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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-04-07, Page 10Pas. 10 THE TIMESADVOCATE" EXETER,HONTARIOs. THURSDAY MORNING', APRIL 7, 1955 'LET'S GIVE MOTHER A PORTRAIT FOR MOTHER'S DAY" A portrait of her youngest is the nicest gift idea for the nicest person you know. • . and, here in our studio, we will do every. thing in our power to see that you get 45 portrait that will please both you and her. • 0,;10TOGRAPHER Phone 343 Exeter t 111 Poses Serious Problem: Health Unit Newer drugs and improved san- itation have made Huron County People "dang,erously complacent" obout many of the acute infec- tions that plagued earlier genera- tions, the Huron County Health Unit charged in its annual report released this week. Outberak of paratyphoid fever in the county last summer is "a reminder that such diseases and the conditions favorable- to their spread do exist." "They confront the physician with a real challeage in diagno- sis," the report coatinued, "and offer a serious problem in con- trol to the local .health authori- ties and the general public." The report. said the outbreak of partyphoid fever affected many persons ,some of whom required hospitalization. All had partaken of food at a public event and laboratory tests revealed they had been infected with the same type of paratyphoid germ. Following considerable investi- gation and the elimination of various possible causes, the ori- gin of the infection'was gradual- ly narrowed down. A carrier of the disease :was discovered and has been placed under treatment. The report, issued annually by the unit to describe the phases of its work, is reproduced in its entirety below: Tuberculosis New cases, 10; deaths, 1; ad- mitted to sanatorium during year, Phone - Write - See Geo T. Mickle & Sons Limited Hensall Phone 103 FOR A. Malting' Barley CONTRACT Don't Wait E Limited Amount Of Seed Available WE ALSO SUPPLY FERTILIZER Business Directory DR. B. EICKMEIER L.D.S., D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON 910 Main Street South PHONE 689 EXETER W. G. COCHRANE, B.A. BARRISTER & SOLICITOR EXETER, ONTARIO At Hensel, Friday, 2 to 5 P.M. J. NORMAN COWAN BOOKKEEPING Systems, Service, etc. INCOME TAX RETURNS Dashwood 40-r-18 Sarepta Hay Post Office ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENCIETD AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient service at all times "Service that Satisfies** - PHONE 57-r-2 DASHWOOD WM. H. SMITH LICENCED AUCTIONEER For Huron and Middlesex Medal training assures you of your property's true value on Sale day) Graduate of American Auction College Terms Reasonable and Satisfaction Guaranteed ettuorrow P.O. or PHONE 7.7-W USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Exeter, Ontario • President Martha Feeney R.R. 2 Dublin Vice -President Z. Clayton Oolquhontt R,R. 1 Science Hill Directors Harry Coates R.R. 1 Centralia Wm. A. Hamilton Oromarty Milton McCurdy It.R. 1 ItirktOn Alex L Rhode R.R. 3 Mitchell Agent Thos. O. BalIantytte U.R, 1 Woodhain 0layttni Harris R.R. 1, Mitchell Stanley /reeking Mitchell Solicitor W. 11 ClOehrane EXOter fleCretary-Treasgrer Arthiir Antler. Exeter BELL & LAUGHTON BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS & NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. LAUGHTON, L.L.B. Zurich office Wednesday afternoon EXETER PHONE' 4 A. M. HARPER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 55 South St. Telephone Goderich 848 Licenced Municipal Auditor • DR. H. H. COWEN' L.D.S., DENTAL SURGEON Main Street, Exeter Closed Wednesday Afternoon PRONE 36 N. L. MARTIN OPTOMETRIST Main Street, Exeter Open Every Week -Day Except Wddnesday For Appointments Phone 855-3 DR. J. W. CORBETT L.D.S., D.D.S. , DENTAL SURGEON 814 Main Street South Phone 278 Exeter R. F. REILLY, D.C:* *Doctor of Chiropractic MAIN STREET, EXETER Open Each Week -Day • Except Wednesday For Appointment - Phone 006 D. J. McKELVIE, D.V.M. VETERINARY SURGEON Phone 99 Reitman Ontario ARTHUR FRASER INOOME TAX REPORTS BOORKEI6PING SERVICE ETC. Ann St., Exeter Phone 504 RONALD G. McCANN PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT —4 Phones set Office: Royal Bank Bldg. 455 Room Rattenbury St, CLINTON ONTARIO 6; discharged from sanatorium during year, 15-; attendance at regular chest .clinics, 937; new persons attending, 342; no. of tuberculin tests (secondary schools), 902. The majority of new patients With this disease are still dis- covered by the family physician or through his referrals to the chest clinic, The rest of the cases are detected by routine hospital ad- mission films and surveys of couuunities, in du s tries and schools. There has been a steady drop in the incidence of tuberculosis on this continent for many years, interrupted only by World War I and the influenza epidemic of 1918. In 1954, Ontario's mortal- ity rate from TII was 6,2 per 100,000, the lowest ever, The decline is reflected in other ways too. In 1953, for ex- ample, the Ontario Department of Health mass surveys revealed one active case for every 1,200 persons x-rayed. In 1954, how- ever, it required an average of 2,700 persons screened to yield one such case. At the end of one mouth in 1953, Ontario's sanatoria had 171 persons on the waiting list for an available bed, but by October 1954, there were 324 beds va- cant. The changing picture of tuber- culosis is seen also in our local tuberculin testing at the second- ary schools. One high school area which had 7% positive reactors in 1951 now has less than 1% in that category. TB, however, is not defeated. Each year, Canada has about 10,000 new cases of the disease which for discovery and treatment cost taxpayers about forty million dollars. Poliomyelitis 1954 was a relatively light year for this disease with only six reported clinical cases and no deaths. The previous year, how- ever, there were 24 cases and two deaths from this cause. Other Infections An outbreak of paratyphoid fever occuring in the county about early s um mer affected many persona, some of whom re- quired hospitalization. All had partaken of food at a local public event • and laboratory tests re- vealed that they had been infect- ed with the same type of para- typhoid germ.. Following consider- able investigation' and the elim- ination of various possible causes,, the origin of infection was grad- ually narrowed down. A carrier of the disease was discovered and has been placed under treatment. Newer drugs and improved sanitation have made us danger- ously complacent about many of the acute and subacute infections that plagued earlier generations. Instances like this recent para- typhoid epidemic, however, are a reminder that such diseases and - the conditions favourable to their spread still do exist. They con- front the physician with a real challenge in diagnosis, and offer a serious problem in, control to the local health authorities and the general public. School Health No. of elementary schools serv- ed, 178; no. physical examina- tions (physician), 504; no. in- oculatioins, 5,157; no. vaccine. tions, (smallpox), 1,926; no. p h y s i cal inspections (public health nurses), 6,453; no, vision tests, 5,611. Field Nursing visits Newborn infants (under one month), 735; other infants (one month and under one year), 2,156; preschool, 888; school, 851; adult, 213; pre -natal, 196; Dost -partum with pre -natal nurs- ing care, .82; post-paratum with- out pre -natal nursing care, 745; non -communicable conditions, 48; tuberculosis, '70; V.D., 2; acute communicable disease, 103; or- thopaedic, 251; social welfare, 105; unclassified visits, 1,266; total, 7,711; faMilies given ser- vice, 2,037. Family Health - It 18 encouraging to 'note that the physicians, the hospitals and, of course, the mothers, have been showing more and more interest in the prenatal classes. Since the first Instruction of this kind was given at Exeter in 1953, there have been 59 classes held as of the end of 1954. The course was added to the district service frbm the Clinton office, and in 1955 will also be provided for the Goderich area. I Meat Program This contra 1 s e Xe r c is ed through inspection of slaughter houses, butchershops, lo c k e r plants and meat markets. The meat markets are usually organ- ized as a basic part of grocery store. These inspections deal in particular with the construction, cleanliness of the establishment, methods of operation, And the condition of the meat as influenc- ed by improper storage or dis- ease conditions in the meat, Visits to slaughter houses, 160; visits to butcherahoPS• 123, The efficacy of this work can- not be shown statistically. How- ever it can be saki that two urt- satisfactory slaughterhouses have been abandoned, some of the mediocre ones have been improv. ed by renOvAtiOn. And the stand., ards of the better ones have been maintained, POst-mortern Meat ingnectiett hos been aided financially throttgli CLASSES POPULAR—Since the Huron County Health Unit began prenatal classes in Exeter two years ago, similar classes have proved popular throughout the county. —Jack Doerr National Health Grants and the amount of work carried out under this portion of the pro- gram is indicated below: No. of carcasses inspected, 2,662; no. of carcasses approved, 2,657; no, of carcasses condemn- ed, 5; no. of portions condemned, 385. Milk Program (Under P.H. Veterinarian) Control Of Raw Milk Supply The average number .of dairy farmers t applying raw milk, 53; the number of visits to dairy farms, 162; the number. of sedi- ment tests, 883; the number of raw milk samples taken, 744; the percentage of satisfactory raw samples, 89 %. This figure for 1953 was 82%. Dairy Supervision, Samples