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Copies of Home Office circulars relating to coroners, 1954-1982, and of 'Home Office statistical bulletin' 1982, 1983 (Coroners' statistics: England and Wales). In reverse chronological order.

Correspondence 1975-1978, chiefly with North American contacts, re Nancy Tait's research project to investigate the occupational and environmental health threats posed by asbestos.

At the time Tait's contacts with North American asbestos experts included Irving Selikoff, Philip E Enterline and Barry I Castleman. The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and the Post Office and Civil Service Sanatorium Society helped Tait visit the United States and Canada in July 1977.

Papers and correspondence re the work of the Health & Safety Commission's (HSC) Advisory Committee on Asbestos (ACA), in reverse chronological order.

ACA was chaired by the Scottish trade unionist and political activist, William (Bill) James Simpson (hence 'Simpson Committee). Simpson was HSC chairman 1974-1983.

ACA's terms of reference were: "To review the risks to health arising from exposure to asbestos or products containing asbestos including: persons exposed at work; members of the public exposed to asbestos generated from work activities; members of the public exposed to asbestos from consumer products and from asbestos waste; [and] To make recommendations as to whether any further protection is required."

For a copy of the final report of the Committee (‘Asbestos: vol. 1: final report of the advisory committee’, 1979), consult University of Strathclyde Special Collections at http://suprimo.lib.strath.ac.uk/.

Correspondence with William (Bill) James Simpson, chairman of the HSC, following on from the final report of the HSC Advisory Committee on Asbestos (Simpson Report, 1979).

Photocopy of SPAID's extensive critical commentary on the final report of the Health & Safety Commission (HSC) Advisory Committee on Asbestos (Simpson Report, 1979).

Copy of the original volume, annotated

Annotated copies of tables ('Airborne asbestos dust survey results 1961-1972') presented by Turner & Newall plc to the Advisory Committee on Asbestos, yet not included in the published evidence.

Handwritten note added: “I would be glad to know of any conclusions you draw from them”.

Also includes draft letter to G Berry (MRC Pneumoconiosis Unit, Penarth), final version sent 4 March 1980, discussing the Simpson Report. It appears that Nancy Tait had recently visited the Penarth Unit.

Correspondence and papers re the work of the Advisory Committee on Asbestos (ACA / Simpson Committee).

Originally structured as follows:

• drafts for discussion, correspondence re proceedings
• ‘Hansard’
• ‘Press’
• ‘Letters’ [this was empty]
• ‘General information’
• ‘Commission members’
• ‘Oral evidence’ (including that of Nancy Tait and Jean Robinson, Turner & Newall, and Eternit)
• ‘Written evidence’

Nancy Tait's comments ("written after taking account of Ted Rushworth’s notes") on the Association of Scientific, Technical & Managerial Staffs (ASTMS) ‘The prevention of occupational cancer: an ASTMS policy document’ (February 1980).

Further includes

• photocopy of ‘Draft of ASTMS response to criticism of the policy document on occupational cancer’, 28 October 1980
• photocopy of typescript J Keir Howard (20 June 1980) ‘The prevention of occupational cancer: an ASTMS policy document – a review’ (CIA Background Paper), marked "CIA criticism"
• photocopy [faint] of N E J Wells [22 July 1980] ‘Cancer in modern mortality’ (Chemical Industries Association), marked "statistics"

Nancy Tait's proof of evidence, including extensive appendix. Also Tait's handwritten notes on the meeting.

Further includes

• papers marked 'Papers referred to not appended', among them parts of Alex Cross, '[Presentation at] Asbestos Information Association third annual industry-government conference, 8-9 September 1976'
• copy of SPAID's extensive critical commentary on the final report of the Health & Safety Commission (HSC) Advisory Committee on Asbestos (Simpson Report, 1979)
• HSC/HSE correspondence and papers 1975-1977

Proof of evidence Councillor Kevin Nilan, G E Rushworth and Peter William Wilson (Group Planning Officer of the Borough of Langbaurgh).

Further includes

• testimony of David Stephen Cooke, Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
• correspondence between Nancy Tait, G E Rushworth, Kevin Nilan, the Borough Secretary of the Borough of Langbaurgh, and others; includes draft proof of evidence Nilan, Rushworth and Wilson

Photocopies of press reports.

Three components:

• "Ireland | Dr Murray": Nancy Tait's correspondence with contacts in Ireland, 1977-1982, starting with copy of a statement by international asbestos expert Dr Robert Murray that the controversial Raybestos Manhattan brake-lining factory at Ovens and the waste-dump at Ringaskiddy, both Co Cork, were safe
• papers relating to EEC perceptions of and policy concerning asbestos, 1978-1981, including a note from Nancy Tait to Petra Kelly
• miscellaneous notes, correspondence, excerpts from publications c.1978-1981

Photocopies of research literature, in alphabetical order (by surname of author). Further includes bibliography, also handwritten notes on some of the papers.

Correspondence, notes, scientific reports and papers, press reports, also product information relating to the analysis/measurement of asbestos exposure, levels and guidelines, and sampling equipment. Includes

• Asbestosis Research Council (ARC) technical notes on dust sampling and measurement of airborne asbestos dust, c.1978
• product information re Charles Austen Pumps Ltd, Casella London Ltd, Rotheroe & Mitchell Ltd
• copy of F S Gill and I Ashton [1982] ‘Monitoring for health hazards at work’
• copy of E Gonzalez-Fernandez and F R Martín (1986) 'Comparison of NIOSH and AIA methods for evaluating asbestos fibres: effects of asbestos type, mounting medium, graticule type and counting rules', Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 30(4): 397-410
• EPA report by G Dufour et al. (1980) ‘Measurement of asbestos air pollution inside buildings sprayed with asbestos’, with related correspondence and notes on the report