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Durham County Council (1888 - 1974)

Reference: CC/Social Services Catalogue Title: Durham County Council (1888 - 1974) Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Social Services Department

Covering Dates: 1900-1974

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Social Services Department (formerly Public Assistance Committee) (Ref: CC/Social Services)Children's Committee (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES section 01)

See also CC/SS 305-306, 308-309

Crossgate Moor Reception Centre (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 2)

Children's Committee (Crossgate Moor Reception Centre), admission and discharge register, 1952 - 1965 (admissions 19 May 1952 - 3 March 1965, discharges 9 July 1952 - 5 March 1965) This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)

Registers of children and young persons committed to Approved Schools (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 3)

Primary Education Department, Register of children and young persons committed to Approved Schools (No.2 - nos.101-334), admissions 1 May 1947 - 17 October 1950 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)

Registers of enquiries of juvenile courts (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 4-11)

Registers of enquiries of Juvenile Courts, 1952 - 1954
(1 volume)


Registers of enquiries of Juvenile Courts, 1954 - 1959
(1 volume)


Registers of enquiries of Juvenile Courts, 1956 - 1958
(1 volume)


Registers of enquiries of Juvenile Courts, 1958 - 1960
(1 volume)


Registers of enquiries of Juvenile Courts, 1960 - 1962
(1 volume)


Registers of enquiries of Juvenile Courts, 1962 - 1963
(1 volume)


Registers of enquiries of Juvenile Courts, 1963 - 1964
(1 volume)


Registers of enquiries of Juvenile Courts, 1964 - 1966
(1 volume)

Children's Homes (Ref: CC/Social Services section 02)Stockton Union Children's Homes (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 1, 12-28)Records relating to children (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES section 1)Admission and discharge registers (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 1, 22-24)

CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 1 is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff


Stockton Children's Homes, record of admissions and discharges, 1943 - 1954 (admissions 21 July 1943 - 20 December 1951, discharges 5 December 1945 - 5 January 1954) This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge registers, 1915 - 1921
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge registers, 1921 - 1926
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge registers, 1926 - 1933
(1 volume)

Registers of children (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 25-26)

Register of children, 1900 - 1930 (admissions 31 August 1900 - 10 March 1930; discharges 2 March 1900 - 24 March 1930) This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Register of children, 1918 - 1952 (admissions 18 December 1918 - 14 May 1946; discharges 26 April 1930 - 8 October 1952) This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)

Registers of children in employment (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 27-28)

Register of children in employment, 1911 - 1924
(1 volume)


Register of children in employment, 1923 - 1929
(1 volume)

Superintendent's records (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES section 2)Superintendent's reports and journals (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 12-21)

Superintendents' reports and journals, 1911 - 1914
(1 volume)


Superintendents' reports and journals, 1914 - 1916
(1 volume)


Superintendents' reports and journals, 1916 - 1918
(1 volume)


Superintendents' reports and journals, 1918 - 1920
(1 volume)


Superintendents' reports and journals, 1920 - 1922
(1 volume)


Superintendents' reports and journals, 1922 - 1924
(1 volume)


Superintendents' reports and journals, 1924 - 1926
(1 volume)


Superintendents' reports and journals, 1926 - 1929
(1 volume)


Superintendents' reports and journals, 1932 - 1944
(1 volume)


Superintendents' reports and journals, 1944 - 1950
(1 volume)

Superintendent's weekly returns (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 314/1-2)

Include names of children


Superintendent's weekly returns [possibly Stockton Children's Home], July 1955 - September 1959
(1 volume)


Superintendent's weekly returns [possibly Stockton Children's Home], September 1964 - March 1968
(1 volume)

Maintenance days' registers (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 315/1-2)

Include names of children


Maintenance Days' register, 31 March 1953 - 30 September 1956 [Houghton le Spring Children's Home], 31 March 1963 - 30 June 1968 [Stockton Children's Home]
(1 volume)


Maintenance Days' register, 30 September 1954 - 31 December 1962
(1 volume)

Day books (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 316/1)

Record of supplies to Children's Home and tradesmen's names supplying items of food and other materials


Day book [possibly Stockton Children's Home], 24 June 1964 - 31 March 1968
(1 volume)

Stockton Cottage Homes (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 29-31)Admission and discharge registers (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES )

Admission and discharge register, 1933 - 1938 (admissions 29 January 1933 -20 June 1938, discharges 21 January 1933 - 25 March 1938)
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1938 - 1943 (admissions 29 July 1938 - 13 October 1943, discharges 16 July 1938 - 23 October 1943)
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1943 - 1949 (admissions 25 October 1943 - 28 May 1949, discharges 16 November 1943 - 4 June 1949)
(1 volume)

