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Filed chronologically but includes partial index

Filed chronologically but includes partial index

Masters/superintendent's monthly report and inmates returns

Filed chronologically but includes partial index

Filed chronologically

Indexed.

Includes a bundle of loose receipts for patient documents.

Filed chronologically but includes index

Filed chronologically but includes index

Home Office publication

Home Office publication

Includes name; date of birth; date of admission; date of discharge (some entries only); and authority chargeable.

Includes name; age; date of birth; religion; form of insanity; occupation; next of kin; marital status; certification particulars; and other patient history notes.

Indexed.

Documents relating to guaranteed bonds acquired by poor law officials.

Includes general documentation relating to The Poor Law and Local Government Officers' Mutual Guarantee Association, as well as paperwork for bonds acquired by individual poor law officials with the assistance of the Association and later bodies.

Includes name; date of birth; date of admission; date of discharge (some entries only); and number of days accommodated.

Includes staff appointment files, Guardians declaration book, superannuation records (including certificates of service), register of excepted employees, wages and salaries receipt books, and correspondence.

Includes bundle of loose receipts and supply notes

Comprises orders for admittance to the Institution/The Grange; orders for funerals; and disciplinary orders

Includes name; age; residence; date of death; cause of death; religion; and name of relative.

Lists names of people buried. Includes small bundle of loose correspondence relating to funeral charges.

Records type of cloth received and clothing items made.

Filed alphabetically by name of patient

Index of individuals appearing in weekly outdoor relief lists for same period (see PLU/3/2/1/279 onwards)

Medical Officer's record of examination of each inmate on admission. Includes name; age; date of admission; date of examination; and physical condition.

Only first two pages used.

Filed alphabetically by correspondent or patient

Filed alphabetically by subject/patient

Filed alphabetically by subject/patient

Comprises records relating to property and buildings owned or tenanted by the York Poor Law Union.

Includes records concerning the sale and purchase of properties; the erection, development and maintenance of buildings; and the financing of building projects.

Much of this correspondence deals with wartime welfare and emergency services, and the immediate postwar reconstruction of social services and healthcare.

The correspondence was arranged in files according to subject.

Includes loose correspondence

Filed alphabetically by subject, patient

Registers concerning inmates receiving indoor relief

Records of funerals carried out by York Corporation for inmates of the City Institution (later The Grange). Includes name; age; religiion; where admitted from; occupation; date of death; and date of burial.

Filed alphabetically by subject/patient. See also PLU/2/11/26

Filed alphabetically by subject/patient

Correspondence relating to particular cases of children boarded out.

Unbound typed minutes and agenda. Includes minutes of sub-committees reporting to the Public Assistance (later Social Welfare) Committee.

Includes loose interment certificates for some individuals.

Records visits of chaplain to individual inmates as well as baptisms and services.

Details of accounts credited and payments made to the treasurer. Includes one piece of loose correspondence inserted inside front cover.

Only first few pages used

Filed alphabetically by correspondent or patient

Typed minutes. Indexed

Typed minutes

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.

Includes name of case; and whether in institution, discharged, or deceased.

Relief lists record the amounts of out-relief (i.e. welfare payments in money or in kind) granted to individiuals on a weekly basis. Lists were kept by the Relieving Officers of the York Poor Law Union. Note that these lists record payments to individuals who were not in the workhouse.

Comprises weekly outdoor relief lists; abstracts of outdoor relief lists; and index of persons appearing in outdoor relief lists.

Comprises receipts and registers of relief granted on loan to individuals by the York Poor Law Union, and, after 1930 the Public Assistance Committee.

Minutes and agenda of the meetings of the Public Assistance Committee (renamed the Social Welfare Committee from 17 Jul 1947 to Aug 1948). Comprises approved and draft minutes.

The Pubic Assistance Committee met to discuss and approve a range of matters relating to the administration of the poor law.

The minutes may include references to named individuals if there was a reason for bringing an individual case to the attention of the Committee .

Note that agenda only exist for the period Feb1946-July 1948.

Approved minutes of the York Poor Law Union Children's Committee and Boarding Out Comittee; and the Children's and Boarding Out Sub-Committees of the Public Assistance Committee.

Most volumes are indexed.

See also PLU/1/8 for combined minutes and PLU/6 for other records relating to child welfare.

Approved, bound minutes

Orders concerning classification of inmates

Includes name of inmate; age; and action taken.

Only first few pages used

Includes name; date of birth; date of admission; date of discharge; and pension provider (if any).

Entries listed in alphabetical order.

Incoming and outgoing correspondence

Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence; also lists of York and East Riding Cases to be examined by Visitors, lists of visits to be made and reports returned.

Incoming and outgoing correspondence

Incoming and outgoing correspondence

Comprises removal orders received and obtained, and settlement enquiries pursued by the York Public Assistance Committee

Notices filed alphabetically by surname

Comprises approved minutes of the Collecting Committee of the York Poor Law Union and the Collecting Sub-Committee of the Public Assistance Committee.
PLU/1/4/1-8 are combined minutes of the York Union Collecting Committee and the York Out-Relief Union Collecting Committee

Includes minutes of all committees connected to the administration and maintenance of the York Union Workhouse (later the City Institution and then The Grange)

Comprises combined files of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Public Assistance Committee.

Comprises incoming and outgoing correspondence of the York Poor Law Union and Public Assistance Commitee.

Summary statistics compiled by the York Poor Law Union (the including Out-Relief Unions)and Public Assistance Committee for reporting to central government officials.

Comprises weekly and annual returns and monthly statistics.

Includes name of child; age of child; name and address of foster parent; date boarded out; and cost per week.

Comprises registers of children under the care of the York Board of Guardians and later the Public Assistance Committtee.

Includes registers of children who have been boarded-out with foster parents in private homes; registers of children in certified schools and other institutions; and registers of children in farm service.

See also minutes of the Children's/Boarding Out Committee ref PLU/1/6 and PLU/1/8