Corporate Body

Tasmanian Mental Diseases Hospital Department (1915 - 1920)

State of Tasmania

From: 1915
To: 1920
Functions: Hospitals or Clinics and Regulatory Body
Reference No: Tasmanian Archives Agency ID: TA876

Summary

In 1915 the Hospital for the Insane Department (1907 - 1915) was replaced by the Mental Diseases Hospital Department (1915 - 1920). This department was responsible for the Mental Diseases Hospital at New Norfolk until 1920 when responsibility was passed back to the Department of Public Health (1904 - 1956) in 1920. A sub-department within the Department of Public Health (1904 - 1956) was created in 1945 called the Division of Mental Hygiene (1945 - 1956) which operated until 1956.

Timeline

1886 - 1904 Tasmanian Central Board of Health
1915 - 1920 Tasmanian Mental Diseases Hospital Department
       1904 - 1956 Tasmanian Department of Public Health
             1907 - 1915 Tasmanian Hospital for the Insane Department
                   1915 - 1920 Tasmanian Mental Diseases Hospital Department
                         1904 - 1956 Tasmanian Department of Public Health

Superior

State of Tasmania (1901 - )

Published resources

Resource Sections

'TA876 Mental Diseases Hospital Department', in Agency Details, Libraries Tasmania, Government of Tasmania. https://stors.tas.gov.au/AI/TA876. Details

Elizabeth Daniels

Created: 26 November 2019

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