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Chatfield, Florence (1867 - 1949) |
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| Nurse and Hospital administrator | |||
| Born: 1 February 1867 Worthing, Sussex, England. Died: 5 November 1949 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. | |||
| Florence Chatfield was Matron and then Superintendent of the Diamantina Hospital for Chronic Diseases, Queensland from 1900-34. She was also superviser and organiser of the Queensland Government Baby Clinics from their inception in 1918. She presided over the founding meeting in 1904 of the Queensland Branch of the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association (now Royal Australian Nursing Federation), and worked for it in many ways for over 40 years. She was also a foundation member and trustee of the Nurses' Rest Home and Benevolent Fund. |
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