Durham County Council (1888 - 1974)
Reference: CC/Social Services Catalogue Title: Durham County Council (1888 - 1974) Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Public Assistance Department
Covering Dates: 1930-1974
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- Durham County Council (1888 - 1974)
- Public Assistance Committee (Ref: CC/Social Services)
- Records of Children in Care (Ref: CC/Social Services section 1)
- Registers of discharges from County Council care (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 305-306)
- Photographs of children in County Council care (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 308, 310)
- Registers of children received into care (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 309/1-2)
- Records relating to staff (Ref: CC/Social Services section 2)
- Public Assistance Committee staff conditions of service (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 304)
- Register of County Council care staff (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 307)
- Public Assistance Committee (Ref: CC/Social Services section 3)
- Durham County Council Public Assistance Department Yearbooks (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/1-17, 303)
- Regulations (Ref: CC/Social Services 302/18)
Catalogue Contents
Public Assistance Committee (Ref: CC/Social Services)Records of Children in Care (Ref: CC/Social Services section 1)Registers of discharges from County Council care (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 305-306)
See also CC/SS 1-3
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 305Register of discharges to domestic service, work etc. from County Council care (photographic record), 1934 - 1941 (discharges 14 February 1934 - 24 January 1938, reports on progress 21 March 1934 - 1 October 1941)
See also CC/Social Services 310/1-5
This volume is indexed, including which of the children have photographs, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 306Register of discharges to domestic service, work etc. from County Council care, 4 August 1938 - 23 May 1941
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)
Photographs of children in County Council care (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 308, 310)See also CC/SS 1-3, 273-290, 305
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 308Number not used - pages now returned to CC/SS 305
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 310/1Photograph of unknown young woman, n.d. [c.1935]
Found loose in CC/Social Services 305, between pages A and B
(1 photograph)
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 310/2Photograph of Medomsley Cottage Homes, taken from Master's bedroom window, 17 May 1935
Found loose in CC/Social Services 305, between pages 10 and 11
(1 photograph)
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 310/3Photograph of fifteen young women [as a chorus?] in a theatrical performance , n.d. [c.1935]
Found loose in CC/Social Services 305, between pages 18 and 19
(1 photograph)
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 310/4Photograph of the Chief Scout, Lord Rowallan, inspecting cubs at Durham, 19 June 1948
Found loose in CC/Social Services 305, between pages 32 and 33
(1 photograph)
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 310/5Photograph of unknown young woman beside a gnome standing outside a greenhouse, n.d. [c.1935]
Found loose in CC/Social Services 305, between pages 75 and 76
(1 photograph)
Registers of children received into care (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 309/1-2)The registers record date of admission into care, name, date of birth, address of origin, religion, casepaper no., type of case, county division, date of discharge from care, reason and date returned to care.
See also CC/SS 1-3
Children's Department, Register of children received into care, 'No. 3', 3 October 1963 - 3 October 1972
The register is broadly, but not absolutely, in admission date order.
This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 309/2Social Services Department, Register of children received into care, 'No. 4', 5 September 1972 - 2 April 1974
The register is broadly, but not absolutely, in admission date order
This volume is indexed, but the index is only open to Record Office staff
(1 volume)
Records relating to staff (Ref: CC/Social Services section 2)Public Assistance Committee staff conditions of service (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 304)Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 304Terms and conditions of service, and working hours, of staff employed in the various institutions and cottage homes under the control of the Public Assistance Committee, 22 February 1939
Register of County Council care staff (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 307)Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 307Register of staff employed in County Council establishments, giving details of sick leave, 1949 - 1955
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)
Public Assistance Committee (Ref: CC/Social Services section 3)Durham County Council Public Assistance Department Yearbooks (Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/1-17, 303)Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/1Yearbook, 1930 - 1931
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/2Yearbook, 1931 - 1932
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/3Yearbook, 1933 - 1934
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/4Yearbook, 1934 - 1935
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/5Yearbook, 1935 - 1936
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/6Yearbook, 1936 - 1937
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/7Yearbook, 1937 - 1938
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/8Yearbook, 1938 - 1939
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/9Yearbook, 1939 - 1940
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/10Yearbook, 1940 - 1941
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/11Yearbook, 1941 - 1942
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/12Number not used
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/13Number not used
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/14Yearbook, 1944 - 1945
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/15Yearbook, 1945 - 1946
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/16Yearbook, 1946 - 1947
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/17Yearbook, 1947 - 1948
Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 303Public Assistance Department, Yearbook, 1938 - 1939
Regulations (Ref: CC/Social Services 302/18)Ref: CC/SOCIAL SERVICES 302/18Regulations relating to the administration of outdoor relief, to operate from 1 January 1944