Medomsley Cottage Homes (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 273-290)

SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT
See also CC/SS 308

Admission and discharge registers (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES )

CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 273-288 are indexed, but the indexes are only open to Record Office staff


Admission and discharge register, 1901 - 1908 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1908 - 1915 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1915 - 1927 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1927 - 1935 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1936 - 1937 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1937 - 1939 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1939 - 1941 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1941 - 1943 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1943 - 1944 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1944 - 1946 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1946 - 1948 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1948 - 1950 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1950 - 1951 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1951 - 1953 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1953 - 1955 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)


Admission and discharge register, 1955 - 1957 This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)

Registers of deaths (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES )

Register of deaths, 1933 - 1945
(1 volume)

Offences and punishments (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES )

Offences and punishments book, 1945 - 1953
(1 volume)

Houghton-le-Spring Homes (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 291-295)

For Maintenance Days' register, 31 March 1953 - 30 September 1956, see CC/SS 315/1

Superintendent's weekly returns (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES )

Superintendent's weekly return, 1947 - 1950
(1 volume)


Superintendent's weekly return, 1951 - 1955
(1 volume)


Superintendent's weekly return, 1955 - 1956
(1 volume)

Registers of religious creed (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES )

Register of religious creed, 1930 - 1951
(1 volume)


Register of religious creed, 1950 - 1955
(1 volume)

Birtley Nursery Homes (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 296)Superintendent's weekly returns (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES )

Superintendent's weekly return, 1955 - 1959
(1 volume)

Penshaw Homes (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 297-298)Superintendent's weekly returns (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES )

Superintendent's weekly return, 1955 - 1961
(1 volume)

Diet (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES )

Children's dietary, 1960 - 1961
(1 volume)

Lanchester Cottage Homes (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 299-301)Offences and punishment books (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES )

Offences and punishments book, 1933 - 1955
(1 volume)


Plan of the ground floor of the Houghton-le-Spring Union Workhouse, by Messrs. Cowe & Lawson, architects and surveyors, Chester-le-Street, n.d. No scale
(1 plan, 67cm x 52cm, waxed linen)

Children's Department (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES section 03)

38-46, 312-313


Home Office Circulars, 1944 - 1971
(4 files)


Children Services Statistics, 1948 - 1971
(1 file)


Monthly statements of expenditure 1966 - 1968
(1 file)


Correspondence re holidays for children in County institutions, 1960 - 1963
(1 file)


Correspondence re special schools, 1967 - 1968
(1 file)


Correspondence re Durham City boundary extension, 1953 - 1955
(1 file)


Adoptions of Children Out of County, correspondence mainly with Durham Diocesan Welfare Council giving details of children placed with a view to legal adoption, including details of children and adoptive parents, March 1971 - March 1972
(1 file)


Correspondence between Director of Social Services, Cleveland County Council, and Durham County Council re notification by Durham Diocesan Adoption Society [Durham Family Welfare Council] of placement of a child with a view to legal adoption, 20 November - 19 December 1974 Includes details of child and adoptive parents
(2 papers)


'Teesplan', review of Teesside structure plans and social services arrangements in the lead up to local government review and the Local Government Act 1972, 1968-1972 Includes details of children in care Includes Teesside Structure Plans
(2 files)

Convalescent Homes (Ref: CC/Social Services section 04)E.F. Peile County Convalescent Home, Shotley Bridge (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 32-35, 300)

see also CC/Social Services 154


Sub-committee minutes, 1930 - 1963
(4 files)


E.P. Peile County Convalescent Home, Shotley Bridge, register of nursing mothers, 2 January 1931 - 10 February 1938
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Hostels (Ref: CC/Social Services section 05)Individual Hostels (Arranged by division) (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 106-252)

Boldon House, East Boldon, sub-committee minutes, 1961 - 1968
(2 files)


Boldon House, East Boldon, agenda papers, 1961 - 1968
(2 files)


Boldon House, East Boldon, matron's reports, 1962 - 1967
(1 file)


Boldon House, East Boldon, general correspondence, 1962 - 1967
(1 file)


Day Nursery, Hebburn, weekly reports, 1969 - 1974
(1 file)


Campbell Park House, Hebburn, sub-committee minutes, 1966 - 1968
(1 file)


Campbell Park House, Hebburn, agenda papers, 1966 - 1968
(1 file)


Heath House, Houghton-le-Spring, sub-committee minutes, 1948 - 1968
(2 files)


Heath House, Houghton-le-Spring, agenda papers, 1948 - 1968
(4 files)


