Eileen Crofton

Career

In 1944, Crofton joined the Royal Army Medical Corps. She was made a captain and posted in County Down, Northern Ireland. Between 1946 and 1949, Crofton worked at Brompton Hospital in London as a part-time clinical assistant.

In 1952, her family moved to Edinburgh when John Crofton became professor of tuberculosis and lung disease at the University of Edinburgh. Between 1975 and 1987, she also worked on the World Health Organization's expert committee on smoking. She also campaigned for smoking bans in public places.

Personal life She met her husband, John Crofton, when she was working in County Down.

Publications The social effects of chronic bronchitis : a Scottish study, 1965 Questions people ask about smoking, 1977 Smoking in Scottish hospitals : an ASH survey, 1977 The sale of cigarettes in general and maternity hospitals in Scotland : an ASH enquiry, 1980 The women of Royaumont : a Scottish Women's Hospital on the Western Front, 1996 A painful inch to gain : personal experiences of early women medical students in Britain, 2013 Angels of Mercy: A Woman's Hospital on the Western Front 1914-1918, 2013