I believe that the national identity card numbers that were allocated based on this survey were the same numbers used as NHS numbers when the NHS was founded (presumably plus additions for children subsequently born). Karen On 4 February 2010 10:53, Phil Warn <philwarnorp@googlemail.com> wrote: > Does any one know why this is in the hands of the NHS and not the > Registrar General or whoever the keeper of Censuses is these days? > > As I understand it, the 1939 "survey" by definition pre-dated the > start of the NHS. >
I am two people:-) The NHS number is not one we tend to remember or even look at. Many years ago I received a letter from them asking if I was "A" or "B"! I was somewhat surprised, I was in fact both "A" and "B", I could only come to the conclusion that having moved abroad in 1949, returning a few years later, the school must have re-registered me and they must have given me a new number. Being a child I wouldn't have known what was happening or why. It wasn't until the late 1960s that they picked up on this. I wonder if other people might have been given two "identities" inadvertently. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Lynn" <karenalynn@gmail.com> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [B&D] When is some one dead? >I believe that the national identity card numbers that were allocated based > on this survey were the same numbers used as NHS numbers when the NHS was > founded (presumably plus additions for children subsequently born). > > Karen > > On 4 February 2010 10:53, Phil Warn <philwarnorp@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Does any one know why this is in the hands of the NHS and not the >> Registrar General or whoever the keeper of Censuses is these days? >> >> As I understand it, the 1939 "survey" by definition pre-dated the >> start of the NHS. >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >