John Simeon Colebrook Elkington

For other people with the same name, see John Elkington.

John Simeon Colebrook Elkington (29 September 1871 – 8 March 1955) was an Australian public health advocate. He pioneered programs for checking the health of schoolchildren and the federal quarantine service. He also researched tropical medicine, an important issue in northern Australia.

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