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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2019-09-17 human Elizabeth Daniels updated 2019-11-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006575b.htm State Records South Australia Agency ID: GA83 corporateBody South Australian Hospitals Department State of South Australia AACR2 1940 1978 Regulatory Body Health Industry The Hospitals Department was created out of the Inspector General of Hospitals Office (1914 - 1940) in 1940. In 1977 the Hospitals Department alongside the Department of Public Health (1951 - 1977) became part of the South Australian Health Commission (1977 - 2004). It appears that the Hospitals Department played a significant oversight role in the operation and regulation of hospitals and 'asylums' in the state of South Australia. Towards the end of the 1930s enquiries were held into the treatment of people in psychiatric institutions, then known as asylums. These included a prominent 1938 inquiry in Western Australia. It is possible the creation of the Hospitals Department (1940 - 1978) was at least in part a result of changing attitudes towards and understanding of psychiatry and mental health.

The legislation relating to the formation of this department appears to be a 1939 amendment to the Mental Defectives Act 1913 a 1940 amendment to the Health Act 1935 - 1936 and the Public Services Act, 1936 -1938. There is also reference made to "Moseley's Royal Commission" presumably the 1938 Western Australian Royal Commission into the Heathcote Mental Reception Home and the Administration of Mental Hospitals Generally.

 South Australian Inspector General of Hospitals Office, State of South Australia (1914 - 1940) South Australian Health Commission, State of South Australia (1978 - 2008) State of South Australia (1901 - ) 'South Australian Hospitals Department', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology South Australian Hospitals Department Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: The Mental Defectives Act 1913 Governor and Legislative Council of South Australia The Mental Defectives Act 1913 Australasian Legal Information Institute (AUSTLII) 1913 Act 1913 No.1122 Newspaper Article: Inspector General Of Hospitals: Department To Be Discontinued - A New Department To Be Formed Inspector General Of Hospitals: Department To Be Discontinued - A New Department To Be Formed 1940 Northern Argus 5 Report: Report of the Royal Commissioner appointed to inquire into The Heathcote Mental Reception Home and the Administration of Mental Hospitals generally. Mosley, Henry Doyle Report of the Royal Commissioner appointed to inquire into The Heathcote Mental Reception Home and the Administration of Mental Hospitals generally. Perth, Western Australia Parliament of Western Australia 1938 Journal Article: From the 1870s to the 1970s: the Changing Face of Public Psychiatry in South Australia Bell, Maureen From the 1870s to the 1970s: the Changing Face of Public Psychiatry in South Australia 2003 Australasian Psychiatry 11 1 79-86 Resource Section: GA83 Hospitals Department GA83 Hospitals Department State Records of South Australia Agency Details, State Records of South Australia Resource Section: GRG78 Hospitals Department, and predecessors GRG78 Hospitals Department, and predecessors State Records of South Australia Agency Details, State Records of South Australia