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L - Local Studies and History book collection
. - Main series (octavo)
01 - Physical Aspects
02 - Geology
03 - Natural History
04 - Meteorology
05 - General Works
06 - Directories
07 - Book Trade in Birmingham
08 - Periodicals and Newspapers
09 - Bibilography on all aspects of the history of Birmingham
10 - Religion
11 - Ecclesiology, Church Buildings, Art, Furniture
12 - Monastic Birmingham
13 - Church of England General Histories
14 - Diocese of Birmingham. Archdeaconary of Birmingham
15 - Diocese of Birmingham. Archdeaconary of Aston
16
17 - Roman Catholic Church
18 - Nonconformists Dissenters
19 - Minor Denominations
20 - Social Life
21 - Social Life Special Classes
22 - Customs of Public and Private Life, Pageants, Festivals Ceremonies and Other Customs
23 - Inns, Taverns, Public Houses, Hotels, Hospitaity, customes connected with eating and drinking
24 - Clubs and Societies
25 - Amusements, Recreation, Sports and Pastimes
26 - Circuses, Fair and Similar Shows
27 - Parks, Open Spaces, Public Gardens and Pleasure Gardens
28 - Theatres, Music Halls
29 - Legends, Ghost Apparitions, Hauntings
30 - History of Birmingham Government from ealiest times
31 - City Corporation, The Mayor, Aldermen and Council Collectively
32 - Mayoralty
33 - Aldermen
34 - City Council
35 - Freedom Qualifications, Rights and Duties of Citizens
36 - City Officials and Departments
37
38 - Town Hall
39 - Regional Government
40 - Statistics, Yearbooks of General Statistics
41 - Poor, Life and Labour
42 - Crimes, Offences, Misdemeanours, Juvenile Crime, Special Crimes
43 - Laws, Admisitration of Justice
44 - Markets and Food Supply
45 - Public Health
1; 185257 - Special report of the Medical Officer of Health on infant mortality in Birmingham. 37pp. 1904. Mortality.
1; 194999 - Report on the Conditions of Life under which Canal Boat Children are reared. In Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the Health of Birmingham for 1905. 1906.
1; 278188 - City of Birmingham. Reports of the Health Committee to the Council. Various. June 1890 to July, 1901
01; 286543 - Administration of medical benefit under the National Health Insurance Acts : the Birmingham list of insurance doctors, chemists and approved institutions.
1; 532865 - City of Birmingham Public Health Department. Photographs. 24pp. c.1912. Council House.
1; 598839 - Official handbook : health services.
1; 662561 - A ready reference to the services of the Public Health Department and the Executive Council [of the National Health Service].
2; 222435 - Annual Report of Medical Superintendent of Elementary Schools and Superintendent of Special Schools, 1908 etc. 1909 etc.. Education Department (Birmingham).
3, 31078 - The Corporation of Birmingham and the Water Supply of the Town. A statement addressed to the Town Council. 30pp. 1869. AVERY (Alderman THOMAS).
3; 86298 - The Water supply of Birmingham. A paper before the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1886. Maps. 32pp. 1886. *MATHEWS (CHARLES EDWARD).
3; 109923 - Water Department. Engineer's report on the supply of water to Birmingham. (City of Birmingham) 13pp. 1891. Water.
3; 109924 - Water Department. Report to Water Committee, 27th February 1891, by Howard Smtih, Slocombe & Co., Chartered Accountants. (City of Birmingham) 8pp. 1891. Water.
3; 109925 - Water Department. Report of Mr. J. Mansergh on additional water supply. (City of Birmingham) 26pp. 1891. Water.
3; 209870 - Avery (T) Birmingham water undertaking. Speech of the mayor of Birmingham (Alderman Avery) at the meeting of the Council, 1st August, 1882. (Borough of Birmingham) 23pp. 1882. Water.
3; 227130 - Birmingham Corporation Water. In Parliament. Session 1892. Reprint of proof of evidence by J. Mansergh in support of the bill. With additional notes. Maps. 57pp. 1897. Water.
3; 523397 - Act for supplying with water the town and neighbourhood of Birmingham. Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham Waterworks. (7 Geo. IV., c.109) 1826. Water.
