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Comprises records relating primarily to the accommodation and care of patients with mental health issues. Also includes a small number of records concerning York City Asylum.

Comprises papers relating to the erection of and provision of accommodation at the Fever Hospital at Yearsley Bridge.

Papers concerning the establishment of the Public Assistance Committee and the transfer of responsibilities from the York Poor Law Union to York Council.

Reports of the Medical Officer of Health to the Urban Sanitary Committee and later the Health Committee. Reports on average were fortnightly but could be more or less regular. Incudes notifications to the Town Clerk of cases of infectious diseases.

Inspection records of the Sanitary Inspector, Department of Health. Records inspections of insanitary conditions in houses (including inadequate sanitary facilities and drainage); inspections of common lodgings houses; food sampling and analysis; and slaughterhouse and meat inspections. Books from 1933 onwards includes reports of overcrowding. Indexed by street

Includes information about telephone company contracts, a dinner card, information booklets, notes on gas poisoning, papers relating to housing schemes, circulars and copies of the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Bound committee minues

Records relating to oversight of child and infant welfare

The collection comprises school magazines only.

General administrative papers relating to the operation and maintenance of the York Maternity Hospital.

Records of the Jospeph Rowntree Senior School

Wages books for temporary members of staff of the Streets and Buildings Department of the council.

Renamed A.R.P Emergency Commttee from 1939

Comprises registers relating to the oversight and inspection of midwives following the Midwives Act, 1902

Comprises statistical graphs.

Some volumes are indexed.

Includes reports from the Board of Control, The Incorporation of National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control; The Royal Albert Institution in Lancaster; the Yorkshire Association for Mental Welfare; and the Mental After Care Association. Also includes minutes of the East Riding and York Joint Board for the Mentally Defective; a printed volume of medical PR actioners approved by the Board of Control; and copies of the Mental Deficiency Acts.

Comprises incoming and outgoing correspondence with the Air Raid Precautions Officer and other officials. Includes reports, notes and other associated papers.

Wages books for members of staff of the council Public Assistance team during the Second World War.

Comprises records relating to promotional events and health exhibitions

Development Plan 1951, report of the survey

Papers concerning the provision of additional war-time nurseries in York.

Development Plan. Written Statement

Papers concerning the provision of food in an emergency and communal feeding provisions, including British Restaurants.

Volumes 2, 4-8 contain indexes. For committee name changes see linked authority files,

1. 1897
2. 1897-1907
3. 1907-15
4. 1915-21
5. 1921-27
6. 1927-36
7. 1936-46
8. 1946-48

Bound committee minutes of the Lunatic Asylum Visiting Committee, renamed Mental Hospital Committee from 1926

Bound committee minutes.

Includes drainage papers, matron's reports, and correspondence files.

Includes index.

1. 1888-1898
2. 1898-1917
3. 1917-1948

Bound committee minutes

These volumes contain indexes.

Known as Commercial Development Committee between 1907-1909

1. 1907-1928
2. 1929-1944

Includes civil defence publications, papers relating to wardens, ARP Emergency Committee agendas and minutes, Air Raid Precautions (ARP) correspondence, shelter files, instructions to civilians and papers regarding the welfare of citizens, fire service and fire prevention files, papers relating to the Women's Voluntary Service, papers regarding the billeting of workers, Ministry of Health files, papers regarding air raids and resultant war damage, papers regarding the Halifax bomber crash in York, staff registers, papers regarding training exercises, casualty lists, invasion committee papers, Operations Regional Comissioner correspondence, A.R.P Control Headquarters register of permits and papers relating to German chemical warfare explorations.

Records relating to poor relief after the Poor Law Amendment Act,1834. For records of the York Poor Law Union [1837-1930] and Public Assistance Committee [1930-1948] see reference: PLU

Comprises records of the Yorkshire Casual Poor Assistance Authority.

Includes records relating to York Castle Museum

Town Clerk's correspondence files concerning the Health Committee and matters of public health. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence. See also Y/HEA/1/2

These cards are later referred to as wages record sheets.

Wages books for members of staff of the council Park and Allotments department.

General administrative papers of the Medical Officer of Health

Contains official publications and communications issued by City of York Education Committee

Includes plans, proposals, leaflets, photographs and publicity relating to the organisation and staging of the festival.

Books recording routine inspections and inspections in response to complaints of unsanitary conditions in houses or other premises. Conditions inspected include privies, air quality, keeping of animals, offensive trades, and drains. Also record inspections of premises for overcrowding, and for sanitary conditions at the home accommodation of patients with infectious diseases. Indexed by street name at the start or back of each volume.

These volumes contain indexes

Emergency Feeding Committee
1941-46
Civic Restaurant Committee
1946-51

Includes photographs of various structures and monuments in York. The monuments are individually listed.

These volumes are indexed.

1 1836-48
2 1849-60
3 1860-72
4 1872-79
5 1879-86
6 1886-92
7 1892-98
8 1898-1904
9 1904-08
10 1908-15
.11 1915-21
12 1921-27
13 1927-32
14 1932-38
15 1938-43
16 1943-48
17 1948-52

Details recorded include surname and address of patient; obstetric history of mother; nature of confinement; condition of foetus; and age, work, and health of mother.

Incidence graphs

Log books for Castlegate School

Includes quarterly and annual reports (and associated papers) of the Public Analyst to the Mayor and councillors of York. The reports record the number and nature food samples analysed, as well as a summary of results.

Records relating to water pollution levels in York's waterways and drains.

Details recorded include surname and address of patient; obstetric history of mother; nature of confinement; progress of infant; and age, work, and health of mother.

Comprises correspondence files relating to rodent and insect control.

Wages books for members of staff of the council's Health Department.

Records drainage improvements carried out in properties. Entries include situation of premises, name of owner and builder, a brief description of works, and a line sketch of drainage on the premises (note: the volume covering 1936-1956 does not include any sketches)

Comprises correspondence relating to the bacteriological testing of milk samples

Wages books for members of staff of the council Education Committee.

Registers of neo-natal and maternal deaths; and a register of postpartum infections.

Draft reports of inspections carried out by the Health Department. Reports include name/s of owners/occupiers and condition of houses. Some reports include plans and/or measurements.

Includes organisational materials for the festival, as well as promotion items (tickets, invitations to events, event programmes etc). Also includes some publicity material, including newspaper cuttings.

Registers of unsound food surrendered to the Health Department.

Comprises records relating to staffing matters (including appointments)within the York Health Department. See also Y/ADM/5/13 for application and appointment files.

Comprises correspondence files concerning the investigation and measurement of air pollution.

Comprises results of analyses of food stuffs carried out by the Public Analyst on behalf of the City of York. Records type of food analysed, results and whether the product conforms to food standards.

Comprises printed leaflets and other promotional literature relating to public health educations.

Comprises papers relating to stock and equipment at Clifford Street Dispensary.

Comprises results of analyses of milk samples carried out by the Public Analyst on behalf of the City of York. Samples are only identified by number, except for 1950 where the vendors are also identified.

Wages books for members of staff of the council Housing and Parks department.

General wages books for members of staff of the council.

Papers relating to the planning and opening of the York Municipal Aerodrome at Clifton. Includes maps, designs and compulsory purchase agreements.

Wages books for members of staff of the Streets and Buildings Department of the council.

Comprises reports relating to the bacteriological testing of milk samples

Contracts for maintenance work in council buildings. Includes plans and correspondence where appropriate.

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These volumes have indexes.

Strays Committee - becomes Parks and Smallholdings Committee in 1913

51.1 1907-21
52.1 1921-28
2 1928-35
3 1935-43
4 1943-49
5 1949-53
6 1953-57

plus draft Parks and Smallholdings Committee minutes

52a 1951-1952

Includes organisational materials for the festival, as well as promotion items (tickets, invitations to events, event programmes etc). Also includes some publicity material, including newspaper cuttings.

Records concerning marketing, publicity and media relations relating to York City Council..

This is a selection of the civic archive containing the records which are currently available for access only. Further historical and modern records will be added to this section on a regular basis as they are catalogued..

Publications and printed literature on smoke abatement and atmospheric pollution

Smallholdings and Allotments Committee to 1922, Allotments Committee from 1922

1 1908-24
2 1924-49
3 1949-61

Includes plans, proposals, leaflets, photographs and publicity relating to the organisation and staging of the festival.

Includes papers relating to the bestowing of the honorary Freedom of the City on various individuals, as well as the organisation of First World War peace celebrations, and visits by foreign dignitories.

House inspection records for the Nunnery Lane Area. Include records for the following streets: Nunnery Lane; Cygnet Street; Dove Street; Caroline Street; Drake Street; and Spencer Street. Includes small, scale plans of properties.

Includes individual case files and lists of prisoners.

Wages books for members of staff of the council Welfare department, including Children's welfare, social welfare and general welfare volumes.

Loose copies of annual reports from the Medical Officer of Health. Some years include reports from the Tuberculosis Officer, the Inspector of Nuisances, the Public Analyst, Chief Sanitory Inspector, Medical Officer (Public Assistance), Canal Boats Inspector and Tuberculosis Crusade Committtee.

Records concerning marketing, publicity and media relations relating to local government..

This is a selection of the civic archive containing the records which are currently available for access only. Further historical and modern records will be added to this section on a regular basis as they are catalogued..

This volume is part indexed
18 1953-56

These three volumes are indexed
19 1956-59
20 1959-62
21 1962-65

Wages books for members of staff of the council Education Department. Reference numbers 20 and 21 were not used.

Diaries of staff involved in deliveries and pickups of patients, food and other items. Also records some cases of insect control.

The collection comprises school magazines.