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Folder of material gathered by Dalton on the history of the awareness and knowledge of the risks of asbestos. Numbered and annotated by Dalton. Includes copies of:

• annual reports and correspondence of Chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops, 1898-1947
• Home Office reports, 1930-1935
• annual report of Medical Officer of Health, London Borough of Barking, 1945
• Turner & Newall correspondence, 1943-1957
• academic articles and publications, 1904-1994
• press cuttings, 1920s-1983

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

Correspondence and papers on white asbestos hazards. In response to articles by Christopher Booker in The Sunday Telegraph and John Bridle in The Safety and Health Practitioner claiming white asbestos is harmless. Includes:

• scientific papers on chrysotile asbestos, 1996-2001
• letter by Dalton to The Sunday Telegraph
• press cuttings

Correspondence and papers on the asbestos register, a national public database of asbestos in buildings, created by Ross Udall, Chief Executive, AsbestosRegister.com

Correspondence and papers on remedial work for asbestos contamination at Carr Head Landfill, Pecket Well, Hebden Bridge. Includes:

• press coverage
• correspondence with local residents
• remedial work feasibility report
• correspondence between Dalton and Environment Agency

Correspondence and papers on Lloyds of London and asbestos. Includes:

• minutes of evidence taken before Treasury and Civil Service Committee on financial services regulation relating to Lloyd’s of London, February 1995
• press cuttings
• letter from Dalton to The Independent, May 1995

Papers on testimony in 1907 of Dr. Montague Murray, senior physician at Charing Cross Hospital, to Departmental Committee on Compensation for Industrial Diseases.

Correspondence and papers on asbestos contamination in Armley, Leeds. The contamination was caused by fall-out from J.W. Roberts Ltd asbestos processing factory in Armley.

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

Correspondence and papers on proposal to dispose asbestos at sea by Bermudan Government.

Papers on removal of social security benefits from asbestos-related disease sufferers awarded compensation. Includes:

• report by Clydeside Action on Asbestos, 1994
• fourth report of House of Commons Social Security Committee on compensation recovery, 1995

Correspondence and papers on asbestos and other environmental pollution in Camden. Topics include:

• asbestos in Camden Schools
• asbestos in factory in Kentish Town
• air pollution

• Circular letter to national asbestos institutions, 1994
• Print--outs from Asbestos Institute website about chrysotile asbestos, 1998
• Copy of 'What is the logic being applied by anti-asbestos activists?' published by Asbestos Institute, 2003

Annotated by Dalton.