4; 2107 - Borough of Birmingham. Report of the Sewerage Inquiry Committee. Presented to the Council, 3rd October 1871. Drainage and Sewerage.
4; 245594 - Kings Norton Union Rural Sanitary Authority. Report upon the ventilation of sewers. 15pp. 1881. NICHOLS (GEORGE BENJAMIN).
4; 539245 - Yardley Rural District Council. Floods prevention and surface water drainage at Hay Mills. Report and estimate of cost. 8pp. 1904. *SMITH (ARTHUR W.).
4; 636489 - Salvage department : [the work of the department].
5; 71826 - Annual Report, 1876 (1st) - 1884. 9 volumes. 1877 - 1885. Funeral and Mourning Reform Association (Birmingham).
5; 234581 - Urban District of Handsworth. Handsworth Cemetery. Rules and regulations etc. 1910. Handsworth Cemetery.
5; 234582 - Urban District of Handsworth. Opening of the Cemetery Chapel, 1910. Programme, with photographs and plan. 36pp. 1910. Handsworth Cemetery.
5; 259721 - Manning (E.H.) Guide to the Birmingham General Cemetery. With biographical notes on those interred therein. Illus. 63pp. 1915.
5; 663431 - [Birmingham burial grounds of all denominations].
06; 69243 - Annual Report. 56th (1877-8), 61st (1886-7), 65th etc. 1878 etc.. Medical Benevolent Society.
06; 140045 - Rules of the Medical Benevolent Society, established in Birmingham 1821. 13pp. 1897. Medical Benevolent Society.
06; 391769 - Memorandum and articles of Association. 16pp. 1900. Consultative, Medical and Surgical Institution, Birmingham.
06; 626473 - Sixty years of medical defence : [a history of the Medical Defence Union, London and Birmingham, 1885-1945].
6; 663384 - Annual reports.
09, 259195 - Report on the Health of Aston Manor. By the Medical Officer of Health. Annual 1874 - 1881; 1883 - 1911. Last published. 38 volumes. 1875 - 1911. Aston Health Department.
09; 169116 - Aston Manor Urban District Council (afterwards, Borough of Aston Manor). Reports of the Sanitary Inspector, for 1900-1910. All published. 11 volumes. 1901-11. Health.
09; 229849 - King’s Norton (Rural District Council of) 24th Annual Report on the Sanitary condition of the district, for 1896, by F. Hollinshead. Tables. 48pp. 1897. Health.
09; 259175 - Aston. Report on the Health of Aston Manor, by the Medical Officer of Health. Annual. 1874 – 1881; 1883 – 1911. Last published. 38 volumes. 1875 - 1911. Health.
09; 307171 - Bye-laws made and ordained by the Local Board of Health of the District of Harborne, pursuant to the Public Health Act, 1848. 52pp. 1864. Harborne.
09; 307172 - City of Birmingham. The Protection of theatres etc. from fire. Conditions prepared by the Licensing Justices and the Watch Committee with respect to the requirements for the protection from fire of theatres and music halls. 20pp. 1888?. Watch Committee.
09; 594845 - Report of the sanitary condition of the Rural Sanitary District of the King's Norton Union ...
09; 603093 - Report on the sanitary condition of the rural district of Aston Union.
10; 413057 - Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the unhealthy conditions in the Floodgate Street Area etc. October 1904. 29pp. 1905. Floodgate Street Area.
11, 8163 - Report on the Health of the Borough (City) of Birmingham for 1873 - 1901; also, on proceedings taken for the prevention of Adulteration. (Medical Officer of Health and Analyst) Annual report. 1874 - 1902. Analyst (Public).
11; 12775 - Report on the Health of the Borough (afterwards City) of Birmingham, (Medical Officer of Health). Quarterly Report. 1874—
11; 185257 - Infant mortality in Birmingham. Special Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 37pp. 1904. Health.
11; 188752 - Report on the unhealthy conditions in the Floodgate Street Area etc. In Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the Health of Birmingham for 1904. 1905. Floodgate Street Area.
11; 209933 - Report on Tuberculosis and the milk supply in Birmingham. In Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the Health of Birmingham for 1907. 1908. Consumption.
11; 413057 - Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the unhealthy conditions in the Floodgate Street Area, etc., October, 1904. 29pp. 1905. Health.
12, 223359 - Medical Inspection of School Children. Annual report, 1908 (1st), 1909 (2nd). 2 volumes. 1909-10. Aston Education Committee.
12; 225309 - The Medical inspection of school children and after. Address to the Birmingham Charity Organization Society, 1910. 12pp. 1910. *MATHESON (M. CÉCILE).
31; 109921 - Report of the Water Committee as to proposed additional works and sources of water supply, presented to the Council, April 7th 1891. And speech of Alderman Sir T. Martineau. (City of Birmingham) 24pp. 1891 NOTE - Bound with 109922 below. Water.
31; 109922 - Report of the Water Committee for presentation to the Council. (City of Birmingham) 1891 etc. NOTE - Bound with 109921 above. Water.
31; 111980 - The future water supply of Birmingham. Elan Valley Scheme. A lecture delivered in the Birmingham and Midland Institute, September 7th 1891. Illus. Map. 30pp. 1891. BARCLAY (Sir THOMAS).
31; 114524 - Report from the Select Committee on the Birmingham Corporation Water Bill. With the proceedings of the Committee. (Parliamentary Report) 14pp. 1892. Water.
31; 114658 - Why the Welsh water scheme is not the one for the city of Birmingham. Issued by the Double Service Water Committee. 48pp. 1892. Water.
31; 115557 - Newspaper cuttings etc., relating to the Birmingham water scheme. 2 volumes. 1891 - 1904. Water.
31; 118396 - Lea (H) Mason College Engineering Society. Paper upon the Birmingham Hydraulic supply station. 19pp. 1893. Mason College.
31; 134586 - Birmingham Water Supply. Welsh Water Scheme. A review of the present situation. With a speech upon our local supplies at a meeting of the City Council. 1894. *LLOYD (SAMUEL).
31; 143679 - The future water supply of Birmingham. Elan Valley Scheme. A lecture delivered in the Birmingham and Midland Institute, September 7th 1891. 3rd edition enlarged. Illus. Charts etc. 1898. BARCLAY (Sir THOMAS).
31; 202633 - Visit of the King and Queen to the Elan Valley works, Rhayader, and opening of the new supply by the King, July 21st 1904.
31; 210564 - City of Birmingham Water Department Elan supply. A description of the works. Illus. Plans. 20pp. 1908. LEES (EBENEZER ANTONY).
31; 264472 - The future water supply of Birmingham. Elan Valley Scheme. A lecture delivered in the Birmingham and Midland Institute, September 7th 1891. Illus. Map. 30pp. 1891. BARCLAY (Sir THOMAS).
31; 331103 - City of Birmingham Water Department. A short history of the development of the undertaking, with a description of the existing sources of supply. Plan. Illus. 19pp. 1926. Water.
31; 531701 - The future water supply of Birmingham. Elan Valley Scheme. A lecture delivered in the Birmingham and Midland Institute, September 7th 1891. 2nd edition. Illus. Dgms. Tables. Maps. 48pp. 1892. BARCLAY (Sir THOMAS).
31; 584931 - Visit of the Birmingham City Council to Elan Valley Works, 19th July, 1947 : [a description of the works of the Birmingham Corporation in the Elan Valley].
31; 594949 - Report of the Water Committee for presentation [to] the Council, June 1st, 1915.
31; 636787 - Elan supply : inauguration by [Edward VII] July 21st, 1904 : brief description of works intinerary.
31; 637198 - Opening of the Claerwen Reservoir by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 23rd October, 1952 : leaflets, photographs, etc.].
31; 663191 - Birmingham water supply : report on the geology of the sites of the projected reservoirs in the valley of the Elan and Claerwen.
31; 663542 - The Elan Valley waterworks.
31; 663543 - Severn supply scheme.
31; 668524 - The future water supply of Birmingham : [concerns Elan Valley Scheme].
