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Information recorded includes personal details of each patient, possible source of infection, and living conditions. Note that these cards are samples only of total cases.

Annual returns of all lunatics by the Clerk of the York Board of Guardians. Lists name, age, gender and residence (for example, name of asylum or other residence) of all lunatics chargeable to the York Poor Law Union.

Lists name of lunatic, name of poor law union paying the charges, and date of admission. Includes pauper lunatics as well as private and criminal patients. From 1918 returns include a list of 'Service lunatics' from WW1 [note that there are gaps in the series]

General administrative correspondence relating to precautions under the responsibility of the Health Department.

Includes correspondence and related papers regarding feeding the population of York in an emergency and providing communal feeding facilities (British Restaurants).

Correspondence and associated papers related to the establishment and management of additional nurseries during World War II.

Comprises correspondence, individual reports of accidents at work and statistical information on accidents in the workplace.

Comprises correspondence, individual reports of accidents at work and statistical information on accidents in the workplace.

General correspondence files primarily concerning stock and equipment.

Registers of dangerous drugs received and dispensed at Clifford Street Dispensary

Glass plate negatives with public health information on the prevention, spread and treatment of Tuberculosis. Includes statistical slides and slides with text.

These maps relate directly to the references on the terrier cards (see Y/LEG/2/7/1). The maps are not individually labelled other than by sheet numbers, therefore users must consult the cards first to establish which maps they would like to consult.

The reports contain information on members of the fire brigade, call-out types, methods of communication, causes of fires, costs and annual inspections.

From 1942 this committee is called the Civil Defence committee.

Includes files relating to various air raids on the city of York, including the 1942 Baedeker Raid, and the administration of the aftermath of those raids. Also includes files relating to repairs to buildings and reglazing.

Includes general correspondence, details of courses and the Civil Defence School at York, as well as returns as to the strength of the Civil Defence Corps.

Includes papers relating to Hungarian refugees in the York area, and the role of the York Hungarian relief committee.

Notebooks kept by the recorder of the Quarter Sessions of the Peace, detailing particular cases heard by the court.

Includes annual bundles of files for cases heard at the York Quarter Sessions.

Arranged roughly chronologically by date.

Press cuttings relating to civil defence air raids during World War Two (1939 - 1941).

Housing inspection reports for properties in clearance areas or under compulsory purchase orders.

General administrative papers concerning clearance areas. Includes correspondence; committee papers; reports; summaries; and housing programme papers.

town Clerk's papers concerning clearance programmes in York .

Inspection records typically record the following details: address of property; names of occupiers/owners; occupation of occupier; total number of occupations; rent; size and condition of each room in the house.

Comprises records relating to Hope Street, Albert Street and Long Close Lane.
Includes correspondence; lists of properties, owners, and required improvements; lists of premises stating numbers of occupants and occupations; plans of individual houses; and lists of removals and rehousing.

Includes correspondence; a detailed statement of the Hope Street Area Improvement Scheme, including occupations of tenants; plan of the clearance area; printed resolutions of York Council committees, 1924; copy of the Hope Street Improvement Order, 1925; lists of properties and occupiers/owners; blank forms; newspapers with printed public notices of schemes; two copies of the Medical Officer of Health's 'Report on the Sanitary Conditions of Hungate, 1908'; objections; notes from interviews with Ministry of Health officials; procedures to follow to enact an order; draft copies of wording for the Hope Street Improvement Scheme; printed lists of Freemen for Micklegate Ward (1890s); rough notes on unhealthy houses; estimates of costs; summaries of housing in the area; and rough notes; and death and disease rates in the area.

Comprises records relating to Hope Street, Albert Street, Richard Street, George Street, and Long Close Lane.
Includes house inspection records; particulars of occupiers (including occupation, income, and rent); lists of tenants and possible tenants for Tang Hall Estate; Detailed Statement of Hope Street Area Improvement Scheme (1924); three house inspection notebooks; agenda and minutes from the Health (Unhealthy Areas Subcommittee) Committee; correspondence, lists of owners and statistical information.

Comprises duplicate notices served to owners of properties signalling the Council's intention to take possession of properties.

Papers relating to the improvement of rental properties.

Papers relating to the widening and improvement of Little Blake Street (Duncombe Place).

Comprises sales particulars and a printed public notice regarding land surplus to the street widening of Skeldergate.

Includes correspondence; conveyances; plans; arbitration papers; valuations and other legal papers relating to the improvement of Gillygate.

Includes correspondence; provisional orders; plans of improvements; book of reference; lists of properties and owners/occupier; and a copy of the improvement notice in the London Gazette.

Comprises plans relating to drainage and sanitary conditions of buildings; improvement and clearance plans; and plans of emergency and communal feeding facilities. Includes plans of Rowntree and Company Cocoa Works and Joseph Terry and Sons buildings.

Includes plans of civic and private buildings, parks, recreation grounds and facilities, social housing, and other property that the City of York Council and its predecessor bodies either owned or had an interest in.

Comprises plans relating to public transport (including trams)
improvements to river navigation (including canals and locks)
and bridge plans (including structural drawings).

Comprises plans of proposed new streets and roads, street widenings, changes in street layout, street resurfacing, changes to street furniture, and slum clearances.

Comprises plans relating to the construction and maintenance of sewers, culverts, and drainage pipes
and to the installation of infrastructre for utiliites, such as gas and electricity.

Comprises boundary plans of York (including plans for changes to municipal and electoral boundaries), plans of strays, parishes and other plans/maps of the York area. Also includes templates for signage.

Papers of the Town Clerk. Comprises correspondence files, printed annual reports and minutes of the Yorkshire Casual Poor Assistance Committee, and printed Acts.

Printed annual Reports including statement of accounts and statistics

Copies of printed minutes of the meetings of the Yorkshire Casual Poor Assistance Authority

Printed sections of the Poor Law Act, 1930 relating to the Yorkshire Casual Poor Assistance Authority

Town Clerk's correspondence files. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence relating to the Yorkshire Casual Poor Assistance Authority.

The files are arranged alphabetically by resident surname.

Includes details of medication for residents amd issues experienced by the home. Arranged chronologically.

The files are arranged alphabetically by resident surname.

The files are arranged by resident surname.

The files detail petty cash given to and from residents, arranged by date.

General correspondence files relating to the work of the School of Art.

Includes information about the remembrance services in 1950, 1961, 1966 and the planned commemoration of the Battle of Britain in 1966.

Includes files relating to staff and volunteer resignations and transfers of civil defence volunteers.

Includes correspondence relating to contracts open for tender, the opening of a wireless station, formation of a telephone preference scheme and papers relating to electricity.

Includes papers relating to the installation of air raid shelters in York, as well as meeting minutes, surveys and associated reports.

Includes papers relating to various quizzes open to Civil Defence members.

Includes papers relating to individual members of staff, payments, staff uniforms and the staff training college. Also includes information relating to volunteers.

Includes paperwork relating to the Technical Reconnaisance Officers, and and up to date list of staff.

Includes correspondence relating to an accident involving a local resident, negotiations for use of a building for the York Civil Defence Services club, general correspondence with the Town Clerk and a letter of complaint regarding the air raid shelter on

Includes correspondence regarding vehicles used for Civil Defence purposes, as well as lists of petrol used, paperwork regarding the ambulance service, correspondence regarding the use of ambulances and cars in the event of an emergency and the disposal of vehicles.

Includes details of the hierarchy of Wardens, their roles, a regional officer's study, training correspondence and papers regarding Warden numbers.

Includes files on evacuations, information and rest centres, air raid warnings, care and development, and associated correspondence.

Includes reports, correspondence, the 'One in five scheme' and handbook on emergency welfare scheme.

Includes general correspondence, and questionnaires and replies containing members' details.

Includes general administration files.

Includes general administration files.

Contains general correspondence regarding the sale of equipment and the closure of the Civil Defence Corps.

Includes papers relating to Washington Hall (the Home Office training centre in Lancashire) and York Mansion House.

Includes maps of a proposed compound and rescue training rea, and details relating to previous Civil Defence land on Bull Lane and Lawrence Street.

Includes operational plan, city of York map and a map showing the city and sector boundaries.

Includes administration files and details of which local departments were responsible for particular types of incidents.

Includes papers and additional correspondence relating to the Crash Plan.

Includes messages from key members and papers regarding the need for Civil Defence.

Includes record cards, payment information, files and pamphlets

Papers relating to first aid courses, competitions and services.

Includes one circular, papers regarding mobilisation and deployment and a report by Marshall and Pengilley.

Includes one circular, papers regarding mobilisation and deployment and a report by Marshall and Pengilley.

Includes procedures for reconnaisance parties.

Includes war books and one index to war book files.

Contains information about the equipment held by the Civil Defence Association in York. Includes details of items on loan and items retained after the Second World War.

Includes files relating to the York experiment, the Second York experiment and the experiment regarding the conservation of food.

Indexes and lists of Civil Defence files.

Includes financial returns and paperwork regarding the expenditure of the Civil Defence Association in York.