OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25516, 9 June 1948, Page 6

OBITUARY

DR. H. JELLETT Dr. Henry Jellett, formerly consulting obstetrician to the Health Department, died yesterday at his home, "Rosnalee,” Fendalton, aged 76. He had been in popr health for some years. The younger spn of the Very Rev. Henry Jellett, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, Dr. Jellett was educated at Dublin University, becoming external assistant and assistant master of the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, in 1895. Between 1900 and 1901 he was external examiner at Dublin University, returning to this position in 1918 for another year. Of world fame as a gynaecologist, Dr. Jellett was gynaecologist to Dr. Steeven’s Hospital. Dublin, between 1903 and 1909, Master of the Rotunda Hospital between 1910 and 1919, King’s Processor of Midwifery at Dublin University between 1909 and 1911, gynaecologist to Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospital, Dublin, between 1909 and 1911, gynaecological surgeon at the Christchurch Public Hospital, external examiner in midwifery and gynaecology at the University of Manchester and the University of New Zealand, president of the obstetrical section, Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, and commandant of the Munro Ambulance Corps. Northern Flanders, in the First World War. For his services with the ambulance corps Dr. Jellett received the Belgian decoration of Chevalier de I’Ordre de la Couronne de Belgique, the French Croix de Guerre with two stars, and was mentioned in dispatches. Dr. Jellett wrote a number of books, some relating to .medical practice and others of a light nature. His medical books were: “A Manual of Midwifery” (1930). “A Short Practice of Midwifery” (If30)-. “A Short Practice of Midwifery for Nurses” (1945), “A Short Practice of Gynaecology for Students” (1930). “A Practice of Gynaecology” (1925), “The Causes and Prevention of Maternal Mortality” (1929). In 1936 he collaborated with Miss Ngaio Marsh to produce the novel, “The Nursing Home Murder.” In 1946 he wrote another novel, “Much To Do.” He wrote one play, “Wisha. God Help Us!” in 1941 Apart from his textbooks on gynaecology and midwifery Dr. Jellett wrote numerous pamphlets on these subjects. He was an enthusiastic fisherman before his retirement some years ago, and was interested in motoring. His medical text-books are considered to be authoritative works on gynaecology and midwifery, and are widely used in hospitals and universities. Dr. Jellett is survived by his wife, his son. Mr Frank Jellett (Central Otago), and his daughter, Miss Gwendoline Jellett (Christchurch). THE REV. E. CHITTY (P.A.) AUCKLAND. June 8. The Rev. Ernest Chitty, official visitor of the New Zealand Institute for the Blind and prominently associated with All Saints Church. Ponsonby, has died at the age of 65. Although blind from infancy, he was a university graduate, a talented organist, and a worker for the church in many fields. He was a lecturer in theological subjects and in charge of chapel music at St. John’s College, Tamaki.