Old Branches

The Lafitte Report Family Planning in the Sixties was published in September 1963, and after debate throughout the Association was formally adopted at the Annual General Meeting on 2 May 1965. There followed a radical re-organisation of the administrative structure of the FPA; 500 clinics throughout the country were grouped in to 52 New Branches. Hitherto each branch had consisted of a branch committee managing one, or at most four, clinics. To avoid confusion these were now called Old Branches. The files contain routine papers and correspondence with national office, including some minutes and annual reports. A4/A-E are sample files selected for each category of clinic. A Old Branches with clinics in premises owned by the branch committees. B Old Branches running clinics in premises they did not own, serving Scottish or County Boroughs or the Greater London area. C Old Branches serving non-County Boroughs and Urban Districts. D Old Branches with particular difficulties in finding premises. E Old Branches serving rural areas, including Lady Denman clinics. F Old Branches taken over before August 1972 by the Local Authority direct service. A4/J (previously unnumbered) appear to be the files remaining after the sample files were removed. A4/K (previously unnumbered) are papers relating to proposals for clinics which were not acted on.

1929-1970

150 boxes