Incoming and outgoing correspondence
Yorkshire Casual Poor Assistance AuthorityComprises combined files of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Public Assistance Committee.
Typed minutes
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 incoming general correspondece to the Public Assistance Committee.
Includes date, name of correspondent, and subject of letter.
Typed minutes
Includes name of institution; name of child; date of birth; date admitted; further remarks and accounts. Indexed.
Records number of items of clothing and bedding given out.
This register records details of military war casualties only. Includes rank and number of personnel.
Index of individuals appearing in weekly outdoor relief lists for same period (see PLU/3/2/1/279 onwards)
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.
Typed minutes
Includes a small number of entries for military war casualties (in green ink) and registered aliens (in red ink).
Typed minutes
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.
Typed minutes
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.
Notices filed alphabetically by surname
Publication
Includes a small number of entries for military war casualties (written in green ink).
Includes name; age; gender and cause of death; and further remarks in some cases
Comprises weekly statistical returns recording the number and category of persons in receipt of relief.
Typed minutes
Typed minutes. Indexed
Notices filed alphabetically by surname
Includes name of child; age of child; name and address of foster parent; date boarded out; and cost per week.
Includes name of individual receiving relief; number of children; address; amount of relief; council advancing relief; and, in some cases, additional remarks.
Includes name; birth year; gender; date of admission; from whom received; some volumes also include district admitted from. Note that not all fields are necessarily completed.
Typed minutes. Indexed
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.