VPRS 18866 Applications for Indoor Relief

This series comprises volumes of applications for indoor relief. The Bendigo Benevolent Asylum (VA 1275) and its successor bodies provided for the support of indoor patients who were in destitute circumstances. To be admitted, applicants were required to obtain a written certificate from a subscriber to the Asylum. Applications were to be lodged with the Superintendent by 2:00pm on Tuesday each week and were then considered by the Committee of Management sitting that same day. Decisions of the committee are included in the minutes of the weekly meetings of the Committee of Management (VPRS 18859). The information recorded on the applications included: - Name - Age - Marital status - Children - Employment/situation in life - Birth place.