A Pathalogical Laboratory was established at the Hospital, as part of the Department of Public Health as from the 1 July 1936. Dr C A Duncan being appointed to the position of Government Pathologist.;;At the end of 1963 the laboratory at the RHH moved to new quarters in the Out - Patients building giving more space and better working conditions. The old space was used to establish a new State Health Laboratory. ;;From the 1 August 1970 the Pathology Department of the Royal Hobart Hospital came under the control of a Committee known as the Pathology Services Committee. The previous Department of Pathology was divided into four departments, each with its own Director. These four departments shall be co-ordinated into a 'Pathology Services Department';;