Maud Perry Menzies

Maud Perry Menzies O.St.J. (1911 – 21 June 1997) was a Scottish physician who specialised in community medicine. She introduced significant improvements to public health care in Glasgow.

Early life and education Maud Perry MacDougall was born in 1911.

She was a supporter of the Glasgow Football club Rangers.

Career After qualifying in medicine, Menzies worked as a general practitioner with her husband. In 1938, she returned to Glasgow to take up a post as assistant Medical Officer for Health. At the time, the child death rate in Glasgow was the highest in Europe. She set up a diphtheria immunisation programme in Rutherglen.

Menzies served in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) during the Second World War, enlisting in 1942. She was posted to Normandy to work with the 79th British General Hospital soon after the D-Day landings in 1944 and served with the RAMC throughout the European campaign.

Death and legacy Menzies died on 21 June 1997. The medical bag and the syringe that she used to administer immunisations are held by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Awards and honours Sir William Macewen Medal 1990, officer of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem