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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.

Conference programme, list of participants, Nancy Tait's handwritten notes on the sessions.

Photographs and images of the discovery and removal of asbestos and images of a Reserve Power Station in Melbourne.
Photographs as follows:
-1 black and white photograph of 4 men in hazard suits on a rocky outcrop by the sea, handling what is likely to be asbestos deposits, c1980s
-8 colour photographs of the asbestos removal in the charity's Cuffley Office, mounted on A4 paper, c1970s
-1 photocopy of a photograph of a warning sign for asbestos found in ceiling tiles, with a transcription of the sign
-image of ceiling containing asbestos with the asbestos labelled and the legend 'Parts of Ceiling', on acetate and a paper copy
-12 colour photographs mounted on two sheets of A4 paper, labelled 'Edwards Ipswich, Damages Asbestos Insulation' and one photograph labelled 'Reynolds 1975' on the reverse of the second A4 sheet of paper
-4 black and white prints of 'figures', with captions, illustrating the removal of asbestos and the dust it creates
-11 colour photographs of different views, mainly interior views, of what looks like a group visit to a power station. Found within an envelope labelled: 'Reserve Power Station, Melbourne'
-1 colour postcard showing a lump of asbestos held in a hand. Postcard is captioned on the reverse: 'Crude Asbestos. Thetford Mines, Qubec, Canada, World's Largest Asbestos Center'

Copies of statutory instruments relating to coroners.

Correspondence and papers re the final report of the Advisory Committee on Asbestos (Simpson Report). Includes:

• correspondence with William (Bill) James Simpson (chairman of the Health & Safety Commission), G Berry (MRC Pneumoconiosis Unit, Penarth), John Pickering
• marked copy of Asbestos Information Centre ‘Industry Information Kit’ on the occasion of the publication of the Simpson Report in 24 October 1979 (marked “Rec’d because SPAID news release gave only address. Sent to Hotel for Correspondence & not collected”)
• Asbestos Information Centre review of 'Asbestos killer dust' by Alan Dalton / the British Society for the Social Responsibility in Science, 1979

Outgoing correspondence, October 1979- June 1980, in reverse chronological order.

Outgoing correspondence, July to December 1980, in reverse chronological order.

Press coverage, January to December 1980. In reverse chronological order with some thematic, non-chronological aggregations. Original cuttings mostly mounted.

Mainly on asbestos (all aspects - impact on health, state of the industry, regulation, accountability of lawyers, etc) but also covers other themes, including agent orange.

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

Correspondence with MPs, trade unionists, the Home Office, the media etc., chiefly re Home Office circular 18/1980 ‘Deaths believed to be due to a prescribed industrial disease’ and ‘Pneumoconiosis and related occupational diseases: notes on diagnosis and claims for industrial injuries benefits’. Includes press coverage.

The circular in question asked for consultation between coroners' pathologist and Pneumoconiosis Medical Panels (PMP) before the post mortem report and death certificate are completed. Nancy Tait felt that such attempts to obtain an agreed diagnosis would not be made were her criticisms of PMP without substance; thus justifying her calls for a reform of the PMP.

Copies of 'GMV journal', annotated.

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"

Photocopies of press reports.

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

Press coverage, January to December 1981. In reverse chronological order with some thematic, non-chronological aggregations. Original cuttings mostly mounted, more photocopies than in preceding years.

Mainly on asbestos (all aspects - impact on health, state of the industry, regulation, accountability of lawyers, etc) but also covers other themes.