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Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to children's services, 1948-1965, including general files on individual children and families; general case correspondence; official correspondence; case papers for children in care; case lists of adoptions of children in care; register of decisions of the Adoption Sub-Committee; reports of the Adoption Sub-Committee relating to guardian ad-litem adoptions; notifications of proposed guardian ad-litem adoptions; notices of intention to adopt made to the County Council as Welfare Authority; correspondence with juvenile courts; unusual adoption cases, precedents and cuttings.

Papers relating to children in care including apprenticeships of children in care; case papers under Section 1 of the Children's Act 1948; determinations of the Home Office under the Children's Act 1948; case papers under Section 2 of the Children's Act 1948; recovery of arrears of parent contributions to children in care; case files under the Children and Young Person's Act 1933.

Please note that access to these files is restricted under the Data Protection Act.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to civil defence, 1937-1965, including correspondence concerning cases of arrears of payment of the Government evacuation scheme maintenance payments; papers regarding requisitioned property, utilisation of individual properties for civil defence purposes, schedules for requisitioned property, compensation paid for requisitioned and hired premises and compensation claims; records of local authority expenditure submitted to the Home Office; financial accounts of local authorities; files regarding claims for war damage to property; claims in respect of damage sustained in connection with the demolition of Air Raid Shelters; general correspondence and schedules of civil defence premises to be allocated to new authorities.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to contracts, 1889-1965, including registers of contracts; files and plans relating to building construction, maintenance and demolition, including hospitals, workhouses, mortuaries, offices, railway lines, colleges, bridges, roads, drainage systems, schools and courthouses; contract files relating to the County of Middlesex Light Railways Orders 1901 and 1903 and the County of Middlesex (Waltham Cross and Enfield) Light Railway Order 1906; plans relating to the County of Middlesex Light Railways Orders 1901 and 1903, the County of Middlesex (Waltham Cross and Enfield) Light Railway Order 1906, the County of Middlesex Light Railways (Extension and Lands) Order 1907, the Metropolitan Electric Tramways Limited and the Metropolitan Water Board.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to the East Middlesex Drainage Scheme, 1934-1965, including conferences and correspondence between the MCC and over local authorities; reports on sewerage and waste disposal; papers relating to boreholes; papers regarding the Cuffley Brook Sewer, East Barnet Branch Sewer, High Level Sewer, Lee Valley Main Sewer, Tottenham Low and High Level Sewers, Chingford Sewer, Waltham Holy Cross Branch Sewer and Wood Green Sewer; papers relating to trade effluent agreements; protective clauses and notices; purchase of sites; electricity lines near the works; contracts and supplies; acquisition of and access to land and sludge disposal.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to education, 1712-1965, including purchases of school lands and buildings; instruments and articles of government for schools and colleges; borough schemes for the divisional administration of education; general files on a variety of subjects including the School Library Service; transfer of pupils to secondary schools; conditions of service for teachers, design and construction of new schools, audits of accounts, education development plan, rules of management of Voluntary Aided Schools, use of school premises after hours, education and training of the physically or mentally disabled, proposals for a Middlesex Apprenticeship scheme and valuation of schools.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to estates and housing, 1889-1965, including papers relating to acquisition and tenancies, including plans, deeds and correspondence; papers relating to leases and sales, including maintenance, tenancies and restriction of ribbon development; papers relating to the conversion of land for the production of food during the Second World War; index cards to properties owned by the MCC; register of applications for contributions towards the acquisition of open spaces; register of applications for acquisition of lands, and correspondence and reports relating to Northwick Park, Wembley.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to finances, 1942-1965, including budget estimates; arrangements for collection of wages cash; improvement grants; mortgages; loans; papers relating to specific banks; housing loans; fees paid to solicitors and the breaking of mortgage agreements. Also correspondence relating to properties owned by the Edmonton Latymer Foundation.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to the Fire Service and Ambulance Service, 1946-1966, including papers regarding the fire service by area; complaints regarding the Ambulance Service; gas, electricity and water agreements; provision of radio telephony; private fire alarms; fire precautions and Middlesex Fire and Ambulance Service Welfare Fund.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to health services, 1942-1965, including applications for relief; papers relating to a legacy for the benefit of hospitals; staffing issues including appeals and claims; staff accidents; transfer of staff; disputes regarding payment for hospital treatment; complaints about treatment in hospitals; electricity, gas, water and telephone agreements for Health Service properties; transfer of hospital properties; papers relating to the care and guardianship of the mentally disabled; health services licences and undertakings; registration of child minders and day nurseries policy.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to highways, 1838-1965, including papers regarding extensions to the Great West Road and Western Avenue; papers relating to the acquisition of land for road improvements; papers regarding the North Circular Road; papers regarding road building schemes implemented for unemployment relief; papers relating to the acquisition of the Duke of Northumberland's River; files relating to compulsory purchase orders and Acquisition of Land Committee register of properties. Also general files on a variety of subjects including illumination of traffic signs; automatic traffic control signals; pedestrian crossings; pollution of rivers; passenger charges schemes; the Operation of Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950; contracts and tenders for the maintenance of trunk and county roads; agreements with the Ministry of Transport and erosion of the banks of the River Thames.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to light railways and tramways, 1884-1921, including deeds; copies of relevant Parliamentary Bills; papers relating to litigation against Middlesex County Council; papers relating to conveyancing, including property register, purchase of properties, compensation payments and general property matters; maps and plans; photographs of the first cars at Edgware, Bounds Green Road and Enfield.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to magistrates courts, 1957-1965, including general papers and papers relating to Barnet, Harrow, Highgate and Willesden Courthouses.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to Parliament, 1884-1965, including papers relating to Bills promoted by the MCC including the Middlesex County Council Acts 1930, 1931, 1934, 1944 and 1961; copies of Parliamentary bills of interest to the County Council including bills promoted by other local authorities, legislation promoted by second tier authorities in Middlesex, orders concerning electrical and gas undertakings and orders concerned with tramways and railways; papers relating to water undertakings including Parliamentary bills, maps of water company districts and pollution of rivers; copies of Parliamentary standing orders.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to planning, 1922-1965, including papers relating to the County of Middlesex Development Plan, including papers of Joint Town Planning Committees; copies of relevant legislation; building preservation orders; objections to the Plan; papers relating to reviews of the Plan; public enquiries; and proposals for works at specific sites. Also survey of footpaths under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act, including correspondence, maps and statement.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to smallholdings, 1927-1965, including general papers; matters arising under the Smallholdings and Allotments Acts; papers relating to individual smallholdings including problems with land access, sale of land and construction works taking place on land.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to the management and maintenance of various Middlesex court houses, 1947-1965, including the Middlesex Guildhall and courts in Feltham, Highgate, Ealing, Uxbridge, Willesden, Acton, Brentford, Enfield and Hendon. Also papers relating to the County Record Office.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to supplies, 1948-1965, including papers relating to members allowances and expenses; papers regarding central repair depots and transport depots; papers relating to stores; lists of approved contractors and investigations into monopolies and restrictive practices; papers relating to chauffeurs and drivers, and tenders for supply of various goods.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to the Valuation Department, [1900-1930], comprising maps of property in the Middlesex County Council area.

