Ontario. Central Board of Health

Identity area

Type of entity

Higher-level Ontario government office (type B)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Central Board of Health

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Central Board of Health

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1873-1882

      History

      The Public Health Act of March 29, 1873 permitted the Lieutenant Governor to establish by proclamation, a "Central Board of Health" to deal with disease if it reached epidemic proportions. Once established the Board would have the power to issue regulations before the Legislative Assembly it deemed necessary for the control of the epidemic. Once the epidemic was over, the Board would then be dismissed. However, no proclamations were made, and a Central Board was never established. After 1882, the responsibility of dealing with an epidemic, if one should arise, became a function of the Provincial Board of Health. The empowerment of the Provincial Board of Health to issue regulations directly to the Legislative Assembly during an epidemic, would still however, have to be given by proclamation by the Lieutenant Governor.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Central Board of Health was empowered to issue regulations as necessary for the control of epidemics.

      Address

      Act respecting the Public Health, Statutes of Ontario 1873, Chap 43

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Provincial Board of Health of Ontario (1882-1924)

      Identifier of related entity

      BA27

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Provincial Board of Health of Ontario is the successor of Ontario. Central Board of Health

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      BA28

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Bishop, Olga. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1867-1900 (1976)

          MacTaggart, Hazel I. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1901-1955 (1964)

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger