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Register of orders obtained by the York Public Assistance Committee. These orders relate to individuals who were living in York but were legally settled elsewhere.

Includes name, type of order, council of settlement, type of relief (e.g. whether institutional or out-relief), date of order, date of expiration and, in some cases, further remarks.

Register of orders obtained by the York Public Assistance Committee. These orders relate to individuals living in York and receiving relief but legally settled elsewhere.

Includes name, type of order, council of settlement, type of relief (e.g. whether institutional or out-relief), date of order, date of expiration and, in some cases, further remarks.

Register of removal orders received from other councils by the York Public Assistance Committee. These orders relate to inviduals legally settled in York but residing elsewhere and receiving relief from other councils.

Includes name, type of order, council sending the order, type of relief received (e.g. institutional or out-relief), date of order, and, in some cases, further remarks.

Register of children under the supervision of the York Union Children's Committee. The majority of this volume lists children boarded out and in certified schools. Only a small number of entries appear for adopted and apprenticed children.
Includes name of child; age when first boarded out; gender; religion; status of child (e.g. if an orphan); date of boarding out; name and address of foster parents and other details.

Agreement between the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and citizens of the City of York (i.e. the Corporation)and the York Out-Relief Union, that the City Fever Hospital for treating infectious diseases shall treat pauper and destitute patients at a cost of 1 guinea per person per week, to be paid by the York Out-Relief Union.

Includes name of patient; date admitted; date discharged; and in some cases further remarks. Includes two loose items: a list of mental patients for whom there are no files and a list of patients maintained by other county authorities.

Lists patients in alphabetical order by surname.

See also Returns of Pauper Lunatics Y/HEA/6/1/1