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.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to the West Middlesex Drainage scheme, 1929-1965.

Society of Apothecaries of London: Clerks' letter books, 1876-1953, comprise volumes of outgoing correspondence, originating from the Clerks, James Richard Upton (1871-1901), Archer Mowbray Upton (1901-1916), Arthur Bingham Watson (1916-1927), Philip Beaumont Frere (1928-1932), Henry Cooper (1932-1941) and Ernest Busby (1941-1977). Each volume is indexed by subject, name and place and the letters reflect the range of duties, responsibilities and activities of the Clerk on behalf of the Society, as its most senior Officer.

Notes of lectures on chemistry taken by Aimé Marie Gaspard de Clermont-Tonnerre when a student, plus three short pieces on chemistry, 1800-1801.

Register of baptisms, 1889-1916; deeds and papers for Cleveland Hall and agreements for Craven Chapel, 1824-1896; trust accounts for Cleveland Hall and Craven Chapel, 1902-1909.

'Reminiscences of the Hospital at the Corner', St George's, Hyde Park, by Pamela Mary Clewett as a probationer nurse, 1939-1945. This is an autobiographical account of what it was like training as a nurse at St George's and elsewhere during the war years.

Papers of Frederic Cliffe, comprising cuttings and correspondence, Feb 1908, regarding Cliffe's letter to The Daily Telegraph, advocating the performance of opera in the English language, and the establishment of a national opera house, 11 Feb 1908; Cliffe's reports as examiner on compositions of students at the Royal College of Music, 1907-1908; agreement with Novello & Co for publication of his 'Ode to the North East Wind', 1905; marriage certificate, 1897; Freemason's certificates, 1895 (MS 6870). Letters (c25) to Cliffe, 1889-1929, including from Sir George Grove and August Manns on performance of Cliffe's symphony for Crystal Palace, 1889; from C V Stanford, regarding submission of Cliffe's work for the Leeds Festival, 1901; from Hubert H Parry recommending Cliffe for appointment as Principal of the Guildhall School of Music, 1910; from Sir Hugh Allen, on Cliffe's retirement from the RCM, 1929 (MS 6871).

