| AdminHistory | Volumes in this series record the names of children who were adopted by the Board of Guardians or, after 1930, where the City Council assumed parental rights for them.
The first two volumes in this series relate to the original Birmingham Board of Guardians. In 1912 this board amalgamated with the Kings Norton and Aston Poor Law Unions to form the Birmingham Union.
From 1930 the responsibility for administering the Poor Law passed from the Board of Guardians to Birmingham City Council (the Public Assistance Committee for Summer Hill Homes and the Education Committee for all other homes and boarding out). Following the Children Act 1948 the Poor Law was abolished and responsibility for children in care was passed to the new Children's Committee. |