Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Physician Superintendent, Komani Mental Hospital, Queenstown
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- HKQ
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1922 – 1964
History
Queenstown Mental Hospital was established in 1922. It was the only hospital at that time built specifically to accommodate the mentally ill. Within 15 years the hospital was expanded to include vegetable gardens, a dairy and a butchery. The hospital admitted both whites and non-whites in separate sections
Places
Eastern Cape.
Cape Province.
Queenstown.
Cape Province.
Queenstown.
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
HKQ
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
20 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin