Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Kilburn, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations.

Records of the parish of Saint Peter, Ealing, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and church services; papers of the incumbent relating to the work of the clergy; papers regarding church personnel; parish boundaries; papers regarding the construction and maintenance of church buildings and the churchyard; churchwardens' papers; records relating to parish administration and finance, charities, societies and clubs; and printed material.

The collection includes four items relating to the temporary iron church: a baptism register, 1882-93 (DRO/101/1), a preacher's book, 1882-93 (DRO/101/16), vestry minutes, 1882-93 (DRO/101/134) and churchwardens' accounts, 1889-93 (DRO/101/131). The rest, and bulk of the collection, relates to the permanent church of St. Peter. Of particular note are three scrapbooks (DRO/101/249-251), compiled by the parish after 1989, of various important items relating to the history of the parish.

Records of the parish of Saint Paul, Northfields, comprising a register of baptisms and five registers of marriages.

Records of the parish of St Michael and All Angels, Hillside, Willesden, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriages and church services; financial accounts; and Parochial Church Council minutes.

Records of the parish of Saint Laurence, Brondesbury, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; and Annual Parochial Church Meeting minutes.

Records of the parish of Saint John, Northfields, Ealing, consisting of baptism registers 1876-1958, marriage registers 1876-1975, banns of marriages 1939-1987 and confirmation registers 1940-1947; and church service registers 1973-1990.

Records of the parish of Saint Mark, Hanwell, including baptism registers (1880-1980), marriage registers (1919-1979), banns of marriage registers (1940-1978), confirmation registers (1940-1979), and church service registers.

Parish registers of Saint Mary the Virgin, Harmondsworth, including registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Sudbury, including registers of marriages (1926-1970), baptisms (1910-1955), banns (1926-1982), confirmations (1931-1972) and funerals (1947-1985); Parochial Church Council minutes; other Committee minutes; and financial accounts.

Records of the parish of the Holy Trinity, Stroud Green, including baptism registers 1881-1967, marriage registers 1881-1971, and banns of marriage registers 1881-1984; church service registers; correspondence of the incumbent; material relating to the Union of the parishes of Holy Trinity and Saint Luke's; correspondence relating to benefice land; material relating to the church buildings including faculties and citations, the parsonage house and the church hall; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; material relating to church groups; copies of parish magazines from 1885; a series of photographs of the church and its people, and a series of historical material which includes lists of church personnel for both Holy Trinity and Saint Luke's church, and a scrap book of newspaper cuttings about DR. Linklater given to the church by his wife in 1929.

Records of the parish of Saint James, Ealing, including baptism registers (1905 - 1999); marriage registers (1905 - 1984); banns of marriage registers (1953 - 1989); confirmation registers (1924 - 1983); parochial statistics; papers relating to induction of clergy, benefice, church building, church hall, and sequestration.

Records of the parish of St Barnabas, Northolt Park, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; papers of the incumbent; and minutes of the Vestry, Parochial Church Council and Church Hall Building Fund.

Records of the parish of All Saints, Queensbury, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations; church services registers; and Parochial Church Council minutes and financial accounts.

Records of the parish of Saint Hilda, Ashford, including baptism registers; marriage registers; banns of marriage registers; confirmations registers; church services registers and architect's reports and surveys of the church building.

Records of the parish of St Cuthbert, North Wembley, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; orders of service; sequestration documents; licences for music and dancing in the church hall; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; School admission book; Sunday School register; Choir register; and parish magazines and pamphlets.

Records of the parish of Saint Joseph, Northolt including banns of marriage registers, 1978-1986; baptismal register, 1958-1964; service registers, 1942-2000; Parochial Church Council meeting minutes, 1950-1962; and parish newsletters, yearbooks and magazines, 1971-1993.

