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Special Health Services Branch
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The Special Health Services Branch was created in 1966 within the Ontario Department of Health, assuming the responsibilities of the former Public Health Nursing Branch. It formed part of the Public Health Division.
The Branch included the following Services: Epidemiology (which included the Communicable Disease Control Section, VD Control Section and Food Control and Zoonoses Section); Maternal and Child Health; Tuberculosis Prevention; Emergency Health (until 1967); Medical Rehabilitation and Chronic Care; Nutrition; and Drugs and Biologicals.
The Special Health Services Branch moved from the Department of Health to the Ministry of Health on April 1, 1972. On April 1, 1973, the Special Health Services Branch ceased to exist, and its functions were widely dispersed through the new ministerial structure.
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The Special Health Services Branch provided consultation and advice on medical and clinical activities to local health agencies, public health physicians, voluntary and professional associations and other Ontario government departments. It provided an epidemiology service, maternal and child health service, a tuberculosis prevention service, an emergency health service, a medical rehabilitation and chronic care service, and a nutrition service.
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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, 1966-1972
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Not found in Canadiana
Archivist(s):
Marg McIntyre