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Maternal and Child Health Branch
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Ontario. Division of Maternal and Child Hygiene
Ontario. Division of Maternal and Child Health
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The Maternal and Child Health Branch was created on 1 April, 1944, when the Division of Maternal and Child Hygiene and Public Health Nursing was divided into the Division of Public Health Nursing and the Division of Maternal and Child Hygiene, which later became known as the Maternal and Child Health Branch.
When the Department of Health was reorganized in 1966, the Maternal and Child Health Branch was dissolved and was replaced by the Special Health Services Branch in the new Public Health Division.
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The Maternal and Child Health Branch provided consultative services to public hospitals 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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Annual reports of the Department of Health, 1931-1966
Inventory RG 10
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Not found in Canadiana
Archivist(s):
Marg McIntyre