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Agency:
Royal Hobart Hospital
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1820
Description:
Originally established by the Imperial Government to service the convict population, the Colonial Hospital opened in late 1820. Although it also treated the civil population it was not until the transfer of assets and responsible government that it became a General Hospital.;;;;A committee under the chairmanship of the Colonial Secretary was responsible for the hospital from 1859 until 1878, when legislation provided for a Board of Management. In 1919, as part of wider changes to the health-care system, the Board was replaced by the Board of the newly-created Hobart Public Hospitals District.;;;;Hobart General became the Royal Hobart Hospital in 1936 and was accredited as a teaching hospital in 1968.;;;;Unlike boards in most rural districts the Hobart Board was also responsible for a number of specialist hospitals and centres and some of these came to be closely associated with the Royal. One, the Queen Alexandra Hospital, was effectively absorbed by the Royal. It had begun as a private maternity hospital in Battery Point. In September 1980 it moved into a new building on the Royal Hobart site and may be said to have become a part of the Royal from that date (if not earlier). The Queen Alex closed its doors early in 1999 and the building was refurbished for the co-location of a private hospital with the Royal.;;;;The Australian Red Cross Society established the Lady Clark Rehabilitation Centre at Claremont for orthopaedic patients. In July 1950 the government bought the site and handed its management to the Royal even though it was to treat patients from all over Tasmania. In October 1980 control of the centre was transferred to the District Board which merged it with Wingfield House at New Town to form the Douglas Parker Rehabilitation Centre.;;;;On 1 July 1995 the Repatriation General Hospital was amalgamated with the Royal Hobart Hospital.;;;;The Royal Derwent Hospital closed in November 2000 with most patients being cared for in community settings but a ward was established within the Royal Hobart to treat acute psychiatric cases.
Legislation Creating:
Administrative action (Imperial).
Functions Performed:
Health care
Previous Agencies:
Queen Alexandra Hospital for Women (TA459)01 Jan 190531 Aug 1980

Royal Derwent Hospital (TA465)01 Jan 182730 Nov 2000
Series Created By Agency:
AE673 Photographs01 Jan 182031 Dec 1984

AE623 Annual Reports (Printed)01 Jan 186031 Dec 1991

HSD145 Return of Deaths (Death Book).01 Jan 186431 Mar 1943

HSD146 Requisitions for Coffins for Pauper Interments.11 Feb 186421 Jan 1876

HSD118 Minutes of Meetings of the Board of Management.19 Feb 187720 Dec 1967

HSD119 Minutes of Meetings of the Building Committee.26 Mar 187702 Aug 1880

HSD120 Minutes of Meetings of the Finance Committee.13 Jun 187717 Aug 1936

HSD115 Letterbooks of the Secretary and Chairman of the General Hospital Board13 Sep 187713 Aug 1919

HSD121 Minutes of Meetings of the Medical Committee.12 Jun 187926 Feb 1917

AF391 Hospital Committees' Order Book01 Nov 187918 Oct 1895

AF531 Transparencies and Negatives01 Jan 188031 Dec 1988

HSD122 Minutes of Meetings of the Visiting Committee - Later the House Comittee25 Mar 188130 Jan 1957

HSD124 Register of Patients and Fees paid.01 Jan 188531 Dec 1898

HSD148 Letterbooks of Orders, Requisitions for Goods and Services.25 Sep 188601 May 1897

HSD117 Letterbooks relating to Hospital Fees.22 May 188918 Jul 1902

HSD123 Reports of Various Committees.08 Sep 189308 Sep 1899

HSD144 Monthly Returns of the Sick.01 May 189431 Mar 1915

HSD157 Abstracts of Receipts and Expenditure.01 Jan 189528 Feb 1919

AF379 Minutes of Meetings of the Advisory Commmittee29 Nov 189505 Oct 1914

HSD149 Employees' Wages Books.01 Sep 189931 Dec 1940

HSD134 Register of Post-Mortem Examinations.07 May 190507 Mar 1910

HSD128 Operation Registers02 Oct 190628 Sep 1999

AF574 Architectural Drawings01 Jan 190931 Dec 1988

HSD130 Register of Applications for Treatment - Outpatients' Department.16 Oct 191126 Feb 1932

HSD127 Admission Registers18 Nov 191230 Sep 1939

AF239 Register of All Applications received for Appointment of Nursing Staff01 Jan 191320 Sep 1973