Heath House, Houghton-le-Spring, superintendent's reports, 1952 - 1967
(1 file)


Heath House, Houghton-le-Spring, general correspondence, 1961 - 1967
(1 file)


Kentmere House, Houghton-le-Spring, sub-committee minutes, 1967 - 1968
(1 file)


Kentmere House, Houghton-le-Spring, agenda papers, 1967 - 1968
(1 file)


St. Bede's House, Jarrow, sub-committee minutes, 1955 - 1968
(2 files)


St. Bede's House, Jarrow, agenda papers, 1955 - 1968
(3 files)


St. Bede's House, Jarrow, matron's reports, 1956 - 1967
(1 file)


St. Bede's House, Jarrow, general correspondence, 1955 - 1966
(1 file)


Millbank House, Seaham, sub-committee minutes, 1964 - 1968
(2 files)


Millbank House, Seaham, agenda papers, 1964 - 1968
(1 file)


Millbank House, Seaham, matron's reports, 1964 - 1967
(1 file)


Millbank House, Seaham, correspondence re the setting up of the hostel, 1950 - 1967
(1 file)


Lambton House, Birtley, superintendent's reports, 1966 - 1970
(1 file)


Shadon House, Birtley, sub-committee minutes, 1965 - 1968
(1 file)


Shadon House, Birtley, agenda papers, 1963 - 1968
(1 file)


Burnopfield Hostel, sub-committee minutes, 1968
(1 file)


Mendip House, Chester-le-Street, sub-committee minutes, 1959 - 1968
(2 files)


Mendip House, Chester-le-Street, agenda papers, 1959 - 1968
(2 files)


Glenroyd House, Consett, sub-committee minutes, 1959 - 1968
(2 files)


Glenroyd House, Consett, agenda papers, 1959 - 1968
(2 files)


Lynwood House, Lanchester, sub-committee minutes, 1967 - 1968
(1 file)


Lynwood House, Lanchester, agenda papers, 1967 - 1968
(1 file)


Derwentdale House, Ryton, sub-committee minutes, 1964 - 1968
(2 files)


Derwentdale House, Ryton, agenda papers, 1964 - 1968
(1 file)


E.F. Peile Convalescent Home, Shotley Bridge, sub-committee minutes, 1964 - 1970
(1 file)


Stanfield House, Stanley, sub-committee minutes, 1956 - 1968
(2 files)


Stanfield House, Stanley, agenda papers, 1956 - 1968
(2 files)


The Hermitage, Whickham, sub-committee minutes, 1950 - 1968
(2 files)


The Hermitage, Whickham, agenda papers, 1950 - 1968
(3 files)


The Hermitage, Whickham, general correspondence, 1951 - 1965
(1 file)


Winton House, Winlaton, sub-committee minutes, 1953 - 1968
(2 files)


Winton House, Winlaton, agenda papers, 1953 - 1968
(3 files)


Parkside Hostel, Billingham, sub-committee minutes, 1952 - 1968
(2 files)


Parkside Hostel, Billingham, agenda papers, 1952 - 1968
(2 files)


Parkside Hostel, Billingham, general correspondence, 1961 - 1968
(1 file)


Redhill House, Stockton, sub-committee minutes, 1962 - 1968
(2 files)


Redhill House, Stockton, agenda papers, 1962 - 1968
(1 file)


Wellburn House, Stockton, sub-committee minutes, 1964 - 1968
(2 files)


New Brandon Hostel, sub-committee minutes, 1968
(1 file)


Kepier House, Durham, sub-committee minutes, 1963 - 1968
(2 files)


Kepier House, Durham, agenda papers, 1963 - 1968
(1 file)


Palatine House, Durham, sub-committee minutes, 1957 - 1969
(2 files)


Palatine House, Durham, agenda papers, 1957 - 1968
(2 files)


Palatine House, Durham, general correspondence, 1957 - 1966
(1 file)


Essyn House, Easington, sub-committee minutes, 1961 - 1968
(2 files)


Essyn House, Easington, agenda papers, 1961 - 1968
(2 files)


Essyn House, Easington, general correspondence, 1961 - 1967
(1 file)


Seaton Holme, Easington, sub-committee minutes, 1949 - 1968
(2 files)


Seaton Holme, Easington, agenda papers, 1949 - 1968
(2 files)


Seaton Holme, Easington, general correspondence, 1950 - 1961
(1 file)


Fishburn Hostel, sub-committee minutes, 1968
(1 file)


Owton Fens Hostel, Greatham, sub-committee minutes, 1954 - 1968
(2 files)


Owton Fens Hostel, Greatham, agenda papers, 1954 - 1968
(2 files)


