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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-04-22 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002504b.htm person Purdy John Smith AACR2 31 January 1872 26 July 1936 Place of Birth Morpeth, Northumberland, England Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Health worker John Purdy was jointly metropolitan medical officer of health in Sydney, responsible to the chief medical officer and city health officer, responsible to the Sydney Municipal Council. He was influential in slum clearance and was proud of Sydney's falling death rate, which he attributed mainly to improved sanitation and purity of foodstuffs.

Born 31 January 1872. Died 26 July 1936. Educated Universities of Aberdeen (MB, CM 1898; MD 1904) and Cambridge (Diploma of public health 1903). DSO 1917. Worked briefly as surgeon, Otaki Hospital, New Zealand, surgeon-captain , 6th and 10th New Zealand Mounted Rifles, Boer War 1901, worked in various London Hospitals, briefly in general practice, Liverpool, Quarantine Service of Egypt 1905-06, district medical officer, Auckland, New Zealand 1907-10, chief health officer, Tasmania 1910, jointly metropolitan medical officer of health and city health officer, Sydney 1913-?. Served in the Australian Army Medical Corps 1914-18, as major, lieutenant-colonel and acting colonel. Lectured in sanitary law, Sydney Technical College from 1919. President, Health Society of New South Wales (1921), Australian Association for Fighting Venereal Disease, and Town Planning Association of New South Wales. Chairman, Public Health Association of New South Wales. State president, Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia 1929, Silver Wolf Badge, Boy Scouts' Association, deputy chairman, St John Ambulance Association, Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh 1911. French Médaille d'honneur des epidémies 1933.

1924 1924 Career position - President, Section I (Sanitary Science and Hygiene), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

President, Section I (Sanitary Science and Hygiene) 1924

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 'Purdy, John Smith', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Purdy, John Smith Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Section I - Sanitary Science and Hygiene: address by the President. Vitamins and fruit diet Purdy, John Section I - Sanitary Science and Hygiene: address by the President. Vitamins and fruit diet 1924 Report of 17th meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 575-93 Book: A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Pybus, Cassandra A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Sydney Allen & Unwin 2024