Ontario. Local Health Services Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Local Health Services Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Local Health Services Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1966-1973

      History

      The Local Health Services Branch was created in 1966 within the Ontario Department of Health assuming several functions from the Public Health Nursing and Public Health Administration Branches. It formed part of the Public Health Division.

      The Branch consisted of an executive office and five regional offices located in London, Hamilton, Kingston and Toronto (two offices). The offices were staffed by Senior Consultants in public health dentistry, education, inspection, and nursing.

      The Local Health Services Branch became part of the new Ministry of Labour on April 1, 1972. On August 1, 1973, the branch was replaced with the Health Promotion Branch within the Community Health Division.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Local Health Services Branch facilitated the delivery of public health services in Ontario and provided consultative advice to local health agencies. It also assisted in the training of health personnel and the development of public health research.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Health (1924-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA37

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Health controls Ontario. Local Health Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1966-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Health (1972-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA42

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Health controls Ontario. Local Health Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1973

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Public Health Nursing Branch (1944-1966)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1514

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Public Health Nursing Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Local Health Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Public Health Administration Branch (1960-1966)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1488

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Public Health Administration Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Local Health Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Health Promotion Branch (1973-1978)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1517

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Health Promotion Branch is the successor of Ontario. Local Health Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1516

      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

          Annual reports of the Department of Health, 1966-1972

          Inventory RG 10

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana

          Archivist(s):
          Marg McIntyre