Owton Fens Hostel, Greatham, general correspondence, 1954 - 1967
(1 file)


Glencliffe House, Seaton Carew, sub-committee minutes, 1955 - 1968
(2 files)


Glencliffe House, Seaton Carew, agenda papers, 1955 - 1968
(2 files)


Glencliffe House, Seaton Carew, matron's reports, 1956 - 1967
(1 file)


Glencliffe House, Seaton Carew, general correspondence, 1956 - 1967
(1 file)


Ivy House, Sedgefield, sub-committee minutes, 1948 - 1968
(2 files)


Ivy House, Sedgefield, agenda papers, 1956 - 1968
(3 files)


Ivy House, Sedgefield, general correspondence, 1948 - 1971
(3 files)


Cambridge House, Barnard Castle, sub-committee minutes, 1948 - 1968
(2 files)


Cambridge House, Barnard Castle, agenda papers, 1957 - 1968
(3 files)


Cambridge House, Barnard Castle, superintendent's reports, 1968 - 1970
(1 file)


Cambridge House, Barnard Castle, general correspondence, 1957 - 1968
(2 files)


Grove Park Hostel, Barnard Castle, sub-committee minutes, 1953 - 1968
(2 files)


Grove Park Hostel, Barnard Castle, agenda papers, 1954 - 1968
(2 files)


Dene House, Bishop Auckland, sub-committee minutes, 1962 - 1968
(2 files)


Dene House, Bishop Auckland, agenda papers, 1962 - 1967
(1 file)


Holmfield, Crook, sub-committee minutes, 1955 - 1968
(2 files)


Holmfield, Crook, agenda papers, 1955 - 1968
(2 files)


Holmfield, Crook, general correspondence, 1955 - 1963
(1 file)


Shafto House, Newton Aycliffe, sub-committee minutes, 1962 - 1968
(2 files)


Newtown House, Stanhope, sub-committee minutes, 1951 - 1968
(2 files)


Newtown House, Stanhope, agenda papers, 1951 - 1968
(3 files)


Newtown House, Stanhope, general correspondence, 1951 - 1967
(1 file)


Weardale House, Stanhope, sub-committee minutes, 1950 - 1968
(2 files)


Weardale House, Stanhope, agenda papers, 1950 - 1968
(3 files)


Weardale House, Stanhope, general correspondence, 1955 - 1966
(1 file)

Committees (Ref: CC/Social Services section 06)Social Services Committee (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 36-37)

SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT


Agenda papers, 1972
(1 file)


Ministry of Social Security circulars, 1966 - 1967
(1 file)

Welfare Sub-Committee (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 47-67)

Minutes, 1961 - 1970
(1 file)


Agenda papers, 1948 - 1969
(14 files)


Reports of the hostel committees, 1948 - 1967
(4 files)


Reports of the County Architect, 1948 - 1967
(1 file)


Reports of the Welfare Sub-Committee to the Health Committee, 1948 - 1966
(1 file)

Divisional Sub-Committees (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 68-105)

North East Division, children's sub-committee minutes, 1949 - 1957, 1960 - 1964, 1967 - 1969
(7 files)


North East Division, hostels sub-committee minutes, 1968 - 1970
(1 file)


North East Division, agenda papers, 1968 - 1972
(2 files)


North West Division, children's sub-committee minutes, 1949 - 1967
(8 files)


North West Division, hostels sub-committee minutes, 1968 - 1970
(1 file)


North West Division, agenda papers, 1968 - 1972
(3 files)


South Division, children's sub-committee minutes, 1949 - 1968
(9 files)


South East and Central Division, hostels sub-committee minutes 1968 - 1971
(1 file)


South East and Central Division, agenda papers, 1969 - 1971
(2 files)


South West Division, hostels sub-committee minutes and agenda papers, 1968 - 1972
(3 files)


Social Services sub-committee minutes for all divisions, 1972 - 1973
(1 file)

Health Committee (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 253-272)

Agenda papers, 1948 - 1973
(12 files)


Quarterly reports of the County Medical Officer of Health, 1948 - 1970 See CC/H 30-38
(5 files)


Reports of Easington Medical Officer Of Health, 1971 - 1973
(1 file)


Bible of the Coulson family of Pittington, containing entries relating to the family, 1835
(1 volume)


Papers relating to the Coulson family, including photographs, birth certificate of Jane Coulson, 1861, and medical card of Dora Coulson, 1952 (removed from CC/SS 270)
(6 papers)

Liaison Sub Committee (Ref: CC/Social Services 311)

A sub committee of the Education Department


Agenda papers, including reports, relating to employment of children in the care of the local authority, July 1959 - February 1969 Includes names and details of children
(1 file)