Records of the parish of All Hallows, Greenford, including baptism registers (1932-1952); marriage registers (1942-1968); banns of marriage registers (1942-1971); service registers; correspondence and photographs relating to the vicarage; licences for music and dancing in church hall; vestry minutes; parochial church council minutes; magazine committee minutes; guild of the sanctuary minutes; finance committee minutes; photographs of church events, clergy and parishioners; parish magazines; papers, correspondence, photographs and printed material relating to church and church hall.

Records of the parish of Saint Michael, Chiswick, including baptism registers (1908-1964); marriage registers (1909-1972); confirmation registers (1940-1976); service registers (1908-2009); temporary building committee, Parochial Church Council and Vestry meeting minutes; a recording of the church choir singing at Truro Cathedral; parish magazines and newsletters.

Records of the parish of Saint Paul, Chiswick, including registers of baptisms (1870-1953), marriages (1872-1964) and banns of marriage (1872-1913), as well as parish magazines, PCC minutes, preachers', readers' and collections registers, and service registers.

Records of the North Thames Regional Health Authority and predecessors, 1944-1995. This collection includes minutes, agendas and papers of the Health Authority/Health Board and various committees including the Nurse Training Committee; Hospital Management Committee; University Liaison Committee; Dental Committee; Nursing and Midwifery Committee; Optical Committee; Manpower Committee; Appointments Advisory Committee; District Pharmaceutical Managers; Senior Registrar's Joint Advisory Committee; Chief Nursing Officers Group.

Also press cuttings, regional circulars, financial accounts; photographs and reports.

Records of the South East Thames Regional Health Authority, 1947-1995. This collection includes minutes, agendas and papers of the meetings of various Committees, including the Regional Health Authority, the Regional Health Authority Chairman, the Regional Hospital Board Finance Committee; Area Nurse Training Committee; Regional Team of Officers; Clinical Consultative Committee; Nursing Sub-Committee; Regional Medical Advisory Committee; Treasurer's Group; Cancer Committee; Corporate Advisory Team; Regional Management Team; Regional and Chief Nursing Officers; Legal Action Working Party; Regional Planning Group; Regional Programming Group; Capital Investment Group; Building Committee; Capital Executive Group; and Sub-Committees for various specialities including cardiology, dermatology, general practice, dental surgery, radiology, ophthalmology and so on.

Also annual statistical returns; financial accounts; maps and plans; papers of the Kent County Council Public Assistance Department; papers relating to buildings and maintenance; papers of study groups; papers relating to public health and other administrative papers.

Records of the Aldgate Ward, Corporation of London, including minutes and accounts, assessments, lists of voters and officers and watch books. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.

Records of Bassishaw Ward, Corporation of London, including minutes and accounts, rate assessments, and other administrative papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.

Records of Billingsgate Ward, Corporation of London, including wardmote minutes; lists of officers; lists of inhabitants of the ward; tax and rate assessment books.

Records of the Bread Street Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise minutes, accounts, rates, tax and rate assessments, correspondence, jury lists and a First World War roll of honour. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.

Records of Bridge Within Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise minutes, accounts, rates and inhabitants lists, memoranda, papers relating to the watch and other miscellaneous papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.

Records of Cheap Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise minutes, rate assessments and accounts, presentments, papers of the volunteer association and other administrative papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.

Records of the Farringdon Within Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise wardmote minutes and accounts, tax and rate assessments, inhabitants lists and details of ward officers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.

Records of the Langbourn Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise minutes, rate assessments and inhabitants lists, administrative papers and records of assistance sought from the benevolent fund. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.

Records of Lime Street Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise minutes, accounts and a list of voters. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff.

