Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Assistant Health Executive
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Description area
Dates of existence
1947-1962
History
In 1943, the President of the Board of Health acquired the power to appoint a deputy, called the Assistant Health Executive, subject to approval by the Board of Health, who became part of the Presidentʻs office. The Assistant Health Executive's duty was to attend to routine business matters, and at the same time to be director of the Division of Local Health Services. As the director of that division, he supervised the agents of the Board stationed in the various health districts of the Territory (the employees of the Bureau of Public Health Nursing and the Government Physicians). He also supervised the District Health Officers, who were under the County Health Officers. In that capacity his duty was to ensure the uniform provision of health care across the Territory.