Ontario. Medical Statistics Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Medical Statistics Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Medical Statistics Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Office of Public Health and Medical Statistics

    • Ontario. Division of Medical Statistics

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    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1936-1966

    History

    The Medical Statistics Branch was created in 1936 within the Ontario Department of Health. It was under the direction of Alfred Hardisty Sellers.

    The branch was subject to a number of minor name changes during its existence. It was originally known as the Office of Public Health and Medical Statistics, but was renamed the Division of Medical Statistics soon after. In 1945 it became known as the Medical Statistics Branch. In 1952 it was renamed again as the Division of Medical Statistics. In 1959, it again became known as the Medical Statistics Branch.

    When the Department of Health underwent a major reorganization in 1966, the Medical Statistics Branch was disbanded and replaced by the Health Statistics Service under the new Research and Planning Branch.

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Medical Statistics Branch provided advisory and consultative services to the Ontario Department of Health in the compilation, analysis, interpretation and application of mental health, cancer, and vital health statistical data. It also conducted special studies and surveys.

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    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. Medical Statistics Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1936-1966

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Health. Research and Planning Branch (1966-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1508

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Health. Research and Planning Branch is the successor of Ontario. Medical Statistics Branch

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    Description of relationship

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    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1520

    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

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        Sources

        Annual reports of the Department of Health, 1936-1966

        Inventory RG 10

        Maintenance notes

        Canadiana

        Archivist(s):
        Marg McIntyre