| Description | These books provide lists of the applications for relief considered by the Guardians' Committee in one or more financial years, a separate book being kept for each district in the area. Each book is subdivided into the district's constituent parishes. Each entry comprises case paper no., application date, number of dependent children (often with names and ages), age of applicant, place of residence, occupation, reason for seeking relief, a note of income and outgoings, description of relief given. |