Letter books

This material is held atGlamorgan Archives / Archifau Morgannwg

Reference
- GB 214 UC/40
Dates of Creation
- 1878-1930
Physical Description
- 49 volumes

Scope and Content

Correspondence with the Local Government Board/Ministry of Health. Boards of Guardians were responsible to the Local Government Board from 1871 until 1919. In 1920, the Ministry of Health took over the functions of the Local Government Board.

Archive Record|Table of contents

Cardiff Poor Law Union RecordsUC

Order of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales, establishing Cardiff Union and constituting a Board of Guardians of the Union, with schedule of parishes includedUC/1

Minutes of the Board of GuardiansUC/2

Sanitary Committee, minutes of daily meetingsUC/3

Boarding-Out committeeUC/4

Building committeeUC/5

Children’s Homes Visiting CommitteeUC/6

Children in Service CommitteeUC/7

Dispensary CommitteeUC/8

Ely Schools House Sub-CommitteeUC/9

Ely Schools Visiting CommitteeUC/10

Ely Schools Education Committee, minutes bookUC/11

Finance CommitteeUC/12

General Purposes Committee, minutes bookUC/13

Out-Relief Revisory CommitteeUC/14

Maintenance and Settlement CommitteeUC/15

Wages Committee, minutes bookUC/16

Workhouse House Committee, minutes bookUC/17

Workhouse Visiting CommitteeUC/18

Workhouse Visiting Committee and House CommitteeUC/19

Workhouse House CommitteeUC/20

Workhouse Hospital CommitteeUC/21

General purposes and building committees and various ad-hoc committees, minutesUC/22

All sub-committees, minutes bookUC/23

Agendas for Board of Guardians’ meetingsUC/24

Agendas and reports book for sub-committee meetingsUC/25

Lady visitorUC/26

Clerk’s petty cash account bookUC/27

Clerk’s petty cash bookUC/28

Register of officersUC/29

Weekly returns of number of paupersUC/30

Weekly returns to Local Government inspectors of persons receiving indoor and outdoor reliefUC/31

Outdoor relief order bookUC/32

Register of children maintained by the Guardians in institutions and schools other than those provided by the GuardiansUC/33

Records relating to settlement, non-settled poor accountsUC/34

Bye-laws of the Cardiff Union. Standing orders for the conduct of Board of Guardians meetings, as well as rules for outdoor relief of paupersUC/35

Sealed orders of Guardians with enclosed correspondence from the Local Government Board and other papersUC/36

Register of deeds and insurance policiesUC/37

Schedule of deeds of Union propertiesUC/38

Draft agreement between Glamorgan County Council and the Corporation of Cardiff, vesting freehold and leasehold property of the Cardiff Board of Guardians in the two Councils, with schedules of propertiesUC/39

Letter booksUC/40

Letter books, 'Sanctions'UC/41

Letter books, 'Specials'UC/42

Appointments and applications letter booksUC/43

Draft letterbooks (outward)UC/44

Abstracts [of accounts], Lists of Paupers and Year BooksUC/45

Abstracts of AccountsUC/46

Year booksUC/47

‘Medical and Relieving Officers’ Quarterly Returns etc’UC/48

‘Miscellaneous letters and documents’UC/49

CorrespondenceUC/50

Correspondence and miscellaneous papersUC/51

Invoices and receiptsUC/52

Invoices, receipts and estimatesUC/53

Cholera returnsUC/54

Evidence taken at an enquiry held by a committee of the Board of Guardians into the circumstances attending the confinement of Anne ArnottUC/55

Statistics regarding proposed division of the UnionUC/56

Papers relating to enquiry into method of remuneration of medical officersUC/57

Papers relating to the payment of school fees for pauper childrenUC/58

Testimonials and letters of applicationUC/59

Report on the Competition Drawings for the proposed workhouse enlargementUC/60

Papers regarding elections for school boards for Llancarfan, St. George and St. Brides-super-Ely, Cadoxton-juxta- Barry, Penarth, Roath, and WhitchurchUC/61

