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Kincaid, Hilda Estelle (1886 - 1967)

Physician

Born: 15 December 1886 Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. Died: 31 March 1967 East Malvern, Victoria, Australia.

Hilda Estelle Kincade was medical officer (child welfare) for the Melbourne City Council from 1927 until her retirement in 1952. In this role she worked on numerous projects including the examination of the effects of environment and nutrition on the growth and development of underprivileged children; tried to alleviate iron deficiency in mothers brought on by malnutrition and poverty during the Depression; and investigated haemoglobin levels in infants and methods of providing iron supplements. Prior to this Kincade was a demonstrator and assistant in bacteriology at the University of Melbourne, then resident medical officer at the Melbourne Hospital. From 1920she worked at the Renwick Hospital for Infants and at the Scarba children's home, both in New South Wales.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1908 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1910 Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1912 Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne
c. 1914 Assistant in Bacteriology at the University of Melbourne
1920 Resident Medical Officer at the Melbourne Hospital
1920 Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne
1921 - 1926 Senior Resident Medical Officer in charge at the Renwick Hospital for Infants in Sydney, and Medical Officer for the Scarba Children's Home in Sydney
c. 1922 Demonstrator in Physiology at the University of Sydney
1927 Out-patient Assistant Physician at the Rachel Foster Hospital for Women and Children, Sydney
1927 - 1952 Medical Officer (child welfare) for the Melbourne City Council
1952 Retired

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Prepared by: Ailie Smith
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 10 October 2006

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