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Concerns Southwark Council’s handling of removal of asbestos from houses on the estate.

Correspondence and papers on trial relating to death in 1995 from mesothelioma of David Emerson, consultant surgeon in Sheffield. It was alleged that Emerson was exposed to asbestos as a student and houseman in the Middlesex Hospital in London in the 1960s and 1970s.

Correspondence and papers on Stanley Trenholm, policeman and asbestosis sufferer. Trenholm died as the result of industrial disease due to exposure to asbestos during his employment. Includes notes of evidence at coroner’s inquest.

Letter from Dalton to the secretary of the Enquiry into the Health and Safety Executive Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee about bricklayers sacked for complaining about asbestos hazards.

Folder entitled ‘H&S History II’ on the history of health and safety at work. Includes:

• transcript of proceedings at Labour Research Department Speakers' School, 1942
• account of proceedings at open meeting of National Union of Railwaymen, 1943
• Amalgamated Engineering Union first report on health and welfare enquiry, 1944
• report of Labour Research Department conference on accidents and ill health at work, 1960
• press release by Health and Safety Executive announcing first health and safety prosecution on indictment for alleged infringement of health and safety legislation, 1975
• Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs special report on Vinyl Chloride Monomer, 1980
• 'Reagan in the workplace: unravelling the health and safety net' by Philip J. Simon, 1983
• academic papers on various health and safety at work issues, 1948-1991

Internal memorandum from Dalton, Transport & General Workers Union, on a women’s health and safety at work reading list. Encloses ‘Occupational safety and health concerns of Canadian women’ by Karen Messing.

• report of review by Health and Safety Executive into management of health and safety and the standards of risk control at premises run by Atomic Weapons Establishment plc
• press cuttings on safety at atomic weapons plants

Correspondence and papers on noise induced hearing loss in commercial vehicle drivers. Includes transcript of World in Action programme ‘Long Distance Lorry Drivers’.

Correspondence and papers on Alan Meale, Environment Minister.

Correspondence and papers on employment tribunal of Sarah Friday against South West Trains Ltd. Sarah Friday was the National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers health and safety representative at Waterloo railway station. Includes:
• decision of employment tribunal
• photographs
• press coverage
• correspondence and notes
• article by Dalton on Friday for Hazards magazine

Papers on World Trade Organization’s upholding of ban of asbestos by France.