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Includes loose insert of case papers for one patient.

Includes name; age; gender and cause of death; and further remarks in some cases

Also includes some correspondence

Filed chronologically

Typed minutes. Indexed

Typed minutes

Includes relief lists of the York Poor Law Union, and, after 1930, the Public Assistance Committee.

Information recorded varied over time. Name of pauper and amount of relief received each week are always recorded; age and residence of pauper were also included at various periods. A statistical portion recording the classification of paupers appears in books from Sep 1848. Non-settled poor and Common Charges (irremovable poor and vagrants) are recorded in the back of books where relevant. Children boarded-out are also recorded for a short time in the early twentieth century. In some instances entries may indicate if an individual was sent to an institution (for example, the workhouse or the asylum).

From 1837 to 1848 records were divided into quarterly periods (March, June, September and December); from 1849 to 1948 they were divided into half-yearly periods. Please note that not all records survive.

Between 1898 and Mar 1904 the York City District was divided into City District 1 and City District 2; between 1905 and 1935 the City District was organised into East, West and North Districts; and from 1936 to 1948 it was organised into East, West, North and Central districts.

Comprises notices sent to relatives (or other persons) liable for destitute relatives. Notices to contribute towards maintenance costs were sent from the Board of Guardians and later the Public Assistance Committee.

Notices were sent to individuals who were considered liable for the maintenance of destitute and poor relatives.

Comprises records concerning the settlement and removal of paupers under the York Poor Law Union and the Public Assistance Committee.

In order to have the right to claim poor relief a person had to have the right of settlement in a parish/ward in the area in which they were currently residing. Those who did not have the right of settlement could be forcibly removed.

Includes registers and accounts of non-resident and non-settled poor; and registers of removal orders and settlement enquiries.

Comprises general correspondence sent by the Public Assistance Officer of the Public Assistance Committee.

The correspondence concerns the general administration of the Poor Law by the York Public Assistance Committee. Included in this correspondence are letters concerning individuals who have applied for, or are receiving relief.

All files are indexed.

Approved, bound minutes

Includes some minutes

Includes name; age ; date of order and borough transferred from.

Reports from the superintendent nurse to the House Committee

Note, only first few pages used

Typed minutes

Typed minutes. Indexed

Incoming and outgoing correspondence

Incoming and outgoing correspondence

Includes approved minutes and draft minutes of the York Out-Relief Union Boards of Guardians and Relief Committees Nos 1,2, and 3.

See PLU/1/3/4-5 for combined mintues of the York Union and York Out-Relief Union Finance Committee minutes; and PLU/1/4/1-8 for combined minutes of the York Union and York Out-Relief Union Collecting Committee.

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

Approved minutes for the House and House Visiting Sub-Committee of the Public Assistance Committee.

Filed alphabetically by correspondent or patient

Includes name; date of admission; age; occupation; disease; if admitted from another insitution and class of poor (i.e. settled or casual poor). Also three loose inserts: two lists of revision cases and one agenda (1948).

Entries listed in chronological order of admission

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Records total numbers of men, women and children in institutions for the period Apr 1942-June 1948. Records total numbers in receipt of out-relief for the period Apr 1942-Jul 1943.

Includes name of individual receiving relief from the Public Assistance Committee; address; date relief granted; amount of relief and reason for granting relief.

Note that most of this register is blank; only the first eight pages have been used.

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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.

List of cases referred for investigation into their legal place of settlement.

Includes date referred, name, type of relief received (e.g. institutional, mental hospital, or out-relief), and place of settlement.
Also includes loose case papers for the removal of an individual in 1938.

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Filed chronologically

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Includes name of pauper and grounds for detention.

Includes name of institution; name of child; date of birth; date admitted; further remarks and accounts. Indexed.

Includes some minutes and agendas

Masters/superintendent's monthly report and inmates returns

Comprises order books of relief granted by the York Poor Law Union, and, after 1930, the Public Assistance Committee. Also includes register of individual paupers relieved by the York Out-Relief Union.

Rest centres were established during World War II. The purpose of the centres was to house individuals who became homeless as a result of enemy action.

The correspondence in these files primarily concerns the administration of the various centres throughout York.

Correspondence in both files is indexed.

Notices filed alphabetically by surname

Approved typed minutes of the Public Assistance Committee

Relief order books were kept by the Clerk of the York Poor Law Union and later the Public Assistance Committee.

The books record orders for out-relief granted by the York Guardians/Public Assistance Committee in response to applications put forward by the Relieving Officer (see PLU/3/1 Application and Report books).

Details entered into the books include: name of applicant seeking relief, name of parish/relief district; quantity and description of relief; and how many weeks relief was granted.

Note that books were dated in quarterly periods. For example Mar 1910-Sep 1910 = quarter ending in March to quarter ending in September and would therefore cover the months Jan-Sep 1910.

Copy receipts of payments received and payments made to City Treasurer

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