31; 748491 - City of Birmingham Water Department annual report ...
31; 782082 - The valley : [memories of the author in Radnorshire with references to the Elan Valley].
33; 139219 - City of Birmingham. Public Baths: their acquisition, cost and annual maintenance. With plans, dimensions, statistics etc.; copies of Baths and Wash-houses Acts; also copies of the Bye-laws. 1897.
33; 259170 - Public baths : handbook of rules and regulations ...
33; 259733 - City of Birmingham. Baths Department. Superintendent Engineer's Annual Reports 1914-15 - 1915-16. All published. 1915-16.
33; 278329 - Baths and Parks Committee’s Report to the Council. 30th July 1907. From Council Proceedings. Plan. 1907. Parks.
33; 278331 - Birmingham Playgrounds, Open Spaces and Playing Fields Society. Typewritten reports to General Purposes Committee and Baths and Parks Committee. 1907. Manuscripts.
33; 323081 - City of Birmingham. Baths Department. Time tables, 1923-4 etc. Illus. 1923 etc.
33; 513705 - Urban District of Handsworth. Descriptive account of the public baths, Grove Lane opened on 28th January 1807. Ports. Illus. 24pp. 1907.
33; 617202 - The city of Birmingham Baths Department, 1851-1951 : an illustrated outline of the growth of the city of Birmingham Baths Department during the past one hundred years / written and compiled by J. Moth.
41, 82190 - The Birmingham and Tame and Rea main sewerage district, and the Birmingham Tame and Rea main drainage board. Acts and Orders etc. 95pp. 1885. Acts of Parliament (Miscellaneous) (Collections).
41; 21429 - Birmingham Tame and Rea District Drainage Board. Minutes including Statements of Accounts. 1877. Drainage and Sewerage.
41; 72121 - Committees, officers of the board, standing orders etc.
41; 173297 - Birmingham Tame and Rea District Drainage Board. Treasurer's Financial Statement, 1901-2 etc.. Drainage and Sewerage.
41; 178142 - The purification of sewage. With special reference to the works of the Birmingham Tame and Rea District Drainage Board. Illus. Maps. 1903. WATSON (JOHN DUNCAN).
41; 240228 - The works of the Birmingham Tame and Rea District Drainage Board, and method of sewage treatment. Illus. Maps. 1912. WATSON (JOHN DUNCAN).
41; 259700 - Annual reports ...
41; 340414 - History of the Birmingham Tame and Rea District Drainage Board. Ports. Illus. 1927. HARRIS (ARNOLD ELSMERE).
41; 515858 - Kings Norton and Northfield Urban District Council. Birmingham Tame and Rea United Drainage District. Statement as to the inclusion therein of further parts of the Urban District of Kings Norton and Northfield. Ports. Map. Tables. 15pp. 1901. Drainage and Sewerage.
41; 628994 - Deputy Engineer's [i.e. M.R.V. Daviss] report on a visit to sewage purification plants in the United States of America : 19th September-31st October, 1950.
41; 660075 - Improvements at Minworth works : [description of scheme / by M.R.V. Daviss].
42; 202174 - Map of Saltley Sewage Farm (coloured) (Borough Surveyor's Office) 1870. Drainage and Sewerage.
42; 202175 - Map of Saltley Sewage Farm (coloured) (Borough Surveyor's Office) Manuscript. 1874. Drainage and Sewerage.
42; 209883 - Social Science Congress, Birmingham, 1884 "What is the best method of dealing with town sewage?" A paper. 17pp. 1884. PRITCHARD (EDWARD).
43; 539271 - City of Birmingham Salvage Department. Souvenir of the official opening of the reconstructed salvage and refuse disposal works, Montague Street, by Alderman Sir F. Smith on May 3rd 1934. Illus. Plan. 42pp. 1934. SMITH (Sir FREDERICK) J.P. Works relating to.
44, 260509 - For cleansing, lighting, and watching, and levelling the surfaces of the streets and other publick places, within the Hamlets of Deretend and Bordesley; and for removing and preventing nuisances, obstructions, and incroachments, and regulating the driving of carts etc. (31 Geo. III., c.17) 1810. Acts of Parliament (Miscellaneous).
51; 15403 - Deed of settlement of the Birmingham General Cemetery Company. 51pp. 1838. Cemeteries.
51; 153828 - Wilson (William Wright) History of the Church of England Cemetery, Warstone Lane. With biographies of the original directors etc. With a history of Christ Church, Birmingham and a list of those interred there. Illus. 62pp. 1900.
51; 239712 - Burial. The order for the burial of the dead. 16pp.
51; 310606 - History of the Church of England Cemetery, Warstone Lane. With short biographies of the first directors etc. With a history of Christ Church, Birmingham. (Small paper edition) Illus. 62pp. 1900. *WILSON (WILLIAM WRIGHT).
52; 215669 - Birmingham Crematorium Limited. Rules and regulations and scale of fees. Revised edition. Illus. 40pp. 1907. Crematoria.
61, 259184 - Manor of Aston Local Board (afterwards Aston Manor) Reports of the Fire Brigade Committee. 1882-84; 1890-1910. Last published. 24 volumes. 1883 - 1911. Aston Fire Brigade.
61, 481375 - City of Birmingham. Auxiliary Fire Service. Anti-Gas precautions. Questions and answers. 36pp. 1937. Air Raid Precautions.
61, 481376 - Birmingham Fire Brigade. Drills for auxiliary fire service. Illus. Dgms. Typescript 1937. Air Raid Precautions.
61; 109887 - Annual report of the Watch Committee upon the operations of the Corporation Fire Brigade, 1879.
61; 109944 - Birmingham Fire Brigade. Report of the Library Committee, 1887-8. 9th etc. 1888 etc.. Fire Brigade.
61; 135827 - The development of the Birmingham Fire Brigade. From Transactions of the Birmingham Insurance Institute. Vol. 2. 1894. TOZER (ALFRED ROBERT) the elder, Chief Officer, Birmingham Fire Brigade.
61; 289664 - The fire protection of Birmingham. Ports. Illus. 60pp. 1920. TOZER (ALFRED ROBERT) the younger, Chief Officer, Birmingham Fire Brigade.
61; 384429 - Inter-station competitions : finals : [programme].
61; 512689 - Auxiliary Fire Service. Drill details. Dgms. 20pp. 1940. Fire Brigade.
61; 512690 - City of Birmingham Fire Brigade. Auxiliary Fire Service. General training manual. Revised May 1938. Dgms. 82pp. 1938. Fire Brigade.
61; 660009 - The fight against fire : the history of the Birmingham Fire and Ambulance Service.
62; 467620 - Annual Reports. 1st (1934) – 1935 –. Life Saving Society (Royal) Birmingham and District Branch.
62; 470364 - Circulars, posters, tickets etc. 1933 –. Life Saving Society (Royal) Birmingham and District Branch.
62; 755157 - [Leaflets etc.].
62; 768921 - Home accidents among older people; report of a research carried out in the Birmingham area.
63; 6485 - Survey of the work and development of the Birmingham Ambulance Service, 1948-1952 / [administered as the Birmingham Fire and Ambulance Service by the Fire Brigade (Ambulance) Sub-committee].
301; 109926 - Birmingham water supply. Report on the public and domestic supply of water to Birmingham. Map. 55pp. 1871. *RAWLINSON (Sir ROBERT).
301; 130495 - Report on a proposed source of water supply for Birmingham. Addressed to the General Purposes Committee, by R. Rawlinson and the Borough Surveyor. (Borough of Birmingham) 16pp. 1854. Water.
13647 - Health and Towns Commission. Report on the state of Birmingham and other large towns. From Second report of the commissioners for inquiring into the state of large towns and populous districts. Vol. 1. (Parliamentary Report) 1845. SLANEY (ROBERT AGLIONBY).
67131 - Health : Health of Towns Commission. Report on the state of Birmingham and other large towns, by R.A. Slaney. 46pp. 1845. Parliamentary Reports and Papers.
68099 - Report to the General Board of Health on the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of Birmingham. 99pp. 1849. *RAWLINSON (Sir ROBERT).
