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Y/ENV/2/3/2 · Sub-series · 1866-1868
Part of York Civic Archive

Papers of the Local Board of Health regarding an enquiry into the erection of a public slaughterhouse in York. Includes initial enquiry and replies from other local authorities; list of complaints against private slaughterhouses in York; particulars of animals slaughtered in York; reports of the Sub-Committee on Slaughterhouses; and a petition from butchers in York against the erection of a public slaughterhouse.

Y/ENV/2/3/3 · Sub-series · 1898
Part of York Civic Archive

Papers for an enquiry by the Inspector of Nuisances regarding the erection of a public slaughterhouse in York. Includes correspondence with, and replies from other towns; a Report on the Sanitary Conditions of Slaughterhouses in York; and a Royal Commission Report on the danger to man of tuberculosis from animal food.

Humane Slaughtering
Y/ENV/2/3/4/2 · File · 1927-1942
Part of York Civic Archive

Correspondence and associated papers concerning the humane slaughtering of animals for food

Public Abattoir
Y/ENV/2/3/4/3 · File · 1932-1938
Part of York Civic Archive

Correspondence and associated papers concerning the provision of a public abattoir in York. Includes a report on the 'Slaughter-houses and slaughtering in the City of York' [1936]

Y/ENV/2/3/4/4 · File · 1944-1956
Part of York Civic Archive

Correspondence and associated papers concerning applications and renewal of slaughterhouse licenses. Includes report on private slaughterhouses [1936] and plans of some premises

Slaughterhouses: general
Y/ENV/2/3/4/6 · File · 1953-1954
Part of York Civic Archive

Correspondence, circulars and associated papers regarding the administration and governance of slaughtering facilities.

Fire safety
Y/ENV/2/3/5/10 · File · 1970-1975
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes plan of escape routes and certificate of adequacy

Apprentices
Y/ENV/2/3/5/25 · File · 1950s-1960s
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises indentures and correspondence for apprenticeships

Firearms
Y/ENV/2/3/5/32 · File · 1954-1967
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises reports and promotional literature

Weighing scales
Y/ENV/2/3/5/4 · File · 1959-76
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises correspondence and certificates of test for weighing scales.

Dairies and cowsheds
Y/ENV/2/4 · Series · 1893-1975
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises records relating to the registration and oversight of cowsheds, dairies and cowkeepers in York.

Y/ENV/2/4/1/1 · Item · 1893-1904
Part of York Civic Archive

Information recorded includes situation of premises, names of owners and occupiers, number of cows and sanitary conditions of premises. Also includes bundle of loose pencil notes in front of volume. Not indexed.

Y/ENV/2/4/1/4 · Item · 1922-1941
Part of York Civic Archive

Information recorded includes name and address, situation of premises, whether retail or wholesale, and decision of sanitary inspector. Includes loose bundle of blank forms, correspondence and notes from front of volume.

Indexed by surname

Y/ENV/2/4/1/5 · Item · c1923-1975
Part of York Civic Archive

Information recorded includes name of occupier, situation and description of premises, and decision of sanitary inspector. Wholesale and retail traders are registered separately.
Indexed by surname.

Y/ENV/2/7 · Series · Late 19th-early 20th century
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises 20L, 10L, 5L and 2L fuel can measures; 2 boxes of pipettes; 56 LB weight; and 2 inspectors' scales (one labelled 'York' and one labelled 'Hull')

NOTE: ALL FUEL CAN MEASURES ARE LOCATED OFFSITE AND NEED TO BE ORDERED ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE.

20L fuel can measure
Y/ENV/2/7/1 · Item · Late 19th-early 20th century
Part of York Civic Archive

Physical measure used by the York Weights and Measures Office.

PLEASE REQUEST THIS ITEM ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE - HELD IN OFFSITE STORAGE

10L fuel can measure
Y/ENV/2/7/2 · Item · Late 19th-early 20th century
Part of York Civic Archive

Physical measure used by the York Weights and Measures Office.

PLEASE REQUEST THIS ITEM ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE - HELD IN OFFSITE STORAGE

5L fuel can measure
Y/ENV/2/7/3 · Item · Late 19th-early 20th century
Part of York Civic Archive

Physical measure used by the York Weights and Measures Office.

PLEASE REQUEST THIS ITEM ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE - HELD IN OFFSITE STORAGE

2L fuel can measure
Y/ENV/2/7/4 · Item · Late 19th-early 20th century
Part of York Civic Archive

Physical measure used by the York Weights and Measures Office.

PLEASE REQUEST THIS ITEM ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE - HELD IN OFFSITE STORAGE

Set of pipettes
Y/ENV/2/7/5 · Item · Late 19th-early 20th century
Part of York Civic Archive

Physical measures used by the York Weights and Measures Office.

56LB weight
Y/ENV/2/7/7 · Item · Late 19th-early 20th century
Part of York Civic Archive

Physical measure used by the York Weights and Measures Office.

Air pollution
Y/ENV/4 · Sub-sub-fonds · 1900s-1980s
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises records relating to smoke abatement and air pollution levels. Includes correspondence and related papers as well as measurements of pollution levels.

Y/ENV/4/1/1 · File · 1900s-1940s
Part of York Civic Archive

Incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Chief Sanitary Inspector relating to air pollution complaints and nuisances. Includes complaints and investigations regarding the York Gas Works. Note that this correspondence has not been filed in strict chronological order.

Y/ENV/4/1/4 · File · 1949-1954
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises correspondence relating to the Standing Conference on Atmospheric Pollution headed by the national government's Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Includes data sheets recording analyses of matter collected in pollution gauges on sites in York Also includes some correspondence and publications of the National Smoke Abatement Society.

Y/ENV/4/1/5 · File · 1952-1958
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises correspondence relating to the Standing Conference on Atmospheric Pollution headed by the national government's Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Includes data sheets recording analyses of matter collected in pollution gauges on sites in York [1954-1958]