Agency:
Department of Health Services
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Aug 1956
End Date:
17 Jul 1989
Description:
Administration and control of State Health Services~
Legislation Creating:
Health Services Act 1956 (53/1956)
Functions Performed:
Health care
Controlled Agencies:
| Ancillary Services Division (TA753) | 01 Jan 1984 | 31 Dec 1990 |
| State Health Laboratory (TA1949) | 01 Dec 1963 | 31 Dec 1980 |
| Division of Mental Health (TA12) | 01 Aug 1956 | 02 Apr 1963 |
| Nurses Registration Board (TA198) | 01 Jan 1927 | 31 Dec 1987 |
| Launceston General Hospital (TA442) | 01 Jan 1820 |
| St John's Park Hospital (TA443) | 01 Jan 1936 | 31 Dec 1994 |
| St Helens District Nursing Hospital (TA457) | 01 Jan 1948 |
| Queen Victoria Hospital (TA460) | 01 Jan 1952 | 31 Dec 1995 |
| Smithton District Hospital (TA461) | 01 Jan 1950 |
| Flinders District Hospital (TA467) | 01 Jan 1942 | 31 Dec 1981 |
| Mothercraft Home (TA468) | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1988 |
| Peter Mccallum Clinic (TA677) | 01 Jan 1952 | 31 Dec 1986 |
| Tuberculosis Division (TA679) | 01 Aug 1945 | 31 Dec 1976 |
| Government Analyst's Branch (TA750) | 01 Jul 1935 | 31 Dec 1957 |
| Public Health Division (TA751) | 07 Dec 1945 | 03 Feb 1993 |
| Hospital and Medical Services Division (TA755) | 07 Dec 1945 | 31 Dec 1990 |
| Scottsdale and Ringarooma Public Hospitals District Board (TA938) | 11 Jun 1929 | 01 Jul 1990 |
| Devon Public Hospitals District Board (TA940) | 24 Jul 1925 | 10 Jan 1958 |
| Meercroft Public Hospitals District Board (TA941) | 16 Dec 1949 | 10 Jan 1958 |
| St Marys Public Hospitals District Board (TA942) | 16 Dec 1949 | 19 Jun 1990 |
| Ulverstone Public Hospitals District Board (TA943) | 16 Dec 1949 | 12 Jan 1989 |
| Beaconsfield Public Hospitals District Board (TA944) | 16 Dec 1949 | 19 Jun 1990 |
| Burnie Public Hospitals District Board (TA945) | 11 Aug 1949 | 01 Dec 1965 |
| New Norfolk Public Hospitals District Board (1) (TA946) | 08 Oct 1948 | 25 Jun 1968 |
| Campbell Town and Ross Public Hospitals District Board (TA947) | 06 Sep 1945 | 19 Jun 1990 |
| Huon Public Hospitals District Board (TA948) | 21 May 1948 | 19 Jun 1990 |
| Zeehan Public Hospitals District Board (TA949) | 22 Mar 1946 | 10 Dec 1970 |
| King Island Public Hospitals District Board (TA950) | 12 Sep 1946 | 19 Jun 1990 |
| Smithton Public Hospitals District Board (TA952) | 19 Jul 1950 | 12 Jan 1989 |
| Longford Public Hospitals District Board (TA953) | 10 May 1950 | 19 Jun 1990 |
| Ouse Public Hospitals District Board (TA954) | 10 Jan 1956 | 09 Jul 1958 |
| Queenstown Public Hospitals District Board (TA956) | 06 Mar 1946 | 27 Sep 1983 |
| Rosebery Public Hospital District Board (TA957) | 14 May 1953 | 31 Dec 1998 |
| Hobart Public Hospitals District Board (TA959) | 29 May 1919 | 01 Jul 1991 |
| Launceston Public Hospitals District Board (TA961) | 29 May 1919 | 01 Jul 1991 |
| Wynyard Public Hospitals District Board (TA971) | 26 Jul 1951 | 01 Dec 1965 |
| District Nursing Service (Bush Nursing Association) (TA1110) | 01 Jan 1922 | 31 Dec 1968 |
| Evandale Hospital (TA2187) | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1979 |
| Technical Division (TA752) | 01 Jan 1958 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| Ouse/Hamilton Public Hospitals District Board (TA955) | 09 Jul 1958 | 19 Jun 1990 |
| Flinders Public Hospitals District Board (TA958) | 26 Mar 1959 | 03 Jun 1987 |
