The Lucknow Sentinel, 1951-02-15, Page 59
THURS., FEBRUARY 1414,' 1951.
(gy W S. Forrester t+". hairrnan of .Bruce• Co. Health Unit)
throughout the C'ounty in 1950;
and inspected 5,372, children. The
doctor, in .addition, made: 1;520
medical' examinations - ',at they
schools. i • .
In addition . to. the ' School
•Health; program, the Health Unit.
carried on Child Health Confer-
ences • throughout the County ' in,
;7' different centres, , where ,all;
`mothers with ibabies and 'child
ren. `o,f prey -school age are invited,.
to attend, Individual conferenlce§.
are held ''with . each another on.,
the general dare of the.•<baby and'
pre: -school child, and the $ Doctor•
is present to give.- innoculati.ons
-and vaccinations . against 'coral
;imunicable. disease. There were 71
such conferences •held';in 1960; tat
which 1,81.2 children were pres
ent. As apart of„the .total.cornmun,.
icable' ,disease control.: program;.
imrnuniza.tion against diphtheria;
Whooping :,cough,' l.ockjaW , and
vaccination , against smallpox: has
•been carried, on in various: 'cen_
ties throughout the.County; as,
well as at ;the Child . Health Con-;
fer enees. Also,' reinforcing' doseh”
of diiphtheria tokoid and vaccina-.
tion :against. Smallpox are .;given
when the doctor is in the °schools
carrying on: medical`' examina-'
tions; •,182 of • these clinics '`were
•held in 1950. The irri'portance of.
this ..preventive ,.program will be
appreci.ated,:,if .you bear, in mind
.that,. •who.o_piizg Cough.is-tar.:and,
away ,the' deadliest. killer; Of in-:
want childrenin '. Canada and:.a
much more serious rnenance :than
the rn.uch 'publicized poliomyeli
•tis. c
Another' feature Of the,
Health, Nursing . Program 'is'• the
Tuberculosis.- •Control. Program
The. nuriber of chestclinics held.
'in ..the : 'five hospitals in the
County has increased'tluring'the
past year in.spite 'of .the •fact that
`sever.'al clinics., had• . to be cancel
led last ' :winter • because. Of the:1.
weather 26 of these special T B.
Clinics were ',field :in: ,Bruce.
County in •1950,: with•..a 'total, at-
tendance. of 620. A.medical' spe-
cialist:
speci.alist: and. the, x-ray techniciat
from the:. ,Freeport • S:anatorium
and 2 nurses.: from our °Health:
Unit : staff these' . clinics. 'Refer-
• rears : from. •the mass chest survey
,clinics come into our clinics, •as
:Well' ,. as -those' requested,': to at-
tend , by their. ,familyphysicia ;<
or ;thosea ,recommended to•',have•
follow-up :care after. discharge.
.from..•the Sanatoria::As an ex,
tension. Of this program, it ie
_planned__tom..ha_ e: _the_pup s4t•??,
tending Secondary ,schools ,in the
County tuberculin " tested`." this
:Spring .with • follow-up x-ray
'Where necessary.. : • •' •
Now, ` you must. he Wondering
how' our seven •nurses' get time to
make all these school :••visits and
attend to: t'hes'e' Child Health; im-
?munization. , and :T.B. Clinics, but
that is. not all. Inaddition,` they
made 9,790 'visits •to private
homes throiaghout,the .Cou'r tyaast
year. Included in this last total
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In; •c11w0sing•a: subject - of pri-
'may impoi;tance • for discussion,
1 thought• the people of this
County ,night be ..interested
our .Bruce County Healthµ Unit.
As, C.ilairinari of the Health Unit
Board I have always felt that this
institution had had far too little.
publicity in :Bruce 1County, and
very few people know much
about what the Unit .is doing. •
Let us start with this• premise
,that our• most precious posses
sion, apart from our very 's.ouls,
is• "our' health7-1 think that no
• one will` dispute • this proposition.;
It 'follows that .anything • which
safeg>;iards • and. .promotes '1 this
• priceless asset ,is something that.
we should prize very highly and
consider as indispensible, T hope
„that •wh'ei I" have, told you of the
fine, work that the:; Bruce County
Health . Unit is' doing in the field
of Public Health • in the County:
of Bruce, that you . will: feel, as • I'
'do, that it is •indispensible, and
• that from no , ,part . of. your tax
dollar do you : receive • better
value :than ,fro t that small, fitac-.
