Emergency Health Services [textual record]

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Emergency Health Services [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Context of this record:

Department of Health fonds

Medical Services Branch sous-fonds

Medical Services Branch central registry files

Emergency Health Services

Sub-series includes:

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Record information

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Emergency Health Services [textual record]

Date:

1943-1977

Reference:

R227-159-X-E, RG29

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

193889

Date(s):

1943-1977

Bilingual equivalent:

See French record description

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

21.6 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

Sub-series consists of records created and or maintained by Emergency Health Services of the Medical Services Branch. The sub-series includes registry files from blocks 857, and 580 to 592; and international and emergency welfare files.

Additional name(s):

Canada. Dept. of National Health and Welfare. Emergency Health Services

Biography/Administrative history:

Canada. Dept. of National Health and Welfare. Emergency Health Services : Changes in the federal government's civil defence responsibilities affected the development of Medical Services Branch after 1972. Civil defence, originally the responsibility of the Department of National Defence, was transferred to NHW by Order-in-Council P.C. 985 of 23 February 1951. As a result of the Civil Defence Order drafted by the Diefenbaker government in May 1958, all activities of agencies involved with civil defence were to be coordinated through the Emergency Measures Organization attached to the Privy Council Office. NHW then divided its responsibilities into three divisions: Emergency Health Services (EHS) within the Health Services Branch, Emergency Welfare Services (EWS) within the Welfare Branch, and the Canadian Civil Defence College. After a series of departmental re-organizations from 1961 to 1978, EHS and EWS joined the MSB and were renamed Emergency Services in 1979.

Additional information:

Source of title:

Title based on the contents of the sub-series.

Accruals:

Further accruals are expected.

Source:

Government

Former archival reference no.:

RG29

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