Housing Estate Plans from the London County Council Housing Department, 1950-1965, for the following estates:

Ainsworth Estate, Hampstead

Albion Street Areas, Bermondsey

Ashburton Estate, Chartfield Avenue, Wandsworth

Avebury Estate, Turin Street Site, Bethnal Green

Avery Hill, Woolwich

Barn Elms Park Site, Wandsworth

Baxter Grove Areas, Islington

Baylis Road, Lambeth

Beckenham Hill Road, Lewisham

Bellingham Estate Extension, Lewisham

Besson Street Area, Deptford

Blessington Road Site, Lewisham

Boreham Wood Estate, Hertfordshire

Regal Cinema Site, Bromley High Street and Bow Road, Poplar

Bricknall Place areas, Lambeth

Broadway Site, Hackney

Bromley Road Extension, Lewisham

Brook Lane Site, Greenwich

Browning Estate, Townley Street Site, Southwark

Burdett Estate Extension, Stepney

Burlington Road Site, Fulham

Butterswick Cottages, Hammersmith

Campbell House Site, Woolwich

Carnbrook Road Site, Greenwich

Caroline Estate Extension, Hammersmith

Castle House, Woolwich

Cherry Garden Site, Bermondsey

Church Crescent, Hackney

Colebrook Row Area, Islington

Cordelia Street, Poplar

Creek Road Site, Lewisham

Dartmouth Road Site, Lewisham

Dodson Street Site, Southwark

Dove Row Extension, Shoreditch

East Dulwich Estate Extension, Camberwell

East India Dock Road Site

Eastman Street Site, Bethnal Green

Elmington Estate

Ember Street Site, Bermondsey

Fayland Estate, Wandsworth

Finchley Road Development, Hampstead

Flamstead Estate Extension, Greenwich

Frampton Park, Hackney

Gauden Road Site, Wandsworth

Giffrin Street Site Extension Reginald Road site, Deptford

Glamis Road Site, Stepney

Grove Street site, Deptford

Hawgood Street site, Poplar

Heathside Estate, Greenwich

Hedgers Grove, Hackney

Heston Street Area, Deptford

Hilgrove Estate, Finchley Road, Hampstead

Hilldrop Estate, Islington

Hillside Gardens Estate Extension, Wandsworth

Hobson's Place, Stepney

Jackman Street site, Hackney

Jamaica Road site, Bermondsey

Kender Street Area, Deptford

Kidbrooke Park Estate Extension, Greenwich

King Henry Street, Islington

Lancaster Street site, Southwark

Lansbury Estate, Stepney and Poplar

Lant Street site, Southwark

Lawson Street Development, Southwark

Lindley Estate, Camberwell

Loampit Vale site, Lewisham

Long Lane Areas, Bermondsey

Longstaff Estate, Wandsworth

Loughborough Street, Lambeth

Lurgan Avenue Area, Fulham

Malay Street Area, Stepney

Maple Court, Acacia Grove, New Malden

Mardyke Street Area, Southwark

Maxey Road site, Woolwich

Mill Gardens Area, Lewisham

Milne Estate Extension, Woolwich

Ocean Street site, Skidmore Street, Stepney

Patmore Street site, Battersea

Pearscroft Road, Fulham

Pennyfields, Poplar

Pitsea Street site, Stepney

Polthorne Street Area, Woolwich

Poplar High Street, Poplar

Priory site, Wandsworth

Prospect Estate, Farnborough, Hampshire

Raglan Street Area, Saint Pancras

Rapley Place, Bethnal Green

Ravensbourne Estate, Lewisham

Roehampton High Street site, Wandsworth

Rowlett Street, Poplar

Ruskin Park Estate Extension, Camberwell

Saint George-in-the-East Hospital site, Stepney

Saint Katherine's Way (Matilda House), Stepney

Saint Luke's Housing Development, Old Street, Finsbury

Saint Martin's Estate, Upper Tulse Hill Lambeth

Saint Peter's Hospital site, Stepney

Samuda's Wharf Site, Poplar

Southend Lane Site, Lewisham

Stockwell Gardens, Lambeth

Stockwell Lane, Lambeth

Stockwell Road Development, Lambeth

Streatham Hill, Wandsworth

Sydenham Hill Site, Lewisham

Tabard Garden Extension, Southwark

Teesdale estate, Bethnal Green

Trafalgar Road Site, Greenwich

Tyers Street Site, Lambeth

Tyson Road Site, Lewisham

Vauxhall Gardens Extension, Tate Street Site, Lambeth

Wager Street Site, Stepney

Wapping Estate Extension, Stepney

Watermead Estate Extension, Lewisham

Watson's Street, Deptford

Welshpool Street Site, Hackney

Weston Rise Site, Finsbury

Whetstone Road Site, Greenwich

White City Estate, Hammersmith

Woodberry Down Estate, Stoke Newington

York Hill Site, Lambeth

Zangwill Road Sites, Greenwich

