caption death_date death_place work_institution birth_place nationality field birth_date image article_title name alma_mater
cuthbert-browne a baby health centre -lrb- second adult from the right -rrb- opening 17 december 1988 st leonards , new south wales , australia new south wales department of public health port glasgow , scotland australian medical practitioner 2 january 1900 grace cuthbert browne.png grace cuthbert-browne
 grace cuthbert browne university of sydney
grace cuthbert-browne

grace cuthbert-browne mbe -lrb- 1900 -- 1988 -rrb- was an australian doctor instrumental in improving the health of mothers and babies , and the consequent reduction in maternal and infant deaths in australia .
she was director of maternal and baby welfare in the new south wales department of public health from 1937 to 1964 ; during this time the infant fatality rate decreased form 40 to 20 per thousand live births .
