The CIEH library is located on the lower ground of the Chartered Institute’s headquarters building at Chadwick Court, 15 Hatfields, London SE1. The library specialises in environmental health materials and is open every weekday, by appointment, to members of the CIEH and to those engaged in environmental health research. Lending facilities are not available but there are facilities for photocopying. The library does not offer Internet access.
The following materials can be found in the CIEH library:
The CIEH publications
Copies of all publications produced by the CIEH, including current and back issues of Environmental Health News and Environmental Health Practitioner.
Journals
Around 40 journals and magazines, including:
- British Medical Journal
- Occupational Safety & Health
- ENDS Report
- New Scientist
Parliamentary and legal materials
- Parliamentary select committee reports on key environmental health subjects
- Up-to-date legal encyclopaedias on food safety, housing, environmental protection, health and safety and general environmental health
Reports, guidance notes, etc
- UK Government white papers, reports, codes of practice, etc on environmental health issues
- Reports and other publications by various non governmental organisations working in the environmental health field
Press cuttings
A comprehensive collection of press cuttings from 1987 onwards, arranged by subject and year.
Historical materials
- The archives of the CIEH
- Bound volumes of Knights Local Government Reports from 1934-1992
- Lumley's Public Health: Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth editions
- Early textbooks on environmental health.
Information files
In addition to the materials on open shelf, the staff of the CIEH library maintain a set of information files on the key aspects of environmental health. These files contain journal articles, book extracts, press releases and other information relevant to the topic in question.
Further information
If you would like more detailed information on publications held in the CIEH library, or if you would to make an appointment to visit the library, please contact Tina Garrity, Information and Communications Manager, Tel. 020 7827 5821
