Department of Health and Social Security correspondence, 1949-1981 inclusive

The file consists of two folders of letters, one folder contains mainly thank you letters dated 1949-198, with some initial complaints from neighbours of Ave Maria when the home moved to Eltham post-war. A second folder contains mainly photocopied circulars dated 1968-1982 with returns for 1979-1981 of numbers in the home, plus "Statutory Rules and Orders 1933 No.774 Children and Young Persons, England Approved Schools" and "Children and Young Persons Act 1969". The Home Office formerly had a general responsibility for child protection and welfare, including supervision of approved schools, remand homes, juvenile delinquency, and children taken into care by local authorities and voluntary bodies. These duties were transferred in 1971 to the Department of Health and Social Security, which also took over the Home Office's oversight of adoption in 1973.