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Comprises relief books of the District Medical Offices of the York Poor Law Union, and, after 1930, the Public Assistnce Committee; also includes prescriptions subsidised by the Public Assistance Commitee

Records medical relief delivered to paupers by the District Medical Officer/s of the York Poor Law Union and later the Public Assistance Committee.

Includes name of pauper; residence; nature of disease; date of relief; and days attended by the medical officer. Also notes if patients were ordered into institutions such as the Workhouse Infirmary or Fever Hospital.

Also includes two loose, completed appointment slips for the Medical Officer

Prescription slips for individual patients subsidised by the Public Assistance Committee. Includes name of patient, address and medicines prescribed.

Comprises records relating to the collection of relief from liable individuals.

The York Poor Law Union (and later the Public Assistance Committee) attempted to recover money spent on relief that had been granted to the poor. They ordered individuals - usually liable relatives - to contribute towards the cost of maintaining those in receipt of poor relief. The collection of relief was administered by the Collecting Committee.

Includes order books, notices to contribute, payment ledgers, receipt and payment books, registers of insurance benefits and adjourned cases, claim made to the Ministry of Health, and Collectors' accounts and correspondence.

See also PLU/13/1 for legal cases relating to recovery of relief.

Records orders made by the Collecting Committee to recover payments of relief (welfare payments) made to individuals. The Collecting Committee usually ordered liable relatives to contribute to the maintenance of destitute and poor relations.
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The entries record the name of the person chargeable (i.e. receiving welfare); name of liable relative; address; order and amount to be repaid.

Note: volumes PLU/4/1/5-8 were missing as at Dec 2016.

Comprises summary accounts of amounts of relief recovered and postage accounts.

Includes total amounts recovered and payments to treasurer for in-maintenance. Note only the first few pages of this volume have been used.

Includes total amounts recovered and payments to treasurer for out-relief. Note only the first few pages of this volume have been used.

Includes total amounts recovered and payments to treasurer for out-relief, in-maintenance and lunatics.

Typed copies of Collectors' outgoing correspondence. Primarily comprises letters to individuals demanding payment for the maintenance of their relatives in receipt poor relief.

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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.

Notices filed alphabetically by surname

Notices filed alphabetically by surname

Notices filed alphabetically by surname

Notices filed alphabetically by surname

Notices filed alphabetically by surname

Notices filed alphabetically by surname

Notices filed alphabetically by surname

Notices filed alphabetically by surname

Notices filed alphabetically by surname

Records payments made by individuals toward the cost of maintaining relatives in receipt of outdoor, indoor or asylum relief.
Includes name of relative making the payment; relationship to person receiving relief; amounts and dates of payments; in most cases also indicates type of relief being granted.

See also PLU/4/4 Collectors' Ledgers

Indexed by name of person making payment

Indexed by name of person making payment

Indexed by name of person making payment

Indexed by name of person making payment.
Includes bundle of loose correspondence inserted within pages of the volume.

Indexed by name of person making payment

Collector's ledgers record payments made by relatives (or organisations) towards the cost of maintaining individuals receiving out-relief, housed in a York Poor Law institution, or in an asylum.

Includes name of pauper; name and address of contributor; date of original order; and record of payments. Some entries may include further observations.

See also PLU/4/3 Maintenance payment ledgers.

Note that ledgers PLU/4/4/5-7 and PLU/4/4/16 were missing as at Nov 2016.

Indexed by name of contributor

Listed alphabetically by name of contributor

Listed alphabetically by name of contributor

Listed alphabetically by name of contributor

Listed alphabetically by name of contributor

Listed alphabetically by name of contributor

Listed alphabetically by name of contributor

Indexed by name of contributor

Indexed by name of contributor

Indexed by name of contributor

Listed alphabetically by name of contributor

Listed alphabetically by name of contributor

Records receipt of payments by relatives or organisations towards the cost of maintaining people in receipt of out-relief, in a York Poor Law institution or in an asylum.

Includes name of person/organisation; from whom payment received; purpose of payment; amount; and record of payments transferred to the Treasurer of the York Union.

This volume records general payments made to the Guardians as well as payments towards the cost of maintaining individuals in receipt of poor relief.

Contain carbon copies of receipts for payments made towards the maintenance of individuals in receipt of poor relief. Relatives were usually required to contribute towards the maintenance of poor and destitute relations, however pension funds and other organisations also appear in these receipts.

Includes date; name of person/organisation making the payment; amount of payment; name of person receiving relief or relation to person making the payment; and category of relief (e.g. outdoor, indoor or lunatic)