Janet Mary Campbell
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Dame Dr.
Janet Mary Campbell, DBE, MD, MS (1877–1954) was a British
physician
and medical officer.
Active in refugee relief, Dr. Campbell reached out to assist orphaned Basque children
following the fascist bombings of the Basque region of Spain
, particularly Guernica
, during the Spanish Civil War
.
She served as Senior Medical Officer for Maternity and Child Welfare at the Ministry of Health and Chief Woman Medical Adviser to the Board of Education. She helped in preparing the 1923 Hadow Report, "Differentiation of the curriculum for boys and girls respectively in secondary schools".
Order of the British Empire
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Janet Mary Campbell, DBE, MD, MS (1877–1954) was a British
United Kingdom
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physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and medical officer.
Active in refugee relief, Dr. Campbell reached out to assist orphaned Basque children
Basque people
The Basques as an ethnic group, primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country , a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.The Basques are known in the...
following the fascist bombings of the Basque region of Spain
Spain
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, particularly Guernica
Bombing of Guernica
The bombing of Guernica was an aerial attack on the Basque town of Guernica, Spain, causing widespread destruction and civilian deaths, during the Spanish Civil War...
, during the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
.
She served as Senior Medical Officer for Maternity and Child Welfare at the Ministry of Health and Chief Woman Medical Adviser to the Board of Education. She helped in preparing the 1923 Hadow Report, "Differentiation of the curriculum for boys and girls respectively in secondary schools".
Selected bibliography of writings by Dr. Campbell
- Midwives and Midwifery. Voluntary work for infant welfare. Play centres and playgrounds (Carnegie United Kingdom Trust. Report on the Physical Welfare of Mothers and Children. England and Wales, vol. 2; 1917)
- The training of midwives, (Great Britain. Ministry of Health. Reports on public health and medical subjects; 1923)
- Notes on the arrangements for teaching obstetrics and gynæcology in the medical schools (1923)
- Maternal mortality (Reports on public health and medical subjects; 1924)
- The protection of motherhood (British Ministry of Health reports on public health and medical subjects; 1927)
- Infant mortality; international inquiry of the Health organisation of the League of nations, English section (1929)
- Report on Maternal and Child Welfare in Australia (papers presented to Parliament/Session 1929-31, volume 2; 1930)
- National Health Services and Preventive Methods for improving National Health (1943)