Abraham Manie Adelstein (28 March 1916 – 18 October 1992) was a South African born medical doctor who became the United Kingdom's Chief Medical Statistician.
[1] After graduating from the University of Witwatersrand and doing military service, Adelstein worked as a Health Officer (research and medical statistics) at South African Railways, 1947–61.
He spent 1951–53 studying at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
He returned to South African Railways as the Director of Research and Medical Statistics.
Moving to England in 1961, he became David Adelstein, one of his sons, was an active student politician at L.S.E.