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Created and initially known as the War Department from 8 February 1855. Became the War Office from 1857, absorbing the various other bodies formerly responsible for Army affairs. On 1 April 1964 was absorbed into the unified Ministry of Defence.

Scope and Content
A folder containing the following reports by the Chemical Warfare Medical Committee: - No. 18: Report on the Medical Aspect of the Production of Mustard Gas, January 1919 - No. 17: Report on Cases of Poisoning by "Mustard Gas" (Dichlorethyl Sulphide), with Special Reference to Histological Changes and to Alterations in the Leucocyte Count, December 1918 - No. 11: Investigation of Chronic Cases of Gas Poisoning, October 1918 - No. 1: Notes on the Pathology and Treatment of the Effects of Pulmonary Irritant Gases, January 1918. Also included are other reports: - 'Report on Irritant Properties of Four Samples of Dichlorethylsulphide from Castner Kellner Alkali Co Ltd' by Col. Harrison, Anti-Gas Department, 7th June 1918 - 'Summary as to Opinions of Cause of Death from Burns' There is also a letter from Captain E.L. Collis, Welfare & Health Section relating to the toxicity of chlorinated products of 'H'.
Extent
1 folder
Language
English
Level of description
FILE
Repository name
Science Museum, London
Conditions governing access
Open Access
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions