Series 143: Minutes to the meetings of the Executive of the Sydney Morning Herald Hospital Fund, 1951-1974

MLMSS 9894/Boxes 199-200

series

1951-1974

9593626

0.06 metres of textual material (2 volumes)

The Sydney Morning Herald Hospital Fund was established on 20 March 1941. The first general meeting of Fund took place on 3 May 1941 with Harry H. Wheeler, a piece operator, in the chair. The Fund, which members of the SMH Chapel were eligible to join, assisted members with the payment of hospital bills and some related medical services such as x-ray and optometrical services. By 1951 the Executive consisted of the President; two vice presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, four committee members.
On 1 January 1952 the Fund was under Part V of the Hospital Benefits (Private Hospitals) Regulations enabling the members to claim for additional Commonwealth benefits. Under these regulations the Fund was required to pay a fee for registration; to maintain membership records sufficient to enable the preparation of returns under the Act; to maintain accounts, funds and investments for the benefits that require payments from the Commonwealth; to maintain a separate account for administrative expenses; to comply with relevant state legislation; and to ensure that applications for Commonwealth additional hospital benefit were to be made on the official Commonwealth forms.
It is unclear when the hospital fund ceased operating but it is known a prospectus dated 1 February 1984 survives

The extant part of the series contains the minutes of the monthly Executive meetings from the 129th until the 376th meeting. The meetings considered matters relating to the administration of the Fund, accepted applications from new members and approved claims. The annual reports and some correspondence items are pasted into the volumes. Other business papers have become detached and are interleaved in the volumes. Some correspondence items and rough copies of the minutes are found loose inside the back cover of the second volume.

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