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
Controlled Agencies:
Pathology Services, Royal Hobart Hospital (TA1728) | 01 Jan 1936 | 31 Dec 1978 |
Peacock Convalescent Home (TA1963) | 31 Dec 1941 |
Department of Forensic Pathology (TA1948) | 01 Jan 1979 | 31 Dec 1995 |
Controlling Agencies:
Hospitals and Ambulance Services Division (TA1623) | 18 Sep 1998 |
Douglas Parker Rehabilitation Centre Management Committee (TA1964) | 25 Sep 1979 |
Tasmanian Health Organisation - South (TA2171) | 01 Jul 2012 | 01 Jul 2015 |
Convict Department (TA60) | 01 Jan 1818 | 31 Dec 1877 |
Colonial Secretary's Office (2) (TA152) | 01 Jan 1857 | 31 Dec 1882 |
Board of Management of the Hobart Town General Hospital (TA960) | 31 Dec 1878 | 03 Jun 1919 |
Hobart Public Hospitals District Board (TA959) | 29 May 1919 | 01 Jul 1991 |
Southern Regional Health Board (TA968) | 01 Jul 1991 | 01 Jul 1997 |
Department of Community and Health Services (TA1012) | 03 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Department of Health and Human Services (TA1543) | 18 Sep 1998 | 31 Jul 2018 |
Tasmanian Health Service (TA2169) | 01 Jul 2015 |
Previous Agencies:
Queen Alexandra Hospital for Women (TA459) | 01 Jan 1905 | 31 Aug 1980 |
Royal Derwent Hospital (TA465) | 01 Jan 1827 | 30 Nov 2000 |
Series Created By Agency:
AE673 Photographs | 01 Jan 1820 | 31 Dec 1984 |
AE623 Annual Reports (Printed) | 01 Jan 1860 | 31 Dec 1991 |
HSD145 Return of Deaths (Death Book). | 01 Jan 1864 | 31 Mar 1943 |
HSD146 Requisitions for Coffins for Pauper Interments. | 11 Feb 1864 | 21 Jan 1876 |
HSD118 Minutes of Meetings of the Board of Management. | 19 Feb 1877 | 20 Dec 1967 |
HSD119 Minutes of Meetings of the Building Committee. | 26 Mar 1877 | 02 Aug 1880 |
HSD120 Minutes of Meetings of the Finance Committee. | 13 Jun 1877 | 17 Aug 1936 |
HSD115 Letterbooks of the Secretary and Chairman of the General Hospital Board | 13 Sep 1877 | 13 Aug 1919 |
HSD121 Minutes of Meetings of the Medical Committee. | 12 Jun 1879 | 26 Feb 1917 |
AF391 Hospital Committees' Order Book | 01 Nov 1879 | 18 Oct 1895 |
AF531 Transparencies and Negatives | 01 Jan 1880 | 31 Dec 1988 |
HSD122 Minutes of Meetings of the Visiting Committee - Later the House Comittee | 25 Mar 1881 | 30 Jan 1957 |
HSD124 Register of Patients and Fees paid. | 01 Jan 1885 | 31 Dec 1898 |
HSD148 Letterbooks of Orders, Requisitions for Goods and Services. | 25 Sep 1886 | 01 May 1897 |
HSD117 Letterbooks relating to Hospital Fees. | 22 May 1889 | 18 Jul 1902 |
HSD123 Reports of Various Committees. | 08 Sep 1893 | 08 Sep 1899 |
HSD144 Monthly Returns of the Sick. | 01 May 1894 | 31 Mar 1915 |
HSD157 Abstracts of Receipts and Expenditure. | 01 Jan 1895 | 28 Feb 1919 |
AF379 Minutes of Meetings of the Advisory Commmittee | 29 Nov 1895 | 05 Oct 1914 |
HSD149 Employees' Wages Books. | 01 Sep 1899 | 31 Dec 1940 |
HSD134 Register of Post-Mortem Examinations. | 07 May 1905 | 07 Mar 1910 |
HSD128 Operation Registers | 02 Oct 1906 | 28 Sep 1999 |
AF574 Architectural Drawings | 01 Jan 1909 | 31 Dec 1988 |
HSD130 Register of Applications for Treatment - Outpatients' Department. | 16 Oct 1911 | 26 Feb 1932 |
HSD127 Admission Registers | 18 Nov 1912 | 30 Sep 1939 |
AF239 Register of All Applications received for Appointment of Nursing Staff | 01 Jan 1913 | 20 Sep 1973 |
HSD116 Letterbook of the Surgeon Superintendent. | 26 Oct 1917 | 31 Jul 1919 |
HSD158 Abstracts of Provisions received. | 01 Jun 1918 | 31 Jul 1930 |
HSD156 Inwards Day Book, Purchases. | 06 Dec 1918 | 27 Jun 1924 |
HSD126 Casebooks, Womens' Hospital. | 12 Jun 1919 | 06 Apr 1932 |
