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York City Asylum
Y/HEA/6/1/4 · Sub-series · 1906-1935
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises records concerning the opening of the asylum; governance; staffing; and buildings.
Mental deficiency papers
Y/HEA/6/2 · Series · 1914-1967
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises papers relating to the accommodation and maintenance of adults and children with learning disabilities ('mental deficiency').
Returns of patients to the Board of Control
Y/HEA/6/2/2 · File · 1927-1940
Part of York Civic Archive

Annual returns of patients housed in various institutions for the mentally defective and under the supervision of York authorities. Includes general statistical information as well as lists of individual patients.
General Correspondence files on mental deficiency - series one
Y/HEA/6/2/3 · Sub-series · 1914-1948
Part of York Civic Archive

Includes correspondence, circulars, minutes, and other associated papers related to the housing and care of those with learning disabilities following the introduction of the Mental Deficiency Act of 1913. Includes correspondence regarding specific patients and cases. The earlier files from 1914 to the early 1920s are in rough chronological order only.
Mental Deficiency correspondence file
Y/HEA/6/2/3/1 · File · 1914-1919
Part of York Civic Archive

Primarily concerns provision of accommodation for patients and administration of duties under the provisions of the Mental Deficiency Acts. Contains references to patients/cases.
Mental Deficiency correspondence file
Y/HEA/6/2/3/10 · File · Jan 1947-1948
Part of York Civic Archive

Primarily concerns provision of accommodation for patients and administration of duties under the provisions of the Mental Deficiency Acts. Contains references to patients/cases.
Mental Deficiency correspondence file
Y/HEA/6/2/3/2 · File · 1920s
Part of York Civic Archive

Primarily concerns provision of accommodation for patients and administration of duties under the provisions of the Mental Deficiency Acts. Contains references to patients/cases.
Mental Deficiency correspondence file
Y/HEA/6/2/3/3 · File · Nov 1924-Jun 1929
Part of York Civic Archive

Primarily concerns provision of accommodation for patients and administration of duties under the provisions of the Mental Deficiency Acts. Contains references to patient/cases.
Mental Deficiency correspondence file
Y/HEA/6/2/3/4 · File · Jul 1929-Dec 1931
Part of York Civic Archive

Primarily concerns provision of accommodation for patients and administration of duties under the provisions of the Mental Deficiency Acts. Contains references to patients/cases.
Mental Deficiency correspondence file
Y/HEA/6/2/3/5 · File · Jan 1932-Dec 1932
Part of York Civic Archive

Primarily concerns provision of accommodation for patients and administration of duties under the provisions of the Mental Deficiency Acts. Contains references to patients/cases.
Mental Deficiency correspondence file
Y/HEA/6/2/3/6 · File · Jan 1933-Feb 1937
Part of York Civic Archive

Primarily concerns provision of accommodation for patients and administration of duties under the provisions of the Mental Deficiency Acts. Contains references to patients/cases.
Mental Deficiency correspondence file
Y/HEA/6/2/3/7 · File · Jun 1937-Feb 1940
Part of York Civic Archive

Primarily concerns provision of accommodation for patients and administration of duties under the provisions of the Mental Deficiency Acts. Contains references to patients/cases.
Mental Deficiency correspondence file
Y/HEA/6/2/3/8 · File · Mar 1940-Mar 1943
Part of York Civic Archive

Primarily concerns provision of accommodation for patients and administration of duties under the provisions of the Mental Deficiency Acts. Contains references to patients/cases.
Mental Deficiency correspondence file
Y/HEA/6/2/3/9 · File · Mar 1943-Dec 1946
Part of York Civic Archive

Primarily concerns provision of accommodation for patients and administration of duties under the provisions of the Mental Deficiency Acts. Contains references to patients/cases.
General Correspondence on mental deficiency - series two
Y/HEA/6/2/4 · Sub-series · c1915-1920
Part of York Civic Archive

A series of numbered pieces of correspondence and bundles of correspondence organised by subject. Includes correspondence, circulars, minutes and other associated papers related to the housing and care of those with learning disabilities following the introduction of the Mental Deficiency Act of 1913. Contains information on patients/cases. There is an index to this correspondence filed in the front of Y/HEA/6/2/4/1 . Note, there are gaps in this series.