| Admin |
Administration |
| Assocn |
Association |
| BWT |
This abbreviation has not yet been traced. It is likely that it stands for British Women’s Temperance |
| CAFCASS |
Children and Families Court Advisory Support Service |
| C ad L |
Curator ad Litem |
| CB |
County Borough |
| CC |
County Council |
| C of E |
Church of England |
| CSR |
Council for Social Responsibility |
| DSW |
Department for Social Responsibility |
| FW |
Family Welfare |
| FWA |
Family Welfare Association |
| G ad L |
Guardian ad Litem |
| GALRO |
Guardian ad Litem Record Office |
| GLC |
Greater London Council |
| HQ |
Headquarters |
| Inc |
Incorporated |
| LB |
London Borough |
| LCC |
London County Council |
| LDBSR |
London Diocesan Board for Social Responsibility |
| LMA |
London Metropolitan Archives |
| M&B |
Mother and Baby |
| MBC |
Metropolitan Borough Council |
| MD |
Metropolitan District |
| MH |
Maternity Home |
| Misc |
Miscellaneous |
| MW |
Moral Welfare |
| MX |
Middlesex |
| NAS |
National Adoption Society |
| NCAA |
National Children Adoption Association |
| NCH |
National Children’s Home |
| NH |
Nursing Home |
| NI |
Northern Ireland |
| ONS |
Office of National Statistics |
| RC |
Roman Catholic |
| RO |
Record Office |
| RSSPC |
Royal Scottish Society for the Protection of Children |
| SR |
Social Responsibility |
| SRN |
State Registered Nurse |
| SS |
Social Services |
| SSAFA |
Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families Association |
| SSD |
Social Services Department |
| SW |
Social Work |
| SWD |
Social Work Department |
| WRVS |
Women’s Royal Voluntary Service |
| WS |
Women’s Suffrage |
| YLU |
Young Leaguers’ Union |
| YWCA |
Young Women’s Christian Association |