Records of the London County Council Welfare Department relating to homes and institutions, 1896-1962, including reports, religious ministration, administration, nursing and medical, staffing, building works, finance, workshops, inventory, log-books and information about residents for homes including Alexandra House, Brockle Bank, Bromley House, Camberwell Reception Centre, Carisbrooke Lodge, Dale Mead Old People's Home, Fulham Road Hostel, Ladywell Lodge, Luxborough Lodge, Newington Lodge, Norwood House, Orchard Lodge, Princes Row, Southern Grove Lodge and Saint Peter and Saint Paul Home for Babies. Also case papers for small homes, large homes and out of county homes. Please note that files may be closed for Data Protection purposes.

Records of the Lewisham Poor Law Union, 1835-1932, including minutes and proceedings of the Board of Guardians and various Committees; annual reports and statements of accounts; rules and regulations; orders from and correspondence with Government departments; settlement examinations; orders of removal to and from other Unions; applications for relief; reception orders of lunatics; registers of lunatics; registers of the Lewisham High Street Workhouse, the Greenwich Infirmary and the Woolwich Workhouse, Plumstead; general registers of inmates; registers of inmates chargeable to Lewisham Board; registers of apprentices; registers of children at Cumberlow Lodge, South Norwood, scattered homes at Courthill Road and the North Surrey District School at Anerley; financial accounts and staff records.

Health Visitor's report book, 1912-1921, prepared for the Sanitary Committee of Hanwell Urban District Council; with examination questions on infant welfare, 1918; Health Visitor's reports for Ealing Public Health Department, 1926-1927, and booklet "A Synoptic History of Health and Related Services 1801-1969", 1970.

Records of the Saint Pancras Poor Law Union, 1804-1932, including minutes of meetings and reports of the Board of Guardians and various Committees including Visiting Committees; administrative papers including deeds, agreements, year books and newspaper cuttings; orders and correspondence from government departments; settlement examinations; orders of removal to and from other Unions; medical certifications of lunatics; daily journals of the male and female insane wards; registers of lunatics; registers from Saint Pancras Workhouse, North Infirmary, South Infirmary and Belmont Workhouse; registers of children sent out as apprentices or servants; registers of children at Leavesden School; financial accounts and staff records.

Records of the Wandsworth Poor Law Union, 1836-1933, including minutes of meetings of the Board of Guardians; minutes and reports of various Committees including the Assessment Committee, Schools and Institutions Committee and Boarding Out Committee; correspondence with the Local Government Board and the Ministry of Health; contracts; orders of the Poor Law Board; settlement examinations; orders of removal to and from other Unions; registers of the Swaffield Road Workhouse and Saint John's Hill Workhouse; registers of apprentices; registers of children at the Intermediate School, Swaffield Road and the Anerley School, North Surrey; financial accounts; staff records; maps of parishes in Wandsworth; floor plans of Saint John's Hospital; registers of relief given to the wives and children of interned aliens [foreigners], First World War.

Records of the Woolwich Board of Guardians, 1861-1932, including minutes of meetings of the Board; correspondence with government departments including the Ministry of Health; orders for settlement, removal or relief; registers of lunatics; Woolwich Institution (workhouse) registers including admission and discharge, creed and deaths; Medical Officers record of examinations of inmates at the Woolwich Institution; registers of children in care including baptisms at the Woolwich Union Chapel, apprenticeship indentures, boarded out children, children at Roman Catholic establishments, children in the Infirmary, children in the workhouse and children held in outlying establishments (ones outside the Union); registers for Plumstead Workhouse, including admission and discharge and creed; admission and discharge registers for the Goldie Leigh Cottage Home for Children; quarterly returns of the British born wives and children of interned aliens [foreigners]; financial accounts and registers of staff.