Undated lecture notes on geometry: two closely written sheets pasted onto an otherwise unused notebook.

Undated mathematical fragments.

Narrative of operations of 7 Division, 1918 by the Revd E C Crosse including reference to Clifford's service as Officer Commanding 95 Field Company, Royal Engineers; papers relating to Anglo-Italian Jubaland Boundary Commission, 1925-1928 including maps; British Somaliland-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, 1931-1936, including intelligence reports on French Somaliland, air survey operations, Walwal incident between Italian and Ethiopian troops, and printed reports on the work of the Commission; Chief Engineer, China Command, including report on Royal Engineers in Hong Kong, 1941-1942; Kenya-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, 1950-1957, including diaries, 1951-1955, printed reports, and maps of the boundary, 1946-1949; published articles by Clifford, 1928-1947, mainly on boundary commissions; technical manuals, 1924-1932, including surveying; publications and printed works, 1892-1952, including boundary commissions.

Papers of Thomas Clifford spanning the period May 1649 to June 1673, the papers include correspondence, commissions and official instructions, proposals for treaties with various European heads of state, reports and dispatches. All relate to the Dutch Wars of 1652-1654, 1665-1667 and 1672-1674.

Papers relating to the Clift and Owen families, late 18th century-late 19th century, comprising a file of correspondence and papers between the Clift and Owen families. Including material relating to the parish placements of Sir Richard Owen's grandson, Richard Startin Owen, at St Giles Church, and the Parish of Mortlake; a manuscript copy of the inscription from Sir Richard Owen's great grandmother, Elizabeth Froysell's tomb; William Owen's certificate of admittance to the Royal Arch Masons, 1869; a manuscript settlement made between Sir Richard Owen's great grandparents, Richard Eskrigge and Elizabeth Froysell on their marriage, 1725; a letter from John Hunter to Brigadier Lambart, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces at Belle Isle, and Brigadier Lambart's reply, 1762; correspondence between Sir Richard Owen and his family; 2 pencil drawings by Mrs Clift; correspondence between William Clift and his family; correspondence of Sir Richard Owen from the Jessie Dobson estate; other letters to Sir Richard Owen; a diary belonging to William Clift recording activities in the museum, [1806-1816]; a letter from Antonio Scarpa, 1823 [including a transcription and translation]; sheet music for a song with lyrics by Eugenius Roche Esq and music by Gme Tronsson du Coudray, dedicated to Miss Caroline Amelia Clift; letter from Joshua Brookes to Nathan Pointer [1831]; 4 attendance cards for John W MacNee for lectures given by James Armour on Midwifery (1828), John Burns on Surgery (1827), the structure and diseases of the eye by William MacKenzie (1828), and lectures on anatomy by Robert Hunter (1826-1827); invitation card from E M van Butchell to view the embalmed remains of his wife, and a transcribed letter by William Clift from E M van Butchell regarding the display of his wife's remains, 1815; and various other Clift and Owen manuscripts.

The collection is divided into four main groups: The first group contains papers relating to William Clift's work as conservator of the Hunterian Museum. This is the largest of the four groups and contains a number of sub divisions such as explanation and display of specimens, expanding the collections, administration of the museum, and correspondence. This group also contains the transcripts made by Clift and others of the Hunterian manuscripts. The second group contains work carried out by William Clift as an illustrator for publications. The third group contains a small amount of personal material that is in the collection. The fourth group contains transcripts and copies of manuscript material by William Clift that is held in other repositories such as the Natural History Museum.

Papers relating to William Clift and Sir Richard Owen, 1816-1886, comprising a volume of 157 letters written to William Clift or Sir Richard Owen from various correspondents, relating mainly to work carried out in the Hunterian Museum, although some are of a more personal nature. Correspondents include members of the Abernethy family; Sir William Blizard; Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie; Henry Cline; William Cooke; Sir Astley Cooper; Bransby Blake Cooper; William White Cooper; George James Guthrie; Sir Everard Home; Robert Keate; Sir William Lawrence; Frederic Carpenter Skey; John Flint South; and Benjamin Travers.