'.tion which ••is levied for the piir-
•'poses of the iealth'Unt
: • The'ann•ual.budg.et, of .the ,Bruce'
County Health; Unit is, at pies,:
'int, .on' the basis of "$1 25 per
capita
.of the .,population. Half of ..
:this •cost rs paid by the. Province
of Ontario, • and '..,::the . remaining.
•half,"is:.. included in the County
';mill "rate, 'and `costs the ratepay,
era' of the :County .approximately
3/4 off':• nili' on •their 'tax bills
Here hat 'we• get .for our af4
• ofainill: •
First 'of' 'all,: •We:,' have, 'Our.
Health Unit, headquarters locat-
ed: at �Walkertorn Here we: have
our :Director -and Medical Offi
•'cer of Health, Dr.. Reg. Allen, .and
under, • ,him gas. "hi bwo, lieuten-
MissFraric'e$ •Fish,•our'sup
';ervishr' of.-rnurses, land,„.1vIr.- Creba
MacSween, :our-ehief .sanitary in
spector. They ;are responsible '.for
:••foririulatirig the public 'health,.
program for Bruce .County. Un-
der there;` we have: 7 staff nurses
;strategically::. located throughout
the; County, °2 additional sanitary
inspectors, Mr. •Ed Williams>” at
'.Southampton And .:Mr. : Jack Wish
mer at Wiarton. We t1so have,our'
newly appointed, Veterinary 'Sur
geon,. Dr.•••Dorland, - and three
clerical workers.' ' • '
The, object of••the Health. tinit
is, generally , speaking, .to carry,
on a ;concerted-prograni- of -pub
`lic health, •disease prevention and
-•--control thrrou hoot the es* ty
and. to 1a0ply to everyone all; the
-scientific knowledge possible in,
the promotion of health and the.
prevention • of disease.' ''In carry-
ing out this Object; the ain- • is"
to increase :.health and, happiness
• by•lessening: the incidence •of pre',,
veritable diseases and;' ' •prevent
able conditions, and to 'apply •all
those principles to those living in
the, •rural district equally with •
those living in the lar -ger and
smaller urban centres. • • •
Letus consider first, . the ,pub-
lic • health: nursing • program
Which. is carried on. by Miss Fish
and Our staff nurses.' An import-
ant
• . import-
ant part' of this . is the School
Health
Program, All newcomers
. -to Grade I,. receive a -cam
lete
physical '
examination '.by • t h e
-.Medical„, ffi•cei f ealth .after:
'the parents'. consent has been re.
ceiv�ed.. When.
d�
;., a defect 'is foin,.
• either 'of 'a physical- ' or dental
nature,the parent is advised to
consult the fatnily doctor or
fist • concerning' treatment., The
parents `.are invited. to be present,
but if' the parent has not been
.present, the nurse 'visits the home
to explain any recommendations
which. have 'been made. In add'-
ion to this,' the nurses inspect,' the':
children in all the grades at fie-”
• quent intervals throughout I the.
y ar, ,and refer those with special-
• problems to the' 'Medical Health.:
Officer • •for exainination. Thus
• With this 'long term Folic; de-'
,.facts present will be found and:
corrected dr..,be
correction will
• ,advised, •before••the ' unil reaches
fit hool. In ' all,' the- nurses
10e 2623 ,visits; 'to. our chools:
• ;
5'4E LUCKNOW SENTIN i, L 7 N0W',,
are visits;made to demonstrate
home nursing care, such as ba'th-.
ing :a:< baby, :the preparation of
certain special feedings, the care
of the chronically ill, and so on.
Maternity •Visits .are made to the
n)othersboth before and after
the e . babies ' are- .born. "Also; •15
.
Ortlieo• aeait uisats *.ere aziade
toor on behalf' of, :crippled` child.
