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Biographical entry
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Elkington, John Simeon Colebrook (1871 - 1955) |
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Health worker | |
Born: 29 September 1871 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. Died: 8 March 1955 Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia. | |
John Simeon C. Elkington was an advocate of public health. Amongst his achievements were the introduction of a system for checking the health of schoolchildren, development of a federal quarantine service and work with tropical medicine. |
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