Born: 15 December 1886, Australia
Died: 31 March 1967
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: NA
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Hilda Kincaid 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 Kincaid 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.
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