Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports.
According to the 1921 Order of Council, reproduced by the National Archives of Australia, the Department was responsible for:[1]
The Administration of the Quarantine Act
The investigation of the causes of disease and death; the establishment and control of laboratories for this purpose
The control of the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories and the commercial distribution of the products manufactured in these Laboratories
The methods of prevention of disease
The collection of sanitary data and the investigation of all factors affecting health in industries
The education of the public in matters of public health
The administration of any subsidy made by the Commonwealth with the object of assisting any effort made by any State Government or public authority directed towards the eradication, prevention or control of any disease
The conducting of campaigns of prevention of disease in which more than one State is interested
The administrative control of the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine
The administrative control of infectious disease amongst discharged members of the Australian Imperial Force
Generally, to inspire and co-ordinate public health measures
Any other functions which may be assigned to it
Structureedit
The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Health.[1]
Referencesedit
^ abcd, National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 12 March 2020, retrieved 15 December 2013
^Department of Health, , Department of Health, archived from the original on 9 November 2013
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