This collection comprises the following minute books, departmental records, financial accounts, correspondence, building plans and photographs of the Borough of Barking and its predecessors, including the Barking Town Local Board and Barking Urban District Council (1882-1965), relating to the management of the council, public health and housing, highways and town planning, parks, cemeteries and public buildings, education, public libraries, lighting, civil defence, transport, finance, welfare and rates.

Council

Minute books of the Barking Local Town Board, 1882-1894 (BD2/A/1/1)

Committee minute books of the Barking Local Town Board, 1883-1895 (BD2/A/1/2)

Minute books of Barking Urban District Council, 1895-1931 (BD2/A/2/1)

Committee minute books of Barking Urban District Council, 1895-1931 (BD2/A/2/2)

Minute books of the Borough of Barking, 1931-1965(BD2/A/3)

Declarations and acceptance of office books of the Borough of Barking, 1931-1963 (BD2/A/4)

Public health and housing

Minute book of the Barking Town Local Board of Health, 1853-1866 (BD2/B/1/1)

Reports of the Ilford and Barking Joint Sewerage Committee, 1935-1969 (BD2/B/2/1)

General ledger of the Ilford and Barking Joint Sewerage Committee, 1956-1969 (BD2/B/2/2)

Infectious diseases registers of the Public Health Department, 1915-1951 (BD2/B/3/1)

Tuberculosis registers of notifications of the Public Health Department, 1916-1924 (BD2/B/3/2)

Death registers of the Public Health Department, 1936-1965 (BD2/B/3/3)

Research on diphtheria by the Public Health Department, 1958-1961 (BD2/B/3/4)

Photographs of the Public Health Department, circa.1930-1965 (BD2/B/3/5)

Correspondence and papers on housing of the working classes in Barking, 1901-1908 (BD2/B/4)

Correspondence and papers on temporary housing in Barking, 1898-1907 (BD2/B/5)

Correspondence and papers on sewerage and drainage in Barking, 1893-1905 (BD2/B/6)

Correspondence and papers on water supply in Barking, 1895-1901 (BD2/B/7)

File on the National (Coal Strike) Emergency, 1921 (BD2/B/8)

File on population rates in each ward of Barking Urban District Council, 1928 (BD2/B/9)

War damage and repairs ledgers of Borough of Barking, 1940-1945 (BD2/B/10)

Highways and town planning

Correspondence and papers on highways of the Borough of Barking, 1891-1905 (BD2/C/1)

Correspondence and papers on street improvements of the Borough of Barking, 1892-1909 (BD2/C/2)

Correspondence and papers on private street works of the Borough of Barking, 1905-1909 (BD2/C/3)

Correspondence and papers on the Town Wharf of Barking Urban District Council, 1897-1908 (BD2/C/4)

Parks, cemeteries and public buildings

Minute book of the Barking Burial Board, 1884-1897 (BD2/D/1/1)

Register of burials of the Barking Burial Board, 1886-1901 (BD2/D/1/2)

Notices of internment of the Barking Burial Board, 1886-1904 (BD2/D/1/3)

Reports of the Grounds Committee of the Barking Burial Board, 1893-1896 (BD2/D/1/4)

Correspondence and papers on Rippleside Cemetery, 1906-1908 (BD2/D/1/5)

Register of graves at St. Margaret's Churchyard, Barking, 1930 (BD2/D/2)

Correspondence and papers on allotments in Barking, 1908-1910 (BD2/D/3)

Education

Minute books of Barking School Board, 1889-1903 (BD2/E/1/1)

Committee minute books of Barking School Board, 1892-1903 (BD2/E/1/2)

Financial accounts of Barking School Board, 1886-1903 (BD2/E/1/3)

