Gynaecological Aspects of Health of Women War Workers Sub-committee

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1538 M36
Held at	: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/library-services/archives-and-heritage/archives/ ›
Full title	: Gynaecological Aspects of Health of Women War Workers Sub-committee
Date(s)	: 1942
Level of description	: Collection (fonds) View parent record
Extent	: 1 folder, 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The sub-committee was established at the instance of Council in 1942, to be instructed by the Finance and Executive Committee, following the receipt of a memorandum on the subject forwarded from the Department of Health for Scotland. Its terms of reference were to report, if so instructed by the Finance and Executive committee, upon the steps to be taken to safeguard the health, from the gynaecological aspect, of women war workers.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Sub-committee on the gynaecological aspects of health of women war workers during World War Two, 1942.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright: vested in the College.

Finding aids:

A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown. It is likely that the papers came from the President's Office.

Allied Materials

Related material:

RCOG Archives hold a minute book containing material from this sub committee and from other miscellaneous committees 1930-1943 (Ref: T6).

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG.

Rules or conventions:
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.

Date(s) of descriptions:
February 2001