State Government of New South Wales
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.
1866 - 1888 Inspector of Public Charities
1888 - 1911 Department of Charitable Institutions
1911 - 1913 Metropolitan Hospitals and Charities Department
1913 - 1938 Office of the Director-General of Public Health
1938 - 1973 Department of Public Health
1973 - 1982 Health Commission
1982 - Health Department
Sources used to compile this entry: Department of Public Health [II], State Records Authority of New South Wales website, State of New South Wales through the State Records Authority of NSW 2016. Also available at https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/51; 'Grosvenor Centre', in State Records Authority of New South Wales website, State of New South Wales through the State Records Authority of NSW 2016, https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/6529; 'Hospitals Commission of New South Wales', in State Records Authority of New South Wales website, State of New South Wales through the State Records Authority of NSW 2016, https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/3067; 'Waterfall Sanatorium', in State Records Authority of New South Wales website, State of New South Wales through the State Records Authority of NSW 2016, https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/1995; Women's Hospital, Crown Street, State Records Authority of New South Wales website, State of New South Wales through the State Records Authority of NSW 2016. Also available at https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/1219.
Prepared by: Naomi Parry
Created: 6 May 2014, Last modified: 25 November 2014
Last updated: 4 August 2023
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