Hannah McLeod (1857–1912) was an Australian hospital matron.

Life

She was born in 1857 in Sydney. Her parents were Eleanor Fowler (born Phillips) and her husband William Browne McLeod and she was their fourth child. Eleanor and William were both born in Britain and William was a master mariner. She went to school in Sydney and then trained at

Newcastle General Hospital Newcastle General Hospital (NGH) was for many years the main hospital for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and is managed by Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Accident and Emergency Department and Intensive Care clo ...

. In 1893, she was appointed to

Crown Street Women's Hospital Crown Street Women's Hospital (now-closed) was once the largest maternity hospital in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was located at 351 Crown Street (corner of Crown and Albion Streets), Surry Hills. The hospital was one of severa ...

when it was still in Hay Street. She served for 19 years. She was a member of Australasian Trained Nurses' Association In 1907, she testified before the

New South Wales Parliament The Parliament of New South Wales is a bicameral legislature in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), consisting of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (lower house) and the New South Wales Legislative Council (upper house). Each ...

. McLeod wrote a section on "The Early Rearing and Handling of Children" in Hannah Rankin's ''Handbook of Domestic Science''. McLeod died in 1912. It was said that she had tended to 40,000 women.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McLeod, Hannah 1857 births 1912 deaths Australian nurses People from the Colony of Victoria