Registers of the Attendance Officer of Barking School Board, 1885-1897 (BD2/E/1/4)

Minute books of Barking Education Committee, 1903-1928 (BD2/E/2/1)

Minute books of Barking Education Sub-Committee, 1903-1922 (BD2/E/2/2)

Minute book of Barking Education Children's Care and Kitchen Committee, 1912-1920 (BD2/E/2/3)

Minute book of Barking Education Boot Committee, 1919-1927 (BD2/E/2/4)

Minute book of Barking Higher Education Committee, 1921-1924 (BD2/E/2/5)

Annual reports of the Barking Education Committee, 1934-1941 (BD2/E/2/6)

Correspondence of the Barking Education Committee, 1903-1958 (BD2/E/2/7)

Newspaper cuttings of Barking Education Committee, 1925-1941 (BD2/E/2/8)

Public libraries

Minute books of Barking Public Libraries Committee, 1888-1928 (BD2/F/1)

Minute books of Barking Public Libraries Sub-Committees, 1890-1894 (BD2/F/2)

Letter books of the Barking Public Libraries, 1889-1919 (BD2/F/3)

Issue books of Barking Public Libraries, 1900-1961 (BD2/F/4)

Junior issue books of Barking Public Libraries, 1924-1952 (BD2/F/5)

Accounts ledgers of Barking Public Libraries, 1889-1969 (BD2/F/6)

Statistics ledgers of Barking Public Libraries, 1956-1959 (BD2/F/7)

Lighting

Correspondence and papers on lighting of Barking Urban District Council, 1896-1906 (BD2/G/1)

Revenue accounts ledger on the installation and analysis of electricity, 1935-1966 (BD2/G/2)

Events

Correspondence on Peace Week, 1936-1937 (BD2/H/1)

File on the accession of King George VI, 1936 (BD2/H/2)

Files on the Coronation of King George VI, 1936-1938 (BD2/H/3)

File on entertainments in Barking, 1934-1940 (BD2/H/4)

File on the Anglo-Soviet Pact Anniversary Celebrations, 1943-1946 (BD2/H/5)

File on the V.E. Day Thanksgiving Service, 1945 (BD2/H/6)

Transport

Correspondence and papers on tramways of Barking Urban District Council, 1898-1902 (BD2/J/1)

Files on light railways in Barking, 1896-1908 (BD2/J/2)

Files on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Bill, 1902-1908 (BD2/J/3)

Petition on the nuisance caused by motor car and bus traffic signed by the residents of Rippleside,1908 (BD2/J/4)

Correspondence with the Kearney Society, 1924 (BD2/J/5)

Finance

General ledgers of the Borough of Barking, 1935-1965 (BD2/K/1)

Rating and valuation

Reports of the Rating and Valuation Committee, 1942-1950 (BD2/L/1)

General and poor rate books for Barking, 1921-1933 (BD2/L/2-3)

General rate demand summary books for Barking, 1934-1964 (BD2/L/4)

Valuation lists of the Borough of Barking, 1930-1965 (BD2/L/5)

Loans ledgers of the Borough of Barking, 1939-1965 (BD2/L/6)

Welfare

Minute book of the Distress Committee of Barking Urban District Council, 1908-1924 (BD2/M/1)

Minute book of the Old Age Pensions Committee of the Borough of Barking, 1923-1934 (BD2/M/2)

Tapes of interviews used as the basis for a BBC Radio 3 programme entitled 'Stuffing their Mouths with Gold', on the origins of the National Health Service, broadcast in 1982. A total of ten tapes, interviewees include Rt Hon Enoch Powell, MP, Minister of Health, 1960-1963, Frank Honigsbaum, historian of the NHS, Rt Hon Michael Foot MP, biographer of Aneurin Bevan.

Papers of Bernard Taylor comrising case notes of deceased patients, c 1940s-1970s and files relating to administration of practice, 1962-1976.

