NRS-606 | Register of licensed private hospitals

This is a register of all private hospitals in New South Wales under the provisions of the Private Hospitals Act, 1908, s.6(i) which provided that "No private hospital shall be carried on, used, or conducted, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Minister on the recommendation of the Board of Health". Subsections (3) to (5) then list exemptions from the rule - institutions under the Lunacy Act of 1898 and the Inebriates Act of 1900, hospitals in remote places and those hospitals which the Minister on the recommendation of the Board may see fit to except. Each page of the register shows the name of the hospital; its location; whether Medical and Surgical or Lying-in or both; the total number of beds; the names of the licensee, resident manager (usually the licensee) and the resident assistant; the date of the Board's recommendations and approvals; the period of the licence and the renewals. Space is also provided for recording the correspondence number and approval relating to alterations and additions to the hospital. (5/5857-63). 7 vols. Note:This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.