| Division of Psychiatric Services (TA13) | 02 Apr 1963 | 01 Jul 1968 |
| Mersey Public Hospitals District Board (TA963) | 10 Jan 1965 | 12 Jan 1989 |
| Burnie / Wynyard Public Hospitals District Board (TA964) | 01 Dec 1965 | 12 Jan 1989 |
| New Norfolk Public Hospitals District Board (2) (TA966) | 01 Feb 1970 | 29 Jun 1983 |
| St Helens Public Hospitals District Board (TA965) | 04 Mar 1976 | 19 Jun 1990 |
| Tasmanian Cancer Registry (TA1624) | 01 Jan 1977 |
| Interim Ambulance Authority (TA378) | 01 Nov 1977 | 31 Jan 1983 |
| Ambulance Tasmania (TA377) | 01 Jan 1983 |
| West Coast Public Hospitals District Board (TA972) | 28 Sep 1983 | 15 Sep 1990 |
| Department of Forensic Pathology (TA1948) | 01 Jan 1979 | 31 Dec 1995 |
| W P Holman Clinic (TA2026) | 01 Jan 1986 |
| Nursing Board of Tasmania (TA747) | 01 Jan 1987 | 30 Jun 2010 |
Previous Agencies:
| Department of Public Health (TA19) | 06 Jan 1904 | 01 Aug 1956 |
Related Agencies:
| Division of Mental Health (TA12) | 01 Aug 1956 | 02 Apr 1963 |
Subsequent Agencies:
| Department of Health (1) (TA770) | 17 Jul 1989 | 03 Feb 1993 |
Series Created By Agency:
| AG285 Film Acquired by the Agency |
| HSD3 Correspondence relating to the Government Medical Services Scheme. | 14 Jul 1935 | 03 Jul 1956 |
| HSD223 Advance Account Register of Receipts and Payments. | 01 Jan 1936 | 31 Dec 1958 |
| HSD21 Minute Papers for the Executive Council. | 01 Jan 1938 | 31 Dec 1957 |
| AD665 Patient Cards for Active Cases, including Separate Cards for Patients Who Died 1975-1977. | 01 Jan 1940 | 31 Dec 1979 |
| HSD224 Daily Journal of Monies received. | 01 Jan 1940 | 31 Dec 1961 |
| AD662 Chest Hospital Patient Cards. | 01 Jan 1942 | 31 Dec 1972 |
| AD663 Chest Hospital Patient Cards for Patients Not Seen for Ten Years or Longer. | 01 Jan 1942 | 31 Dec 1972 |
| AD666 Patient Cards for Repatriation Hospital Cases. | 01 Jan 1942 | 31 Dec 1963 |
| AC365 Laboratory Work Books. | 01 Jan 1948 | 31 Dec 1990 |
| AD653 Register of Land Held by Public Hospital Boards. | 01 Jan 1948 | 31 Dec 1975 |
| AE820 Minutes of the Oatlands Bush Nursing Hospital Women's Auxiliary | 04 Mar 1949 | 27 Sep 1965 |
| HSD180 Director General of Medical Services' Notes and Correspondence relating to Tours of Hospitals, Bush Nursing Centres and Medical Officers' Residences. | 01 Jan 1952 | 31 Dec 1962 |
| AG86 General Correspondence - North-West | 01 Jan 1955 | 28 Jan 2010 |
| AC697 Reports, Plans, Reviews and Other Working Papers | 01 Jan 1958 | 31 Dec 2006 |
| AE407 School Medical Health Cards of Children Born in 1961 and Coded Ab in the 1968 Tasmanian Asthma Survey | 01 Jan 1961 | 31 Dec 1961 |
| HSD225 Receipts Cash Book. | 01 Jan 1961 | 31 Dec 1969 |
| AB260 Dunnalley District Nursing Centre, Daily Register of Visits. | 01 Jan 1963 | 31 Dec 1973 |
| AB265 Student Dental Record Cards (Srd). | 01 Jan 1967 | 31 Dec 1985 |
| AC860 International Standard Classification of Diseases | 01 Jan 1967 | 31 Dec 1978 |
| AD803 Register for Files Not Yet Located | 01 Jan 1975 | 31 Dec 1989 |
| AD658 Files relating to Staff and Staff Administration. | 01 Jan 1976 | 31 Dec 1992 |
| AE288 Assessment Centre Case Files (Launceston) | 01 Feb 1976 | 12 Dec 1990 |
| AD660 Ministerial Correspondence. | 01 May 1980 | 30 Apr 1982 |
| AD659 Files relating to Aged and Disability Services. | 01 Jan 1981 | 31 Dec 1994 |
| AG347 Policy and Procedure Files - South | 30 Mar 1984 | 31 Dec 1999 |
| AG91 Policy Files - North-West | 16 Aug 1988 | 08 Jan 2007 |