Whitehall Study I Papers relating to the 'Health Survey of Male Civil Servants aged 40 or over', more widely referred to as the Whitehall Study or Whitehall I (Whitehall II Study began in 1985 and is currently ongoing). The collection holds: planning and administrative papers relating to conducting the health survey, 1966-1973; a large volume of raw data relating to the health screening conducted on the Civil Servants, 1967-1970, including questionnaires, appointment schedules and recorded clinical results from blood, X-ray and electrocardiogram assessments; material relating to long-term monitoring of the survey population, including nominal rolls and index cards of survey volunteers; sickness absence records, 1964-1971, and notifications of departmental transfers and deaths in the cohort; background papers and results of control and follow-up studies of survey population, including material relating to smoking cessation study, dietary and exercise habits, 1969-1981; research material relating to the case-control study, conducted as part of the Stress and Health Study (also known as Whitehall II Study), 1991-1994; Whitehall Study I result tables and graphs; data analysis and calculations of morbidity and mortality data and publications relating to survey findings, 1970-1992. Additional material includes preceding health surveys, such as the G.P.O. [General Post Office] health surveys, 1964-1968, conducted by the Medical Statistical Department at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and other departmental papers relating to teaching and research in the department. 1939-2008