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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.

Comprises weekly statistical returns recording the number and category of persons in receipt of relief; also monthly summary relief statistics; and weekly returns from the various relief districts to the Public Assistance Committee.

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.

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