Typed minutes
Approved, bound minutes
Reports from the superintendent nurse to the House Committee. Includes one loose draft report.
Includes a small number of entries for military war casualties (in green ink) and registered aliens (in red ink).
Register of incoming general correspondece to the Public Assistance Committee.
Includes date, name of correspondent, and subject of letter.
Includes name of individual receiving relief, amount and period of relief, and council chargeable.
Postage account for the Public Assistance Committee.
Register of addressees (last name or abbreviation only) and stamps used.
Includes name of inmate; date of birth; and number of days in ward.
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.
Includes name of inmate, offence and punishment
Includes a small number of entries for military war casualties (written in green ink).
This register records details of military war casualties only. Includes rank and number of personnel.
Typed minutes. Indexed
Register of orders obtained by the York Public Assistance Committee. These orders relate to individuals who were living in York but were 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.
Handwritten minutes of the York Charities Register Committee.
Includes one small bundle of loose inserts from front of volume comprising general correspondence; an agenda; printed Abstract of Accounts for the Micklegate Freemen's Trust, 1938-1939; and signatures of those attending the meeting of 03 Jan 1911.
Includes name of individual receiving relief; year of birth; address; amount of relief; council advancing relief; and, in some cases, additional remarks.
Also includes a small bundle of typed notes and correspondence relating to administration of relief inserted in front of volume.
Approved minutes of various regular and ad hoc committees of the York Poor Law Union and Public Assistance Committee.
Includes name of individual receiving relief; number of children; address; amount of relief; council advancing relief; and, in some cases, additional remarks.
Inventory of furniture in rooms of the Institution
Includes name; admitting institution; date admitted; date discharged; name of approved society and membership number; amount recovered; and other observations.
Note: not all fields are completed for each entry.
Typed minutes. Includes various regular and ad hoc sub-committees of the Public Assistance Committee, but primarily the Stores Sub-Committee.
Notices filed alphabetically by surname
Typed minutes
Typed minutes
Comprises weekly statistical returns recording the number and category of persons in receipt of relief.
Typed minutes
Notices filed alphabetically by surname
Publication
Includes name; office; date commenced employment; and date left employment. Listed in rough alphabetical order. Also bundle of loose administrative notes
Typed minutes
Includes summary monthly statistics of numbers in receipt of poor relief; also weekly internal returns from the relief districts to the Public Assistance Committee.
Includes name of individual receiving relief, address, amount and period of relief, and council chargeable.
Summary accounts of monies received by the relieving officer and amounts of relief charged to each parishes/ward.
Note, these records contain very few names of individuals. Individuals are only recorded where their particular case has incurred extra costs.
Comprises relief and expenditure books for the York Poor Law Union, York Out-Relief Union, Bishopthorpe Out-Relief Union, Escrick Out-Relief Union and Flaxton Out-Relief Union.