Inward Correspondence and Registered subject files - Multiple number system

The files cover a wide range of subjects and relate to all departments of the Council. This system was created in 1957 (to replace series 1/5/3) and continued in operation until 1994, when it was replaced by the corporate-wide block-numeric classification system created by the Records Office of City Enterprises Unit. Held together by a metal pin in the top left hand corner of the file. Some papers from an earlier filing systems (series 1/5/2 and 1/5/3) were placed on these files. For indexes of inwards correspondence see series 1/6. For indexes of file numbers and file titles see series 1/7. Include: Inwards and outwards correspondence; Copies of reports considered by councillors at committee meetings and Council meetings; Copies of submissions made to Ministers of the Crown Committees of Parliament and the local Government Commission; Extracts from the minutes of Council meetings and Committee meetings; Newspaper cuttings