Material relating to Animal Experiment Licence

Correspondence and related material from the Home Office in reference to applications made by Crichton Royal Hospital for animal experiment licences: 1) Copy Certificate A (39 & 40 Vict., cap. 77.), completed by Physician Dr P. K. McCowan with information on types of experiments to be conducted, 8 November 1943 2) Letter from Home Office to Secretary, Crichton Royal Hospital granting licence to Dr P. K. McCowan, valid until February 1947 with enclosed Licence, 1 December 1943 3) Letter from the Home Office regarding Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876 and the requirement for submission of a Return of Experiments performed, with manuscript note attached, 15 December 1944 4) Letter from the Home Office regarding Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876 and the requirement for submission of a Return of Experiments performed, 15 December 1945 5) Letter from the Home Office regarding Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876 and renewal of the hospital's Licence with instructions on how to proceed, 20 December 1946 6) Letter from Home Office and enclosed renewal of Licence for Dr P. K. McCowan valid until February 1952, 19 February 1947 7) Letter from the Home Office regarding Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876 and the requirement for submission of a Return of Experiments performed, 15 December 1947 8) Letter from the Home Office to the Secretary, Crichton Royal Hospital, giving notification that the Laboratory and Animal House, Crichton Royal Institution has been registered as a place at which experiments on living animals may be performed, with attached extracts from the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876, 23 February 1949 9) Two blank foolscap pages from the Record of Animal Experiments

1943-1949

1 folder

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