The Department of Health replaced the Department of Health Services in 1989. The new Department was responsible for public health. In 1993, the Departments of Health and Community Services amalgamated to form the Department of Health and Community Services.
Burnie General Hospital, run by the government, opened in August 1951. Its maternity beds remained at the former Darwin Private Hospital, now a part of the new hospital. In 1965, the Burnie General Hospital merged with the Spencer Public Hospital in Wynyard to become the North Western General Hospital.
Darwin Private Hospital, run by a group of doctors, opened in Burnie in 1933. It had 20 general and 10 maternity beds. The government bought Darwin Private Hospital in 1950 and it became part of the new Burnie General Hospital in 1951.
Maternity Homes were institutions that provided residential accommodation to pregnant women, usually single women, and they often functioned (officially or not) as adoption agencies. Women gave birth in maternity homes attended by a midwife. Many maternity homes were also ‘rescue homes’ which tried to reform the young mothers. These institutions were sometimes known as lying-in…
The Patient Files-Maternity date from 1950 to 1958. They came from the Meercroft Hospital in Devonport and the Devon Public Hospital in Latrobe. The files were selected from the patient records of the Mersey General Hospital, which succeeded the other two Hospitals, because their Labour Ward Books for this period could not be found. Access…
The Mersey General Hospital, run by the government, opened in 1958 at La Trobe. It was an amalgamation of the Devon Public Hospital in Latrobe and the Meercroft Hospital in Devonport. The maternity sections remained in Devonport. In 1995, the state government sold the Mersey to Health Care Australia P/L and it became the Mersey…
Meercroft Hospital opened as a convalescent home in Devonport in 1925. It was run by the Devonport Municipality until 1947, and then by the government. The work of the Hospital included maternity services from which adoptions are likely to have taken place. In 1958, Meercroft Hospital merged with the Mersey General Hospital. In 1920, Mr…
Devon Public Hospital opened in 1888 in Latrobe as the Devon Cottage Hospital. Initially, it was a private hospital but, on 24 July 1925, the government took it over. Although babies tended to be born at home, the Hospital’s work included maternity services from which adoptions are likely to have taken place. On 10 January…
The Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital, initially run by its own Association and later by the government, opened in 1897. It provided maternity services to women in northern Tasmania. Adoptions took place from the Hospital. It closed in 1993. The Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital was an initiative of women’s groups, supported by Lady Gormanston, the wife…
The Personal Information Protection (PIP) Act 2004 came into effect on 5 September 2005. Its purpose is to protect the privacy of individuals by controlling the ways in which the government can collect, keep, use, and release records containing sensitive personal information that clearly identifies an individual. The Act also enables individuals to access that…
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