Person
Kincaid, Hilda Estelle (1886 - 1967)
- Born
- 15 December 1886
Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 31 March 1967
East Malvern, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Physician
Summary
Hilda 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 1920 she worked at the Renwick Hospital for Infants and at the Scarba children's home, both in New South Wales.
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Chronology
- 1908
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1910
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
- 1912
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne
- c. 1914
- Career position - Assistant in Bacteriology, University of Melbourne
- 1920
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Melbourne Hospital
- 1920
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne
- 1921 - 1926
- Career position - 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
- Career position - Demonstrator in Physiology, University of Sydney
- 1927
- Career position - Out-patient Assistant Physician at the Rachel Foster Hospital for Women and Children, Sydney
- 1927 - 1952
- Career position - Medical Officer (child welfare) for the Melbourne City Council
- 1952
- Life event - Retired
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Book Sections
- Keleher, Helen, 'Kincaid, Hilda Estelle (1896-1967), medical practitioner' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), pp. 21-22. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kincaid-hilda-estelle-10737. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24044857. Details
- 'Kincaid, Hilda Estelle (1886-1967)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468226. Details
See also
- Alexander, John A. ed., Who's who in Australia 1944 (Melbourne, Victoria: The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1944), 906 pp. Details
- Kelly, Farley, 'Learning and Teaching Science: Women Making Careers 1890-1920' in On the Edge of Discovery: Australian Women in Science, Farley Kelly, ed. (Melbourne: Text Publishing Company, 1993), pp. 35-75. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 1 August 2007