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Division of Maternal and Child Hygiene and Public Health Nursing
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Ontario. Bureau of Child Welfare
Ontario. Child Welfare Branch
Ontario. Maternal and Child Welfare Branch
Ontario. Division of Child Welfare
Ontario. Division of Child Hygiene and Public Health Nursing
Ontario. Division of Child Hygiene
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The Division of Maternal and Child Hygiene and Public Health Nursing was created in 1920 within the Ontario Provincial Board of Health. The newly created Department of Health took over responsibility for the division in 1924.
In 1925, changes to the Public School Act transferred school health activities, that had been performed by the Department of Education's Division of School Hygiene, to the Department of Health. Dr. John T. Phair, who had been the Department of Education's Chief School Medical Officer, was transferred to Health to head the Maternal and Child Health Branch. In 1931, Edna Moore was appointed Chief Public Health Nurse for the province and was given responsibility for the organization and direction of the provincial public health nurses.
The Division of Maternal and Child Hygiene and Public Health Nursing ceased to exist on April 1, 1944 when it was divided into a new Division of Maternal and Child Hygiene (to become the Maternal and Child Health Branch) and the Divison of Public Health Nursing (to become the Public Health Nursing Branch).
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The Division of Maternal and Child Hygiene and Public Health Nursing provided consultative services to public hospitals in Ontario regarding equipment and nursing techniques in obstetrical units and newborn nurseries. It also collected and analyzed data in order to reduce maternal and infant mortality.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Board of Health/Department of Health Annual reports, 1916-1944.
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Bob Krawczyk