Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
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Public and Private Hospitals Division
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. Division of Public and Private Hospitals
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Public and Private Hospitals Division was created in 1951 within the Ontario Department of Health assuming the responsibilities for public and private hospitals from the Hospitals Division.
In 1956, the Public and Private Hospitals Division was replaced with the Ontario Hospital Services Commission.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Public and Private Hospitals Division administered the Ontario Public Hospitals Act and the Ontario Private Hospitals Act as well as provincial and federal capital grants to public and private hospitals for construction projects. It also screened and approved applications for licenses and renewals under the Private Hospitals Act through the Private Hospitals Board (including an increased number of nursing homes for the elderly in the 1950s). The Division encouraged hospitals to formulate and enact by-laws to improve the standard of care for patients.
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General context
Relationships area
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Access points area
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Epithet
Control area
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
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, 1950-1951
Maintenance notes
Not found in Canadiana
Archivist(s):
Marg McIntyre