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Hospitals Division
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Ontario. Hospitals Branch
Ontario. Mental Hospitals Division
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The Hospitals Division was created in 1931 within the Ontario Department of Health, assuming the responsibilities for psychiatric facilities from the Office of the Inspector of Prisons and Public Charities (Department of the Provincial Secretary).
Despite the attachment to the Department of Health, the mental health function remained somewhat separate from the rest of health administration. Until 1950, the Hospitals Division produced its own detailed annual reports which included individual reports from each psychiatric hospital superintendent. It was only after 1950 that the Department of Health began to include a brief segment in its annual report regarding the administration of mental health.
In 1950, the mental health function of the Hospitals Division was replaced with the Mental Health Division and in 1951 its responsibility for public and private hospitals was replaced with the Public and Private Hospitals Division.
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The Hospitals Division administered and maintained Ontario's psychiatric hospitals and inspected the province's public and private hospitals. With the passage of the Mental Health Act in 1935, the Division also administered legislation relating to mental health.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Annual reports of the Ontario Department of Health, 1931-1951
Annual reports of the Hospitals Division, 1931-1949
Maintenance notes
Not found in Canadiana
Archivist(s):
Marg McIntyre