledgers; Capital accounts (Classification Book) payments; Capital accounts ledger of receipts; Capital accounts ledger of payments; Joint Improvements account ledger; register of Joint Improvements; Total account ledgers; Tramways account ledgers; Aggregate accounts; Superannuation and Provident Fund Investments ledger; Investments Transactions journals

Registers of staff transferred from the Poor Law authorities on 1 April 1930 (showing details of dates of birth and appointment, pay, allowances and emoluments and superannuation and other deductions), including Bermondsey Board of Guardians, Bethnal Green Board of Guardians, Camberwell Board of Guardians, Chelsea Board of Guardians, City of London Board of Guardians, Fulham Board of Guardians, Greenwich Board of Guardians, Hackney Board of Guardians, Hammersmith Board of Guardians, Hampstead Board of Guardians, Holborn Board of Guardians, Islington Board of Guardians, Kensington Board of Guardians, Lambeth Board of Guardians, Lewisham Board of Guardians, Paddington Board of Guardians, Poplar Board of Guardians, Saint Marylebone Board of Guardians, Saint Pancras Board of Guardians, Shoreditch Board of Guardians, Southwark Board of Guardians, Stepney Board of Guardians, Wandsworth Board of Guardians, City of Westminster Board of Guardians and Woolwich Board of Guardians; Poor Law School District Boards; Metropolitan Asylums Board; Central Unemployed Body for London and Mental Hospitals.

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General: LCC/CO/GEN/1; Annual Maintenance Estimates: LCC/CO/GEN/2; Precepts and County Rates Made: LCC/CO/GEN/3; Fire Insurance Companies' Contributions: LCC/CO/GEN/4; Loans sanctioned for other authorities and loans advanced to other authorities: LCC/CO/GEN/5; Weekly cash papers: LCC/CO/GEN/6; Miscellaneous Finance: LCC/CO/GEN/7; Ledgers and Accounting Records: LCC/CO/GEN/8; Registers of staff transferred from the Poor Law authorities: LCC/CO/GEN/9.

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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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  • latim

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English

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The records of Boards of Guardians (various references); Poor Law School District Boards (various references); the Metropolitan Asylums Board (reference MAB) and the Central Unemployed Body for London (reference CUB) are held at the London Metropolitan Archives, please consult the catalogues for more information.

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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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