Case files of the Provincial Co-ordinator of Rehabilitation (later Division for Aid to the Handicapped).
In September 1954 the Minister of Health and Welfare announced the appointment of a Provincial Coordinator of Rehabilitation, who was directly responsible to the Deputy Minister of Health. This was done as part of a federalprovincial cost sharing program under the federal Department of Labour.
The program started as the Registry and Rehabilitation Services, became the Division of Rehabilitation Services in 1965, and in 1971 the Division for Aid to the Handicapped.
The records are forty three case files which were selected by the Ministry. The files include men and women from all areas of the province.
Note: Some information has been severed in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Where information has been removed, this is indicated by the following annotation: [severed].
British Columbia. Dept. of Health Services and Hospital Insurance