The Superintending Medical Officer of Asylums was the first full-time position created to provide medical leadership at the Fremantle Asylum and Whitby Falls Hospital.
1901 - 1903? Superintending Medical Officer of Asylums
1904 - 1947 Inspector General of the Insane
1947 - 1966 Inspector General of Mental Hospitals
1966 - 1984 Director of Mental Health Services
Sources used to compile this entry: Ellis, A.S., Eloquent Testimony : the Story of the Mental Health Services in Western Australia, 1830-1975, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia, 1984. p.28..
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 23 April 2013, Last modified: 8 February 2019
Last updated: 17 October 2023
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