| Description | Following the 1912 amalgamation of the three Unions, the area covered by them was divided into seventeen districts for the purposes of administering poor relief. Each district, depending on its size, would have had one or two Relieving Officers, whose job it was to investigate applications for relief. Having done so, the Officer would report his findings to the Sectional Relief committee responsible for the area, who would decide on the level of relief to be awarded in each case. - The minutes of the Sectional Relief committees survive, and are listed below. In GP B/2/7/7/1, the duties of the sectional committees are set out, along with the names of the Relieving Officers and the areas covered by each district. It should be noted that some of the committees cover more than one relief district. The volumes themselves contain information on all applications made for relief, and the final decision of the committees regarding them. - Sectional Relief committee no.1 covered the areas of Hockley and around New John Street, and operated from the Union's main offices on Edmund Street. |