Papers of William Clift, 1835, comprising an autograph letter by William Clift to Philip Syng Physick, 8 May 1835. Relating to cataloguing specimens in the Hunterian Museum.

Papers of William Clift, 1824-1831, comprising a file containing an autograph letter from William Clift to Dr Usher Parsons, Boston, Massachusetts, 8 Jun 1824; an autograph letter from William Clift to Dr Usher Parsons, Boston, Massachusetts, 30 Jul 1831; and an autograph presention inscription to the Linnaean Society of New England, [1824].

Papers of William Home Clift, 1825-1832, comprising manuscript notes and sketches by Clift, taken at lectures given by Sir Charles Bell, on topics including sensory organs, hernia, and lythotomy, 1827; notes and sketches by Clift and J Streeten, taken at lectures on surgery given by Sir Charles Bell, on topics including mechanical construction of the body, the structure and growth of teeth, and the nervous system, 1828; notes by Clift and Sir Richard Owen titled Rough Account of Diagrams, Preparations etc., used at the Lectures 1828, containing lists of diagrams for lectures by Sir Charles Bell and Joseph Henry Green; notes by Clift titled Lectures 1832. Mr Guthrie and Sir Charles Bell. Commenced Tuesday February 28th, Terminated Saturday May 5th. WH Clift; reports by Clift to the Board of Curators, on the progress of the catalogue of monsters and osteological items, and other activities in the museum, 1829-1831; and colour drawings of fish by Clift, 10 Jun 1825.

Papers of William Clift, 1794-1808, comprising 2 volumes of manuscript notes taken at lectures on practical surgery by Sir Everard Home, delivered at 13 Castle Street, Leicester Square, 1794-1796. The notes were corrected by Clift in 1808.

Papers of William Clift, 1802-1817, comprising a volume titled Scrappiana or Extracts various, containing notes, poetry, thoughts and maxims, and extracts from publications including Erasmus Darwin's Zoonomia.

Records of Clinch and Company Limited, brewers, including Board and general meeting minutes; annual reports with accounts; papers relating to shares; memorandum and articles of association; register of seals; and rent ledgers for public houses and other premises.

Surgical lectures by Henry Cline read at St. Thomas's Hospital. Produced in London, c 1760.

Papers relating to Henry Cline, [1780-1811], comprising notes on his lectures on surgery [1780-1811], taken by an unidentified student.

Henry Cline's anatomical lectures read at St. Thomas's Hospital, notes by an anonymous student. Produced in London, 1790.

Papers of Henry Cline, 1777-[1824], comprising three notebooks, 1777-[1824], labelled 'pathology and surgery', 'anatomy and physiology', and ' effects of the mind on diseases' containing notes on pathological conditions and contemporary surgical practice, with individual case histories, details of patients inoculated by Cline, 1778-1789, his post-mortem examination of Charles James Fox, account of influenza, 1782; notes on a course of lectures on anatomy, physiology and surgery, [1790]; notes on lectures on surgery, [1818], delivered 1805-1806.

Notes from anatomical lectures given by Henry Cline at St. Thomas's Hospital, taken down by Thomas Wilshere of 21 St. Thomas Street Borough. Contains notes of 73 lectures. Produced in London.

Papers of Henry Cline, late 18th century- early 19th century, comprising notes taken by Henry Cline, late 18th century; and notes of Henry Cline lectures, written by unidentified individuals, late 18th century to early 19th century.

Anatomy by Henry Cline and Mr. Astley Cooper, Surgeons, 1804, St. Thomas's Hospital, Southwark, London, and by Henry Cline, Junior. (Vol. I.) The second volume contains notes of lectures, extracts, receipts, and some case-records at Guy's Hospital, by the same hand. Illustrated by a few rough pen-drawn anatomical figures, etc. The first volume is lettered on the spine: 'Anatomical Notes', and 'End of the first volume' is written on the last leaf of text. The second volume is lettered 'Notes.', and appears to be a continuation of another volume now missing. Some of the notes in this second volume are dated January and February 1805. Produced in London.

Notes on surgical lectures [given in London] by Henry Cline, and taken by an unnamed student. The text, neatly written in a uniform hand, is possibly a fair copy of notes taken at an earlier date. Dated watermarks are partially visible on the outer margin of leaves (e.g. MS. 6009, f. 98, where the date 1821 seems discernible).

