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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2013-05-01 human Tom Hyde updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005379b.htm person Blomfield Isla Stuart AACR2 9 July 1865 16 August 1959 Place of Birth Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Nurse Sanitary inspector Health visitor Isla Blomfield began nursing a the Royal Prince Alfred hospital in 1896 and qualified in 1899. She obtained a obstetrics certificate from Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital in London in 1901 and, in 1909, toured hospitals in the United States, China and Berlin and represented Australasian Trained Nurses' Association at the International Council of Nurses' congress in London. Blomfield qualified as a health inspector upon her return to Sydney with certifications from the Royal Sanitary Institute in London. She was nurse-in-charge of the Alice Rawson School for Mothers and appointed nurse inspector by the Sydney Municipal Council's health committee. She played a pivotal role in neonatal welfare education and care. She was a member of the Playgrounds Association, the Health Society of New South Wales, the committee on public health on the National Council of Women, and Board of Social Study and Training, the Professional Women Workers' Association, and the Women's Club.

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 'Blomfield, Isla Stuart', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Blomfield, Isla Stuart Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Blomfield, Isla Stuart (1865-1959), nurse, sanitary inspector and health visitor Godden, Judith; Foley, Meredith Blomfield, Isla Stuart (1865-1959), nurse, sanitary inspector and health visitor Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 206