South Australian Inspector General of Hospitals Office (1914 - 1940)

Summary

In 1914 the Inspector General of Hospitals Office was established, the same year the Colonial Surgeons Office (1836 - 1914) was abolished. Although the formation of this agency requires further research the role of Inspector General a 1913 piece of legislation called The Mental Defectives Act 1913 makes provision for the Governor to "appoint a medical practitioner to be Inspector-General of Hospitals" (p.19). There is little information on how this role differed from the Colonial Surgeon. In 1940 the Inspector General of Hospitals Office was abolished under the Public Services Act 1936 - 1938 and the Hospitals Department created.

Related entries

Timeline

 1836 - 1914 South Australian Colonial Surgeons Office
       1914 - 1940 South Australian Inspector General of Hospitals Office
             1940 - 1978 South Australian Hospitals Department
                   1978 - 2008 South Australian Health Commission
                         2004 - 2012 South Australian Department of Health
                               2012 - 2018 South Australian Department of Health and Ageing
                                     2018 - South Australian Department of Health and Wellbeing

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Bell, Maureen, 'From the 1870s to the 1970s: the Changing Face of Public Psychiatry in South Australia', Australasian Psychiatry, 11 (1) (2003), 79-86. Details

Newspaper Articles

• 'Inspector General Of Hospitals: Department To Be Discontinued - A New Department To Be Formed', Northern Argus (1940), 5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97258507. Details

Resources

• Governor and Legislative Council of South Australia, The Mental Defectives Act 1913, Act 1913 No.1122, Legislation, Australasian Legal Information Institute (AUSTLII), 1913. https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/num_act/tmda1122o1913244.pdf. Details

Resource Sections

• 'GRG78 Hospitals Department, and predecessors', in Agency Details, State Records of South Australia, State Records of South Australia. Details
• 'GA2047 Inspector General of Hospitals Office, later Department', in Agency Details, State Records of South Australia, State Records of South Australia. Details