The Prisoners Record Books, dated 1890 to 1962, are from Campbell Street Gaol. They contain each inmate’s physical description and photograph, place and date of birth, religion, standard of education and marital status. There is information about offences and sentences, including the dates and places of sentences served outside Tasmania. Access Conditions These records are…
The North Western General Hospital, run by the government, opened in 1965 following an amalgamation with the Burnie General Hospital and the Spencer Public Hospital in Wynyard. In the mid 1990s the North Western General Hospital became the North West Regional Hospital.
The Admission Register, dated 1928 to 1975, came from the Spencer Public Hospital in Wynyard and its successor, the North Western General Hospital. It includes the patient’s name, age, next of kin, address, occupation, religion, native place, admission date, discharge date, number of days in hospital, the rate they paid per day, and the operation…
Spencer Public Hospital in Goldie Street, Wynyard, opened in 1918.Initially, it had a locally appointed board but, in 1929, the state government took the Hospital over along with the supervision of its board. In 1944, a new building opened for general hospital patients while the old buildings were retained for maternity care. In 1965, Spencer…
The Department of Health replaced the Department of Health Services in 1989. The new Department was responsible for public health. In 1993, the Departments of Health and Community Services amalgamated to form the Department of Health and Community Services.
Burnie General Hospital, run by the government, opened in August 1951. Its maternity beds remained at the former Darwin Private Hospital, now a part of the new hospital. In 1965, the Burnie General Hospital merged with the Spencer Public Hospital in Wynyard to become the North Western General Hospital.
Darwin Private Hospital, run by a group of doctors, opened in Burnie in 1933. It had 20 general and 10 maternity beds. The government bought Darwin Private Hospital in 1950 and it became part of the new Burnie General Hospital in 1951.
Maternity Homes were institutions that provided residential accommodation to pregnant women, usually single women, and they often functioned (officially or not) as adoption agencies. Women gave birth in maternity homes attended by a midwife. Many maternity homes were also ‘rescue homes’ which tried to reform the young mothers. These institutions were sometimes known as lying-in…
The Patient Files-Maternity dated from 1950 to 1958. They came from the Meercroft Hospital in Devonport and the Devon Public Hospital in Latrobe. The files were selected from the patient records of the Mersey General Hospital, which succeeded the other two Hospitals, because their Labour Ward Books for this period could not be found. Access…
The Mersey General Hospital, run by the government, opened in 1958 at La Trobe. It was an amalgamation of the Devon Public Hospital in Latrobe and the Meercroft Hospital in Devonport. The maternity sections remained in Devonport. In 1995, the state government sold the Mersey to Health Care Australia P/L and it became the Mersey…
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