74576 - Preface. In Birmingham Health Lectures. 2nd series. 1884. LOWELL (JAMES RUSSELL).
85302 - Health lectures. Birmingham and Midland Institute. 3 volumes. 1883-6.
85417 - Birmingham Health Lectures. 2nd series. 1884
85418 - Birmingham Health Lectures, 3rd series. 1886.
85629 - Hearing : and how it is lost. (Birmingham Health Lectures, 3rd series) 1886. LEWIS (CHRISTOPHER JOHN).
134971 - Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Urban District of Saltley for 1879, 1886, 1888, 1889, by W.G. Creswell, Medical Officer of Health. 4 volumes. 1880-90. Health.
144107 - 17th Congress held at Birmingham, 1898. 1898-9 Local programme of arrangements, with map. Daily programme, September 27th – 30th. Health exhibition, daily programme (October 17th). Catalogue of the Health exhibition. The Sanitary Institute at Birmingham : article from Journal of the Sanitary Institute, October 1898 – April 1899. Sanitary Institute (afterwards Royal Sanitary Institute), Birmingham Congress,.
202160 - Report to the General Board of Health on the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of Birmingham. 99pp. 1849 With newspaper cuttings. *RAWLINSON (Sir ROBERT).
294800 - 31st Congress, Birmingham, July 1920. Preliminary programme of the general arrangements, daily programme, catalogue of the Health Exhibition, list of members and official delegates and sanitary officers attending, proofs of addresses and papers. 1920. Sanitary Institute (afterwards Royal Sanitary Institute), Birmingham Congress,.
294801 - Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute. Transactions Vol. 41, 1920-21. Containing proceedings of the Birmingham Congress, July 1920. 1921. Sanitary Institute (afterwards Royal Sanitary Institute), Birmingham Congress,.
541411 - Municipal service for half a century. Autobiography of a Sanitary Inspector (of the City of Birmingham Public Health Department). Typescript. 1943. McDONALD (HAY).
662954 - Health & welfare : the development of community care : revision to 1973-4 of plans for the health and welfare services of the local authorities in England and Wales.
792864 - Report to the General Board of Health on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of Birmingham.
46 - Medicine Hospitals
47 - Transport, Communication, Traffic Problems
48 - Education, Teaching and Teachers, History and Description of Schools,
49 - Other Services (Gas, Electricity)
50 - Culture in Birmingham
51 - Literary Associations
52 - Literary Associations (Birmingham and Midland Writers Only)
53 - Libraries
54 - Fine Arts, artists, Printing, Sculpture
55 - Music
56 - Architecture in Birmingham
57 - Public Buildings
58 - Domestic Architecture, Household Effecrs, Gardens
59 - Other Cutural Activities
60 - Economic History and Theory
61 - Industrial Organisation
62 - Commerce, Commercial Interests
63 - Finance, Banking, Public Finance
64 - Trades and Manufactures
65 - Engineering and Technology
66 - Chemical and Allied Industries
67 - Manufactures
68 - Specialised Trades and Craftys
69 - Other Industries
70 - History: Sources
71 - History: General
72 - History: Before the Conquest
73 - Histories of Specific Periods
74 - Relations with Foreign Countires. Colonial Relations
75 - Military, Naval and Air History
76 - Political History
77 - Geneaology, Heraldry
78 - Biography
79 - Collections of Portraits, Catalogues of Portraits
80 - Topography and description
81 - Birmingham as described by foreign travellers
82 - Vestiges of Old Birmingham and Midlands
83 - Guides to Birmiongham and Surrounding Country
84 - Maps and Plans
85 - Views, Prospects, Panoramas
86 - Improvement Schemes to 1939
87 - Reconstruction and Redevelopment: 1940s onwards
88 - Conservation, Environment
89 - Particular streets and localites
90 - Parishes
91 - Suburbs and Districs in Warwickshire
92 - Suburbs and Districts transferred from Worcestershie
93 - Suburbs and Districts transferred from Stafforsdhire
94 - Herefordshire
95 - Shropshire
96 - Staffordshire
97 - Warwickshire
98 - Worcestershire
99 - West Midlands, Black Country
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