Colin Fraser Brockington

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Colin Fraser Brockington (born January 8, 1903 in Worcester , † November 25, 2004 ) was a British medic .

Life

Colin Fraser Brockington, only son of the Director of Education in Leicestershire Sir William Brockington, studied medicine at the University of Cambridge . After completing his studies, he worked for 3 years as a ward clerk, comparable to a ward secretary, in Guy's Hospital with John Ryle, who later became Professor of Social Medicine in Oxford . He then took up a position as ship's doctor on the SS Ningchow, which carried 1,200 pilgrims from Jeddah to Singapore , before moving to Oxford, where he received his doctorate as a medical assistant and a diploma in public health . As a result, Brockington was appointed Medical Officer Superintendent of Infectious Diseases at the Brighton Hospital .

In his role as resident physician in County Warwickshire from 1930, his main focus was on improving the health of school children. He gained additional work experience in a six-month unpaid internship as a doctor at Great Ormond Street Hospital , which he denied in 1933. That same year, Coling Fraser Brockington and his wife bought a doctor's office in South Hams , where medical facilities were still primitive. He turned back to the area of ​​public health with an emphasis on child malnutrition. His work was published in the Journal of Hygiene . Shortly afterwards, free milk and meals were introduced in English schools. In 1949 he was appointed to the Medical Council for West Riding of Yorkshire , where he introduced a unified health care system, but was overturned after local political elections. In the same year he was appointed to the Nursing Committee of the Central Health Service Council, where he devoted himself increasingly to the topics of care and home nursing.

In 1951 he was given the first professorship of Social and Preventive Medicine in Manchester . During this time Brockington also made valuable contributions to the work of the WHO , where his interest was specifically directed to health problems in developing countries. After his retirement he became increasingly committed to the WHO in particular in teaching comprehensive medicine. He visited Jordan , Spain and Greece and inspected training aids in Ethiopia , Somalia , Saudi Arabia and Libya . After Brockington retired from his second career, which can be described as a WHO ambassador, he started his third career as a bookbinder, where he showed great skill. He carried out this activity until he was 100 years old.

Colin Fraser Brockington - he is also the author of two important medical historical studies, namely Short History of Public Health , published in 1956 and Public Health in the 19th Century , published in 1965 - is the father of the renowned psychiatrist Ian Fraser Brockington .

More fonts

  • The principles of nutrition for practitioners and students, etc. 1952.
  • Medical officers of health, 1848 to 1855. An essay in local history. 1957.
  • World health. In: Volume 425 of Pelican books, Pelica medical series, Issue 4. Penguin Books, 1958.
  • The health of the community: principles of public health for practitioners and students, Volume 2. Churchill, 1960.
  • The health of the community. Principles of public health for practitioners and students, etc. 1965.
  • A short history of public health. Issue 2, Churchill, 1966.
  • Public health in the nineteenth century. E. & S. Livingstone, 1968, ISBN 0-443-00087-5 .
  • The health of the developing world. Book Guild, 1985, ISBN 0-86332-043-0 .

literature

  • Tim Bullamore: Fraser Brockington . In: BMJ: British medical journal. 2005 Feb 12; 330 (7487): 365. PMC 548782 (free full text).

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personal data
SURNAME Brockington, Colin Fraser
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brockington, Fraser
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British medic
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Worcester
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 2004