Personal Papers and correspondence of Sir Charles Locock (1799-1875) MSS.7807-7808. This consists of 11 items, 1821-1875. The Locock family papers, MSS.5782-5785, consist of 99 items, 1851-1948. The papers are primarily those of Revd Alfred Henry Locock (1829-1922), his wife Anna Maria, and Charles Dealtry Locock (1862-1946). The papers include a number of items relating to the illness and death of Sir Charles Locock. 1851-1948.

Papers of Herbert Davies Chalke, 1924-[1980] including lecture notes, papers and publications, including re alcoholism, TB, care of the elderly, and food safety. Also papers re service with RAMC in North Africa.

Papers relating to the Wellcome Witness Seminars, 1993-1997, including original audio tapes of the seminars (in most cases, master plus copy); photographs of witnesses and other participants; correspondence, both administrative and between the Twentieth Century Group and witnesses; and programmes and lists of participants.

Ministry of Health 'Office guide to records of work carried out by Allan Chilcott Parsons 1919-1936' covering his visits, inspections, inquiries and interviews, mainly relating to cases of infectious diseases (particularly meningitis, diphtheria, encephalitis lethargica, scarlet fever and poliomyelitis) tropical diseases (such as malaria) and occupational diseases (such as Baker's Dermatitis) in England, appraisals of Sanitary Officers, and welfare of hop-pickers.

Copies of pages from Sir Albert Stern's Tanks, 1914-1918: the log book of a pioneer (1919), with annotations by Wilson, 1920.

Copy of article by Morris Greenberg, 1982, concerning evidence given by Dr Hubert Montague Murray, MD, FRCP (1855-1907), to the Departmental Committee on Compensation for Industrial Diseases, which contained the first described case of asbestosis; framed asbestosis swabs, 1899, with extracts from correspondence, 1954 and 1966.

Recruitment and fundraising posters, World War One, 1914-1916, including Parliamentary Recruiting Committee posters and Parliamentary War Savings Committee posters. The posters are full colour and are designed as postive and negative propaganda to aid recruitment and encourage donation to the war effort and were aimed at domestic civilian audiences. Highlights include posters referring to the sinking of the liner, the Lusitania, appeals to assist in the defence of Belgium, examples of alleged German atrocities, and representations of Britain, British families and the British way of life thought to be under threat.

Papers of Sir Harold Whittingham including A. Personal Papers and Early Career, 1904-1956, including papers on cancer research, Glasgow, 1904-1915; B. RAF Sandfly Fever Commission, Malta, 1921-1952; C. RAF Medical Services, c.1920-1945; D. Biochemistry Lectures, London School of Tropical Medicine, 1926-1930; E. British Red Cross Society, 1946-1959; F. Flying Personnel Research Committee, 1940-1976; G. British Airways Overseas Corporation, 1945-1970; H. International Air Transport Association Medical Committee, 1949-1960; J. World Health Organisation, 1948-1968; K. Commonwealth Development Corporation, 1958-1976; L. History of RAF Medical Services, 1958-1983 and M. Publications, 1911-1975.

Papers of Donald Hunter, 1910-1977. There are two large, parallel series of case files and reference files (section C) relating to a wide range of conditions, most but not all connected with occupational hazards and many being dermatological or osteopathic, as well as factory visit notes, correspondence, both personal and professional, publications, writings, and audio-visual material.

Constitution, council and other minutes, reports and other papers of British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine (BIMM) and of one of its two predecessor organisations, the British Association of Manipulative Medicine (BAMM), 1987-2000. In addition to the official papers there is much correspondence and other documentation created by or sent to Malcolm Morrison, who was active in both bodies and eventually became President of BIMM. The latter material contains a large amount of information on medical education, including draft syllabi.

BAMM and subsequently BIMM served as the British representative bodies within the Fédération International de Médecine Manuelle (FIMM); the collection includes some material on FIMM meetings and some discussion of the body's future.

There is also a very little information on activities of the British League Against Rheumatism (BLAR).

The pre-merger history of the Institute of Orthopaedic Medicine (IoM) is not represented.