IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0809 Growth survey
Held at: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Title: Survey of growth in the pre-school child in England and Wales
Date(s): 1977
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 2 boxes
Name of creator(s): London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Department of Health and Social Security
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
A survey of growth in the pre-school child in England and Wales, [1977] was conducted by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Department of Health and Social Security. This questionnaire for a Longitudinal Group was completed by participants in 1977 and answered on behalf of children by a parent. Although children appear to have been given an identifying serial number, their names have been abbreviated and appear at the top of questionnaires in pencil. Questionnaires focussed upon the milk intake of children, whether they were entitled to subsidised milk, illnesses suffered and measurements. At least three visits were conducted per child, with data collected each time; however it is believed that the results of this study were never published.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of survey of growth in the pre-school child in England and Wales, 1977, comprise original research data concerning the health and growth of children. The collection comprises data entry forms, dated 1977, used to collate data gathered from a sample of pre-school children in England and Wales. These questionnaires are all labelled 'part IV' and therefore possibly constitute a sample of the original research data collated.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged in original order.
Conditions governing access:
This collection is closed.
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Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
No additional finding aids exist.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred to LSHTM archives by David Archer, Serials Service Librarian, July 2002.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.
Rules or conventions: 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.
Date(s) of descriptions: February 2008