Biographical entry Stang, Eleanor Margrethe (1894 - 1978)

Summary

Eleanor Margrethe (Rita) Stang was medical officer of schools in the Western Australian Public Health Department from 1925, and supervisor of infant health in Western Australia from1929, until her retirement in 1955. She worked to improve hygiene and children's diets and put many measures into place to assist families in isolated areas with mothercraft.

Details

Educated University of Melbourne (degree in medicine 1918), Diploma of Public Health 1927. Practised at Port Fairy and resident medical officer at Melbourne public hospitals, medical officer of schools in the Western Australian Public Health Department 1925-55, experience in London 1928, supervisor of infant health in Western Australia 1929-55, locum tenens and ship's doctor in Victoria after her retirement in 1955. Introduced the Oslo Lunch, gave weekly radio talks and wrote press articles, and founded the Eleanor M. Stang Infant Health Centre in Perth. Examiner for the University of Western Australia and a lecturer in hygiene at the Teachers' Training College, Claremont.

Published resources

Book Sections

• Tamblyn, M., 'Stang, Eleanor Margrethe (Rita) (1894-1978), Medical Practitioner', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 47-48. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120058b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Stang, Eleanor Margrethe', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1470806. Details

See also

• Alexander, John A. (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 1944, vol. 12, The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, Melbourne, 1944, 906 pp. Details