Harold Turbott

Harold Turbott
Turbott in the 1920s
6th Director-General of Health
In office
October 1959 – December 1964
Preceded byJohn Cairney
Succeeded byDoug Kennedy
Personal details
BornHarold Bertram Turbott
(1899-08-05)5 August 1899
Auckland, New Zealand
Died16 March 1988(1988-03-16) (aged 88)
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Children3
RelativesHarry Turbott (son)
Alma materUniversity of Otago
OccupationPublic health administrator
Known forRadio doctor

Harold Bertram Turbott ISO (5 August 1899 – 16 March 1988) was a New Zealand medical doctor, public health administrator, broadcaster and writer. For four decades he broadcast a weekly talk on health on the radio.