AF399 Memorabilia and Histories | 01 Jan 1920 | 31 Dec 1995 |
HSD129 X-Ray Books. | 02 May 1923 | 31 Aug 1954 |
HSD136 Record of Radium Treatments. | 21 Aug 1925 | 21 Feb 1935 |
HSD125 Casebooks, Mens' Hospital. | 09 Jun 1926 | 06 Aug 1936 |
AE566 Minutes of the Medical Advisory Committee | 28 Oct 1930 | 17 May 1957 |
HSD135 Record of Laboratory Examinations. | 01 Oct 1934 | 05 May 1936 |
AF242 Record of Attendance at Lectures | 20 Jul 1936 | 09 May 1969 |
HSD138 Report Book, Mens' Medical Ward. | 24 Sep 1936 | 07 Mar 1937 |
AF572 Formal Albums of Photographs | 01 Jan 1939 | 01 Jan 1970 |
AF249 Address Register of Nurses | 01 Jan 1940 | 31 Dec 1950 |
HSD154 Hobart Public Hospital Boards' Special Account Books. | 07 Feb 1944 | 30 Jun 1960 |
AF246 Medical Register of Nurses in Training | 01 May 1944 | 05 Jul 1968 |
AF392 Instruction Book - Hall Porters and Telephonists | 16 Jun 1944 | 10 May 1960 |
AF247 Nursing State Final Exam Register | 01 Sep 1946 | 06 Oct 1966 |
AF244 Student Nurse Roll Book | 08 May 1947 | 10 Sep 1949 |
AF378 Mortuary Register | 03 Nov 1950 | 21 Nov 1966 |
AF245 Record of Hospital Employees | 01 Jan 1951 | 24 May 1965 |
HSD141 Accident Case Reports (for Workers' Compensation, Medical Benefits Fund). | 01 Jan 1951 | 31 Jan 1954 |
AF256 Nursing Results | 19 Jan 1951 | 01 Jul 1997 |
HSD142 Tuberculosis and Poliomyelitis Notifications. | 01 Jan 1952 | 31 Dec 1955 |
HSD147 Attendance Book - Visiting Staff. | 01 Jan 1952 | 02 Dec 1971 |
HSD153 Secretarys' Advance Account Books. | 13 Mar 1952 | 31 Jul 1958 |
HSD133 Dangerous Drugs Registers. | 01 Jul 1954 | 31 Dec 1966 |
HSD137 Inpatients' Physiotherapy Record. | 01 Nov 1954 | 26 Dec 1955 |
AE767 Alphabetical Admission Register - Maternity | 01 Jan 1955 | 31 Dec 1980 |
AE768 Maternity Patient Records | 01 Jan 1955 | 31 Dec 1980 |
AF78 Patient Master Index | 01 Jan 1955 | 31 Dec 1982 |
AE766 Register of Babies Born | 01 Jul 1955 | 31 Dec 1985 |
HSD140 Surgical Reports. | 03 Aug 1956 | 24 Nov 1966 |
AF248 Register of Reports | 01 Jan 1960 | 05 Jul 1968 |
AF257 Nurses Preliminary Training School Lists with Photographs | 01 Jan 1960 | 01 Aug 1989 |
AF450 Urology Treatment Registers | 01 Jan 1964 | 31 Dec 1984 |
HSD139 Medical Reports. | 09 Jul 1965 | 26 Sep 1966 |
HSD143 Dangerous Drugs - Sedation Book. | 09 Apr 1966 | 18 Dec 1966 |
AF241 Register of Aplications for Positions - Maternity Section | 20 Feb 1967 | 29 Sep 1985 |
AF384 Hobart Public Hospital Board - Minutes of Meetings | 17 Jan 1968 | 14 Jun 1990 |
AE625 Minutes of the Administrative Committee - Later the Administrative/Finance Committee | 30 Apr 1969 | 26 Nov 1987 |
AE669 Minutes of Meetings of the Joint Advisory Committee | 13 May 1969 | 05 Nov 1987 |
AF259 Register of Nursing Personnel | 01 Jan 1973 | 31 Dec 1990 |
AF400 Reports of Enquiries and Reviews | 01 Sep 1974 | 30 Apr 1980 |
AF258 Tentative Final Year Class at Nurses Preliminary Training School | 10 Oct 1976 | 30 Jul 1992 |
AF534 Transparencies of Hospital Revues | 01 Jan 1980 | 31 Dec 1980 |
AF389 Southern Regional Hospital Board, Quality Assurance Committee - Meeting Papers | 01 Jul 1990 | 30 Jun 1991 |
AF385 Southern Regional Hospital Board - Meeting Papers | 02 Jul 1990 | 12 Jun 1991 |
AF386 Southern Regional Hospital Board Finance Committee Meeting Papers | 26 Jul 1990 | 03 May 1991 |
AF390 Southern Regional Hospital Board, Planning and Development Committee - Meeting Papers | 02 Aug 1990 | 04 Apr 1991 |
AF388 Southern Regional Hospital Board Industrial Committee - Meeting Papers | 05 Nov 1990 | 02 May 1991 |