Ontario. Public Health Administration Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Public Health Administration Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Public Health Administration Division d

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1944-1952

      History

      The Public Health Administration Division was created in 1944 within the Ontario Department of Health.

      Although the Chief Medical Officer, J.T. Phair, had submitted a report under the title "Public Health Administration" in each printed annual report of the Department since 1939, the formal creation of a Public Health Administration Division did not occur until 1944. On the death of Deputy Minister of Health, B.T. McGhie, in 1945, Phair assumed the Deputy Minister position while retaining his Chief Medical Officer responsibilities. The new division was headed by DeWillett S. Puffer and R.G. Struthers.

      The Public Health Administration Division was replaced by the Health Units Branch in 1952.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Public Health Administration Division provided general medical and administrative consultative services to local boards of health in Ontario and their staffs. The Division also provided information and assistance to local groups interested in the establishment of Health Units and financial aid to public health personnel for training and skills upgrading.

      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. Public Health Administration Division

      Dates of relationship

      1944-1952

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Health Units Branch (1952-1960)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1487

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Health Units Branch is the successor of Ontario. Public Health Administration Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1419

      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

          Inventory RG 10

          Annual reports of the Department of Health, 1944-1952

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana

          Archivist(s):
          Marg McIntyre