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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: Public Assistance Department

Covering Dates: 1930-1974

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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


Register 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)


Register 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


Number not used - pages now returned to CC/SS 305


Photograph of unknown young woman, n.d. [c.1935] Found loose in CC/Social Services 305, between pages A and B
(1 photograph)


Photograph 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)


Photograph 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)


Photograph 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)


Photograph 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)


Social 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)

Terms 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)

Register 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)

Yearbook, 1930 - 1931


Yearbook, 1931 - 1932


Yearbook, 1933 - 1934


Yearbook, 1934 - 1935


Yearbook, 1935 - 1936


Yearbook, 1936 - 1937


Yearbook, 1937 - 1938


Yearbook, 1938 - 1939


Yearbook, 1939 - 1940


Yearbook, 1940 - 1941


Yearbook, 1941 - 1942


Number not used


Number not used


Yearbook, 1944 - 1945


Yearbook, 1945 - 1946


Yearbook, 1946 - 1947


Yearbook, 1947 - 1948


Public Assistance Department, Yearbook, 1938 - 1939

Regulations (Ref: CC/Social Services 302/18)

Regulations relating to the administration of outdoor relief, to operate from 1 January 1944