Historical information

Vera Scantlebury Brown was born in Linton in 1889, a daughter of Dr George Scantlebury and his wife Catherine, née Baynes. Vera undertook medical training at Melbourne University between 1907 and 1913. After serving in the British Army Medical Unit during World War I, she worked in various positions in Melbourne hospitals and then studied in the US and Canada. In 1926 she was appointed Director of Infant Welfare by the recently established Victorian Department of Health, and became responsible for the development of maternal, infant and pre-school services in Victoria.
In 2023 a statue of Vera Scantlebury was erected in Linton's Avenue of Honour in Denison Street.
This copy of the book appears to have been owned/used by Barbara Safstrom of Linton.

Physical description

Textbook for nursing students and other health professionals. First compiled by Dr Vera Scantlebury Brown, and published as a "Guide to Infant Feeding". Book revised (with Kate Campbell) in 1941, 1951 and 1958. Pages 346 p. : index, tables

Inscriptions & markings

Inscribed top right of front endpaper: 'Barbara Saftstrom / FF8269'.