VPRS 19561 Committee Minute Books

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This series contains minutes of the Dandenong Hospital (VA 1246) Committee of Management and the predecessor committees (prior to incorporation). During 1991/92 the Committee of Management was renamed to the "Board of Management".

An Investigation Committee was elected at a public meeting held on 30 August 1937 in the Dandenong Town Hall. An Advisory Committee was appointed on 13 September 1937. A meeting of the Investigation Committee on 18 July 1938 recommended the establishment of a Community Hospital in Dandenong. This recommendation was endorsed at a public meeting on 10 October 1938.

The initial meeting of subscribers (contributors) as defined under the Hospitals and Charities Act 1928, was held in the Assembly Room of the Town Hall on 29 July 1940 following the dissolution of the previous Committees (as described above). The name of the hospital was to be the "Dandenong and District Hospital". A meeting of Contributors held at the Dandenong Town Hall on 14 November 1940 decided that the Committee of Management should consist of 15 members.