Clinical and Surgical records of Guy's Hospital Medical College, 1823-1982, comprising patient registers for Guy's Hospital, namely admission registers for female patients, 1809-1833; clinical reports for male and female patients, 1823-1847; clinical case book, 1900; clinical cases index, 1911; female patients surgical register of John Hilton, Assistant Surgeon, 1846-1847; indexes of surgical cases, giving ward, admission and discharge dates, patients' name and disease, 1865-1899; case notes for children admitted to Evelina Hospital, 1949, under Dr Philip Evans; surgical case notes of Charles Hilton Fagge, 1904; index of cases of Dr William N Mann, 1956-1972; case reports of John Morgan, [1827]-1837; individual patient records, 1929, 1959-1960, 1982;

diaries of House surgeons and physicians of Guy's Hospital, 1869-1904, comprising House Surgeons' diaries, 1883-1904, containing weekly summary reports of surgical cases admitted to the hospital, including number of admissions and operations performed; House Physicians' diaries, 1869-1889, Senior House Physician's diary, 1883-1891, Second House Physician's diaries, 1873-1890, containing brief daily reports of physicians' activites; 'diary of the senior in the Charity', 1873-1875, contaning brief daily reports of mainly obstetrics and gynaecological cases admitted to Guy's Hospital; Senior Obstetrics Residents' diary, 1884-1892, containing weekly reports of cases and operations in 'Guy's Charity'.

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Clinical Directors Forum, 2000-2002, comprising files of the Development Manager, Clinical Governance (later Head of Clinical Governance), including administrative correspondence and papers, speakers' presentations and summaries of proceedings.

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Clinical Effectiveness Standards Board, 1998-2000, comprising minutes, agendas, papers and associated correspondence, 1998-2000.

Records of Guy's Society for Clinical Reports, 1836-1874, comprising general reports, 1836-1845, comprising annual and half yearly reports of the Society; surgical and clinical registers for various wards of Guy's Hospital, 1837-1848, containing brief details of patients, including name, complaint, treatment and outcome; case reports, 1836-1845, giving detailed reports on patients admitted to Guy's Hospital including the name of the physician or surgeon, and in some volumes arranged by type of complaint, such as injuries/diseases of the nervous system, lungs and appendages, lymphatics, skin or cellular tissue, urino-genital system, fevers and poisoning;

case reports of patients at Guy's Hospital taken by the pupils of surgeons and physicians, 1847-1866, recording details such as name, description of condition, symptoms, treatment and progress, comprising surgical and some clinical case reports of patients of Mr John Hilton and Mr Charles Aston Key, 1851-1866; surgical and some clinical case reports of patients of Mr Bransby Blake Cooper and Mr John Birkett, 1847-1866, including some volumes arranged by ward, such as patients admitted to the Accident Ward, 1853-1866; surgical case reports of patients of Mr Bransby Blake Cooper and Mr Edward Cock, 1850-1851; surgical case reports of patients of Mr Edward Cock, 1848-1866, including some volumes arranged by ward, with indexes of medical conditions; surgical case reports of patients of Mr John Morgan, 1847-1850; surgical case reports of patients of Mr John Frederick France, 1847-1850; surgical case reports of patients of Mr Alfred Poland, 1856-1866, arranged by ward; surgical case reports of Mr Henry Oldham and Mr Thomas Bryant's patients, 1856-1866; surgical case reports of patients of Dr Benjamin Guy Babington admitted to Charity Ward, c1854-1855; surgical case reports of patients of Mr John Cooper Forster, 1857-1861; surgical case reports of operations performed on patients admitted to Guy's Hospital, 1872-1874;

rough case notes of patients of surgeons and physicians at Guy's Hospital, recording details such as name, disease, treatment, diet and outcome, covering patients of Mr John Hilton, [1857-1858]; Mr Edward Cock, [1857-1858]; Mr John Cooper Forster, [1857-1861]; Mr Alfred Poland, [1857-1858]; Mr John Frederick France, 1857-[1858]; Mr Thomas Bryant, 1857-[1858]; Mr John Birkett, [1857-1860]; Dr William Withey Gull, [1857-1858]; Dr William Withey Gull and Dr Frederick William Pavy, 1865-1866; Dr Henry Marshall Hughes, [1857-1858]; Dr Samuel Osborne Habershon, [1857-1858]; Dr Thomas Addison, [1857-1858]; Dr George Hilaro Barlow, [1857-1858]; Dr Samuel Wilks, 1857-1858; volumes of rough case notes of surgical cases at Guy's Hospital, 1870-1871.