The SA Committee for Crippled Children was formed in 1932 to raise funds for the assistance of families with children affected by ‘infantile paralysis’ or poliomyelitis (polio). After receiving part of a the 50,000 pound national ‘gift’ to crippled children from Lord Nuffield in 1935, several sub-committees were formed. These included the Preventative, Curative, Vocational,…
The Crippled Children’s Association of South Australia, formerly the Crippled Children’s Committee, was incorporated in 1939. It ran the Somerton Crippled Children’s Home and the Regency Park Centre. In 2004 the Association voted unanimously to change its name to Novita Children’s Services.
A miscellaneous collection of records from Kate Cocks Babies’ Home held by the State Library of South Australia. It includes a handwritten history of the Home written by Mrs Gladys Taylor, 1 envelope of correspondence from between 1970-1979, 1 envelope of balance sheets from 1964-1976 (also including an official Collector’s Badge) and 3 volumes of…
These indexes to correspondence received by the Destitute Poor Department, Destitute Person’s Department and the Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Department are held by State Records of South Australia.The indexes include name of writer, number of file, date of letter, date of receipt of letter and subject of letter i.e.. “W. Holmes, 137, 7/3/1900, 9/3/1900,…
The Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Carrieton, provided accommodation for Aboriginal children evacuated from the Northern Territory’s Garden Point Mission, Melville Island, during World War II. The evacuees were funded by the government and cared for by the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. In 1944, 34 girls and 7…
This series contains a volume that records details about patients admitted to the Northfield Consumptive Home, later the Morris Hospital. Information varies between patients, but generally includes name, date of admission, admission number, patient’s address, next of kin, age, religion, place of birth, length of residence in South Australia, occupation, doctor, duration of illness, where…
The Northfield Consumptive Home was opened in 1931 at Northfield to replace the Adelaide Hospital’s Consumptive Home on North Terrace. The Northfield Consumptive Home provided treatment to patients with advanced tuberculosis and cancer. These patients may have included children. It had beds for 112 patients. In 1936 the Northfield Consumptive Home was re-named the Morris…
The Morris Hospital was the name given to the former Northfield Consumptive Home at Northfield in 1936. Run by a board of management it provided treatment for patients, including children, suffering from tuberculosis and cancer. The hospital was taken over by the Department of Defence during World War II. It resumed caring for civilian patients…
The Northfield Wards of the Royal Adelaide Hospital was the name given to the former Northfield Infectious Diseases Hospital in 1948. Originally established to care for and isolate people suffering from infectious diseases, including polio and tuberculosis, the Northfield Wards began to admit patients with other ailments from the 1950s. Both children and adults were…
The Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) was the new name given to the Adelaide Hospital in 1939. It was located on North Terrace in Adelaide and was run by a board of management. From 1941 Northcote Home operated in conjunction with the RAH. From 1948 the Royal Adelaide Hospital ran the Northfield Wards of the Royal…
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