Papers re election for Penarth Local Board of HealthUC/62

Register of applications, tenders and plansUC/63

Printed noticesUC/64

Foster mother's journalUC/65

Non-Poor Law Functions of the Guardians: VaccinationUC/66

Vaccination registerUC/67

Papers relating to vaccination arrangementsUC/68

Rating Assessment CommitteeUC/69

Rating assessment and collection. Contracts and draft contracts for valuation of parishes of Eglwysilan and Llantwit FardreUC/70

Rating assessment and collection. Miscellaneous papers concerning assessment and valuation, including appeals against valuationsUC/71

Cogan parish rates booksUC/72

Llandough parish rates booksUC/73

Penarth parish rate booksUC/74

Rural Sanitary Authority, minutesUC/75

Rural Sanitary Authority, bye-laws made by the Board of GuardiansUC/76

Rural Sanitary Authority: Regulations under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act,1886, and the Dairies, Cow-sheds and Milk-Shops Order, 1885UC/77

Rural Sanitary Authority, bye-laws made by the Board of GuardiansUC/78

Rural Sanitary Authority, general ledgersUC/79

Rural Sanitary Authority, parochial ledgersUC/80

Rural Sanitary Authority, parochial ledgersUC/81

Rural Sanitary Authority, accounts bookUC/82

Rural Sanitary Authority, vouchersUC/83

Rural Sanitary Authority, water rateUC/84

Rural Sanitary Authority, cheque accountsUC/85

Rural Sanitary Authority, financial statementsUC/86

Rural Sanitary Authority, abstracts of accountsUC/87

Rural Sanitary Authority, rate book for parish of CadoxtonUC/88

Rural Sanitary Authority, register of plansUC/89

Rural Sanitary Authority, Medical Officer of HealthUC/90

Rural Sanitary Authority, Surveyor and Inspector of NuisancesUC/91

Report on the Proposed Extension of the Borough of Cardiff to the Rural Sanitary Authority of Cardiff Union by Arthur J. HarrisUC/92

Rural Sanitary Authority, River Pollution Report by the Surveyor and Inspector of NuisancesUC/93

Rural Sanitary Authority, letter booksUC/94

Rural Sanitary Authority, correspondence (inward)UC/95

Rural Sanitary Authority, letter books (inward)UC/96

Rural Sanitary Authority, papers relating to sewerage and water supply at LlandaffUC/97

Rural Sanitary Authority, papers relating to the opposition of the Rural Sanitary Authority to Cardiff Corporation Waterworks BillUC/98

Rural Sanitary Authority, papers and plans relating to sewerage and water supply in Dinas Powys and Cadoxton-juxta-BarryUC/99

Rural Sanitary Authority, papers relating to proceedings against the Cardiff and South Wales Manure Co LtdUC/100

Rural Sanitary Authority, specifications and bills of quantities for contracts for the sewerage of WhitchurchUC/101

Rural Sanitary Authority, miscellaneous papersUC/102

Rural Sanitary Authority, specifications submitted for approvalUC/103

Rural Sanitary Authority, public notices and handbillsUC/104

Rural Sanitary Authority, School Attendance CommitteeUC/105

Rural Sanitary Authority, gunpowder receiptsUC/106

Rural Sanitary Authority, Cardiff Union Cattle Plague Mutual Assurance AssociationUC/106-107

Cardiff Union Workhouse admission and discharge registerUC/108/1

Poor rates valuation and rates books, Whitchurch parishUC/109

Poor rates valuation and rates books, Llanishen parishUC/110

Poor rates valuation and rates books, Llandaff parishUC/111

Poor rates valuation and rates books, Llancarfan parishUC/112

Pendoylan parish poor rates bookUC/113

Llandaff parish survey for valuation listUC/114

Roath parish poor rates book. District no.2. Cathays, Park, Adamsdown, Newport Road areasUC/114A

Poor rates valuation and rates books, Van parishUC/115

Lavernock parish rates bookUC/116

Lisvane parish rates bookUC/117

Poor rates valuation and rates books, Barry parishUC/118

Poor rates valuation and rates books, Cadoxton parishUC/119

Rates valuation book, Merthyr Dyfan parishUC/120

Ordnance Survey PlansUC/121