Agency:
Board of Management of the Launceston General Hospital
Agency Number:
Start Date:
31 Dec 1878
End Date:
03 Jun 1919
Description:
Prior to 1878 the the Hospital was managed by a Board of Trustees, first appointed in 1854. The Act established the Board and vested the management of the Hospital in it. The constitution of the Board was varied by amending legislation in 1882 and 1900. The Hospitals Act 1918 introduced a measure of centralised control over hospital administration and when Section 9 was proclaimed on 3 June 1919 this Board was replaced by the Board of the Launceston Public Hospitals District.~
Legislation Administered:
Launceston General Hospital Act 1878 (42 Vict No.15 as amended by 46 Vict No.21 and 64 Vict No.24) (repealed 1919)
Legislation Creating:
Launceston General Hospital Act 1878 (42 Vict No.15)
Functions Performed:
Health care
Controlled Agencies:
| Launceston General Hospital (TA442) | 01 Jan 1820 |
Subsequent Agencies:
| Launceston Public Hospitals District Board (TA961) | 29 May 1919 | 01 Jul 1991 |
Series Created By Agency:
| AB614 Register of Board of Management Membership. | 01 Jan 1879 | 31 Dec 1927 |
| AB587 Minutes of Meetings of the Board of Management. | 20 Jan 1879 | 14 Jul 1949 |
| AB620 Government Monies Cash Book. | 23 Jun 1879 | 12 Apr 1887 |
| AB595 Miscellaneous Correspondence. | 01 Jan 1880 | 31 Dec 1934 |
| AB621 Endowment Account Cash Book. | 02 Feb 1881 | 25 Mar 1887 |
| AB622 Samaritan Fund Cash Book. | 02 Nov 1885 | 01 Mar 1887 |
| AB594 Letterbook of the Board of Management. | 11 Sep 1886 | 30 Aug 1905 |
| AB619 Bequests and Donations Fund Cash Book. | 25 Mar 1887 | 30 Jun 1942 |
| AB626 Children's Cottage Hospital Fund Cash Book. | 20 Aug 1892 | 01 Apr 1915 |
| AB628 Nurses' Recreation Fund Cash Book. | 20 Aug 1892 | 31 Mar 1913 |
| AB625 Children's Convalescent Home Fund Cash Book. | 22 Dec 1892 | 28 Feb 1915 |
| AB588 Minutes of Meetings of the Visiting Committee. | 05 Dec 1898 | 10 Apr 1951 |
| AB589 Minutes of Meetings of the Finance Committee. | 05 Dec 1898 | 12 May 1919 |
| AB627 Gibson's Convalescent Home Fund Cash Book. | 28 Feb 1902 | 31 Mar 1915 |
| AB623 Samaritan Fund Disbursements [Srd]. | 11 Mar 1903 | 09 Aug 1904 |
| AB629 Ambulance Fund Cash Book. | 02 Sep 1910 | 28 Feb 1915 |
| AB624 Ledger of Various Bequests and Donation Funds. | 01 Jan 1915 | 31 Dec 1950 |