, ,
ren • and the parents were helped•
in makingg'arrangernents for••.these.
chitaren to attend ;clinics- in :Lon-
don' or Toronto:
Nowthat is a summary: Of the
, , ;.,
work that our nurses • are doing,
vith the assistance of.
the Medi-
cal Officer of Health and you
,i'nust admit , that they are :very
'
busy ladies:. That .they .can do so
-many things in a year 'is ,truly an
„amazing. thing, •, Weo are e fortunat''
in having. a fine staff'. :•
Next, we have. our program of
Sanitation and '`•Food ' Control
which is carried on 'by
our Doc-`
tore our three Sanitary Inspec-
tors and •ou'r Veterinary Surgeon.
Our.. sanitation • progi•a�m 'covers'
many lhin,gs,and is, being steadily,.
:
e,•randc�d'.Here •as time goes• on:
ari ,. th,, 'worfr"�ic,,'i t4e'G�nt1V'e -tet(
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era.dicate„ :anl . prevent,: .public
health "nuisances" which are the
.source of _cliSease. 'Oir ..Sanitary..
division'I is concerned with.seeing
°that sewage, and .• garbage ;Are .1pitio,'
disoosed of" throughout the" .;
County that..new septic'. tank in-'
stallations • are, properly ..made
\vith prop4r: diainage,so that they
will' riot later:'becone a menace
to health; that gars age and • ref`
.f are r.a erl•' dis p osed , of
use . l? 'I> Y p .. i
.The towns and villages. are' grad
gaily improving their r clumping
areas and most of them have.
.
•ado•pted rrr.inicinal` gar'bage col-
leirtio ' Stem The ,sanitary in-
spection of our schools is another'
important ?part of the prograrn.
The•Chief p o,lein in rural school
erivironinehiar sanitation is care-
taking. The i necessary routine
cleaning Of rural schools, in many
cases, is at ,'n .low' ebb. This is
caused by the fact, " i'n • frequent
rnclances, the ...,Go1 Boy -N1 em-
plo;vso
one, Of o hunsil as 'eare-'
One ,p
takers, of the the objectives of
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our ,:sanitary :division . thisyear•
is 'to endeavour . to, improve this
imp brtan
t ,aspect . of ,s
chool en-:,
vironment,, With the co o erationn
:•of •the school' boards.' `
Apart troiri• these items, . the
Inspectors carried,. out routine
visits of dairy farrris, dairies,
creameries, frozen'. food locker
plants, slaughter ,houses; 'butcher•
shops, "'grocery and. fruit : stores,
•bakeshops;, h'o't e 1s ,. beverag:
rooms, all „eating establishments,
tourist caiips, schools; factories,.
launderies, swimming • areas arid`
pools, 'public washrooms, septic
tanks, defective plur i ing, gar-
ba "e .d ,mps barber and ;e
g, •, �. • �. � beauty.
shops, embalming establi'shments,
placarding of communicable dis•-
ease, and vermin, ; .
° 894 Water samples Were taken:
during the year for: examination.;
21 ptlericent; .of 'all san.ples were,
unfit for drinking and steps
were taken to correct conditions.
A close -Check is maintained on
'school and municipal water sup-
Iplies, but, of course, it is under-'
I'
stood that , •pure water is essen
Ala]: ;Whether it -be: , . " --:- on the, farm .
,od X1iin ,. to.wla d o 4,at.vscvhoo/It-_•. inap-
. water'to.
g
-lin -of ` _ . to • determine thedegree of. pollution at bathing
ibeaches : 'and g
'samplin '
pZ of . ice
fields to assure a reaii „ ,
l vely safe
-ice supply, are also projects of
importance •urf: er ..this ` heading, 4'-
0f
-of water supplies.;
Our . Sanitary Inspectors also
keepl y - . bn a 4
c ose• ,watch •q the milk.
that is supplied ',and ' sold inr
Bruce County. Last year it • was. • ,
noted that: 40 percent .of all raet-'•
milk sampled from 120' product-.
ersf to ;18 dairies was • of poor
quality. It is, important that
these condition's' be. corrected be-
cause regardles's of holy well the
milk is pasteurized, •any •good,
dairyman will 'tell you that you
. cannot produce good pasteurized - •
milk `unless good raw iiiilk. is
supplied.. by 'the producers 44
percent -of the` .pasteurized `ni'1k
(Coiitiiiued • on, _'page :6) i • .
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