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Tuberculosis Control Division director's records
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1940-1959 (Creation)
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- British Columbia. Division of Tuberculosis Control
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5.6 m of textual records
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The Division of Tuberculosis Control was established in 1935 under the Department of the Provincial Secretary and within the framework of the Provincial Board of Health to coordinate all the resources available to combat tuberculosis in B.C. The administration of all provincially-run tuberculosis treatment facilities, Tranquille Sanatorium, facilities in the Vancouver General Hospital, St. Joseph's Oriental Hospital, and the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria was transferred to the new Division. In the 1940s, the Division began operating Mobile Chest Clinics that performed x-rays and tuberculin testing in communities province-wide, and also set up a compulsory six-week training course for nursing students. By the 1960s, the Division's main outpatient facility at Vancouver's Willow Chest Clinic examined 45,000 patients a year.
During the 1990s, the Division served as the province's referral centre for the prevention, control and treatment of tuberculosis. Outpatient services were provided through central clinics in Vancouver, New Westminster, and Victoria. The Division also operated Field Operations branches to serve clients elsewhere in BC. It was responsible for an outreach program to provide individualized treatment in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
By 1997, responsibility for the Division of Tuberculosis Control had been transferred from the Ministry of Health to the BC Centre for Disease Control and the Provincial Health Services Authority.
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The series consists of correspondence and subject files of the Director of the Tuberculosis Control Division created between 1940 and 1959. The Director's office was located at the Vancouver General Hospital.
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Records transferred to the Provincial Archives of B.C. in 1975 from the Tuberculosis Control Office, Vancouver General Hospital.
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These records are restricted. Please contact the BC Archives for information about access.
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Accession number(s): 76-G-059
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Location note: These records are kept in offsite storage and must be specially ordered. If they have no access restrictions or our Privacy Office has given you permission to view them, please write to request that they be ordered in at least five business days prior to your visit.
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- Tranquille Sanatorium (Subject)
- British Columbia. Division of Tuberculosis Control (Subject)