Medical Care Commission, Hospital Construction Section: Hospital Photographs, 1947-1972, MARS ID 94.7

Photographs and negatives of state and county hospitals, nurse's schools and residences, and county health, treatment, and rehabilitation centers located throughout North Carolina. Most photos contains a project number, which identifies a corresponding appropriations or grant. There are very few interior photos.

File is organized by county and alphabetically by name of facility.

In 1947 the General Assembly expanded the statutory powers of the Medical Care Commission. All hospitals operating in the state were made subject to licensure under standards set by the commission. The Medical Care Commission was authorized to inspect any hospital to ensure compliance with hospital standards and to review for approval the plans of proposed hospital construction, including renovations. The 1947 act also authorized the Medical Care Commission to award grants-in-aid to regional or municipal authorities for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of hospital facilities. The commission was authorized to establish the criteria for awarding state and federal funds, but was directed to give preference to applications which matched the priorities of the Federal Hospital Survey and Construction Act. The General Assembly authorized local governments to apply to the Medical Care Commission for technical and financial assistance to help them establish or improve local hospitals. Local governments, with the approval of the Medical Care Commission and voters, were allowed to levy taxes and issue bonds to support medical facilities.-Abstracted from the (1995 ed.)

Collection Contents

Hospitals

Transferred from the agency to the State Records Center on 24 October 1973. Accessioned into archival custody on 8 March 1979.

Processed by David B. Chiswell, May 2012; Finding Aid by David B. Chiswell, June 2012; Encoded by Carolyn Chesarino, June 2014