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Cumpston, John Howard Lidgett

Person: id 91798

Primary information

University connections

UMelb

Event flag

World War I

Family name

Cumpston

Given name(s)

John Howard Lidgett

Initials

J.H.L.

Honorific

Dr.

Gender

Male

Education

Tertiary education

Cumpston J.H.L. : Medicine, 1902, University of MelbourneCumpston J.H.L. : Medicine.M.D., 1907, University of Melbourne

Life events

Military service

Cumpston J.H.L. : Military and health.Served: [ Perth ]Cumpston J.H.L. : Military and health.Served: 1917 - 1919

Survived

Survived WWI

Occupations

Cumpston J.H.L. : Director General of Health 1921 - 1945 Commonwealth Department of Health @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]

USyd & UMelb only

OCRd book entry or other narrative

Not in the original roll of service. Cumpston was the first director general of the Commonwealth Department of Health, implementing numerous public health initiatives in Australia, including vaccines.

Documents and photographs

Publications

Prolific publisher:

Cumpston, J. H. L., The history of smallpox in Australia (1788-1908) (Melbourne: Government Printer, 1914), 182 pp. Details
Cumpston, J. H. L., The history of diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles and whooping cough in Australia (1788-1925) (Melbourne: Department of Health, 1927), 617 p. pp. Details
Cumpston, J. H. L. and MacCallum, F., The history of smallpox in Australia (1909-1923) (Melbourne: Department of Health, 1925), 243 p. pp. Details
Cumpston, J. H. L. and McCallum, F., A history of the intestinal infections (and thyphus fever) in Australia 1788-1923 (Melbourne: Department of Health, 1927), 738 pp. Details
Cumpston, J. H.L. and McCallum, F., The history of plague in Australia, 1900-1925 (Melbourne: Department of Health, 1926), 238 pp. Details