HSD116 Letterbook of the Surgeon Superintendent.26 Oct 191731 Jul 1919

HSD158 Abstracts of Provisions received.01 Jun 191831 Jul 1930

HSD156 Inwards Day Book, Purchases.06 Dec 191827 Jun 1924

HSD126 Casebooks, Womens' Hospital.12 Jun 191906 Apr 1932

AF399 Memorabilia and Histories01 Jan 192031 Dec 1995

HSD129 X-Ray Books.02 May 192331 Aug 1954

HSD136 Record of Radium Treatments.21 Aug 192521 Feb 1935

HSD125 Casebooks, Mens' Hospital.09 Jun 192606 Aug 1936

AE566 Minutes of the Medical Advisory Committee28 Oct 193017 May 1957

HSD135 Record of Laboratory Examinations.01 Oct 193405 May 1936

AF242 Record of Attendance at Lectures20 Jul 193609 May 1969

HSD138 Report Book, Mens' Medical Ward.24 Sep 193607 Mar 1937

AF572 Formal Albums of Photographs01 Jan 193901 Jan 1970

AF249 Address Register of Nurses01 Jan 194031 Dec 1950

HSD154 Hobart Public Hospital Boards' Special Account Books.07 Feb 194430 Jun 1960

AF246 Medical Register of Nurses in Training01 May 194405 Jul 1968

AF392 Instruction Book - Hall Porters and Telephonists16 Jun 194410 May 1960

AF247 Nursing State Final Exam Register01 Sep 194606 Oct 1966

AF244 Student Nurse Roll Book08 May 194710 Sep 1949

AF378 Mortuary Register03 Nov 195021 Nov 1966

AF245 Record of Hospital Employees01 Jan 195124 May 1965

HSD141 Accident Case Reports (for Workers' Compensation, Medical Benefits Fund).01 Jan 195131 Jan 1954

AF256 Nursing Results19 Jan 195101 Jul 1997

HSD142 Tuberculosis and Poliomyelitis Notifications.01 Jan 195231 Dec 1955

HSD147 Attendance Book - Visiting Staff.01 Jan 195202 Dec 1971

HSD153 Secretarys' Advance Account Books.13 Mar 195231 Jul 1958

HSD133 Dangerous Drugs Registers.01 Jul 195431 Dec 1966

HSD137 Inpatients' Physiotherapy Record.01 Nov 195426 Dec 1955

AE767 Alphabetical Admission Register - Maternity01 Jan 195531 Dec 1980

AE768 Maternity Patient Records01 Jan 195531 Dec 1980

AF78 Patient Master Index01 Jan 195531 Dec 1982

AE766 Register of Babies Born01 Jul 195531 Dec 1985

HSD140 Surgical Reports.03 Aug 195624 Nov 1966

AF248 Register of Reports01 Jan 196005 Jul 1968

AF257 Nurses Preliminary Training School Lists with Photographs01 Jan 196001 Aug 1989

AF450 Urology Treatment Registers01 Jan 196431 Dec 1984

HSD139 Medical Reports.09 Jul 196526 Sep 1966

HSD143 Dangerous Drugs - Sedation Book.09 Apr 196618 Dec 1966

AF241 Register of Aplications for Positions - Maternity Section20 Feb 196729 Sep 1985

AF384 Hobart Public Hospital Board - Minutes of Meetings17 Jan 196814 Jun 1990

AE625 Minutes of the Administrative Committee - Later the Administrative/Finance Committee30 Apr 196926 Nov 1987

AE669 Minutes of Meetings of the Joint Advisory Committee13 May 196905 Nov 1987

AF259 Register of Nursing Personnel01 Jan 197331 Dec 1990

AF400 Reports of Enquiries and Reviews01 Sep 197430 Apr 1980

AF258 Tentative Final Year Class at Nurses Preliminary Training School10 Oct 197630 Jul 1992

AF534 Transparencies of Hospital Revues01 Jan 198031 Dec 1980

AF389 Southern Regional Hospital Board, Quality Assurance Committee - Meeting Papers01 Jul 199030 Jun 1991

AF385 Southern Regional Hospital Board - Meeting Papers02 Jul 199012 Jun 1991

AF386 Southern Regional Hospital Board Finance Committee Meeting Papers26 Jul 199003 May 1991

AF390 Southern Regional Hospital Board, Planning and Development Committee - Meeting Papers02 Aug 199004 Apr 1991

AF388 Southern Regional Hospital Board Industrial Committee - Meeting Papers05 Nov 199002 May 1991