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New South Wales - Organisation
Department of Public Health (1938 - 1973)
State Government of New South Wales
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- 1938
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- 1973
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The New South Wales Department of Public Health was established as a separate ministerial department by the New South Wales Government in 1938. It held responsibility for general hospitals (previously under the Colonial Secretary's Department), mental hospitals (previously under the Master of Lunacy), and the Office of Public Health. From 1965 this Department contained a Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, which was an amalgamation of the School Medical Service (begun in 1907) and the Division of Maternal and Baby Welfare (begun in 1914). According to State Records, in its later years this Department was often called the Department of Health, but the title was never officially changed. In April 1973 this Department was replaced with the Health Commission.
Timeline
- 1913 - 1938
- Office of the Director-General of Public Health
- 1938 - 1973
- Department of Public Health
- 1973 - 1982
- Health Commission
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