of pasteurized pro- ducts, including regular and ho- mogenized milk, cream and choco- late dairy drink, have been taken regularly each month and in many cases more often. This work has been increased by the intro- duction of military Specifications which four of our dairies must meet if they are to continue to supply the Armed Forces situated in this county. The, number of visits to dairies, 233; the number of pasteurized samples, 677. Brucellosis The Calfhood Vaccination Pro- gramme of the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture is an effect- ive weapon in the fight against bovine brucellosis. The disease is far from being eliminated, how- ever, and brucellosis in man is being diagnosed more frequently than formerly. The farmer, the veterinarian and the butcher, persons working in close contact with infected ani- mals, are the most ferquent hu- man victims of the disease. Rural families, however, can be protected by the use of pasteur- ized dairy pydducts. Where the farms own milk supply is con-, strmed, home pasteurization can be carried out simply and effect- ively, Sanitation The sanitary inspectors are re- sponsible for supervision of: water sitpplies, eating establish- ments, disposal of sewage, plumb- ing installations, food shops, etc., investigation of complaints. Public health nuisances are those conditions which "may be-. come injurious or dangerous to health or prevent or hinder in any,•manner.. the suppression of disease", and it Is necessary to determine whether the complaint is based on an actual publia health nuisance, or is simply the result of an unpleasant or un- sightly condition with no rela- tion to the local Board of Health. Where no person can be made liable or is unable to remove a proved nuisance, the municipality may become responsible. Work included the following calls made during 1954: assisting in milk control (dairy and farm), 11; barber shops, 8; cemeteries, 1; comm. diseases, 2; dumps, 22; dwellings, 4; eating establish- ments, 302; swab tests, 118; grocery stores, 9; public halls, 8; schools, 200; septic tanks, 609; privies, 5; summer camps, 3; swimming pools, 23; funeral establishments, 21; water supply —Municipal, 101; water supply— private, 263; water samples, 563; drainage, 20; miscellaneous, 640; interviews, 537; plumbing, 443; sewers and drains, 113; total, 3,345. Fluoride Content of Water The municipal water supplies of Blyth, Brussels, Clinton, Hen- sall, Seaforth, Wingham and Zur- ich have a fluoride content that closely approximates one part per million. This is the concentration recognized by dental and medical authorities as being favourable to the prevention of tooth decay. Residents of those places should be thankful for such a 'bonus' supplied at no extra charge 'by their local utilities service. Mentalr Health Of the ordinary revenue of the Province, mental health and men- tal hospital services take five cents out of every dollar. This is understandable' because there- are more than 19,000 pa- tients in the Ontario (mental) hospitals, cared for by a staff of more than 6,200. In fact, 29.6 per cent, of all full-time provinc- ial civil servants are .devoting their time to the cause of mental health. There has been increasing emphasis on the value of early consulation and treatment, before emotional illnesses seriously in- terfere with people's lives. Por this purpose, the Ontario Department , of Health operates mental heaith clinics at larger cenres throughout the • province: These clinics are staffed .by a team of experts in mental health, led by a psychiatrist, who is a medical doctor with specialist training in this,field. The population considered ba- sic to support such a clinic is 100,000. The closest. clinics to Huron are held in London (week- ly) and Stratford (monthly), In 1954,,arrangenients were made, through. the Health. Unit for the referral to clinic of five, school children, with different problems. The family doctor also had a close. interest in these pa- tients, and strengthened the pa- rents in the understanding of their responsibilities It is hoped that greater use may be made of these clinic fa- cilities in the future and that people will realize it's common sense to seek help for mental as well as physical•illness. if you have t logs to sell.... WANT ADS do it very well! Turn your old furniture, clothes/ appliances into quick dash! Use our low- cost classified ads, Phone 770 READ FOR PROFIT, USE FOR RESULTS T -A Classifieds Unit Statistics Count y,. popula.tion, 49,000; county area, 1,213 sc. miles; equalized aesessmeat. ;55,051,- 370.00; Health Unit—total ex- penditure (incl. N.11.0.), $69,- 017.02; county's- share of MU. expenditure, $30,796,29. Board Chairman, Mr, W. S, McKenzie, Exeter*; members, Mr. M. Crich, Clinton*; Mr. W. A. Galbraith, Wingham*; Mr. A. W. Kerslake, Hensall*; Mr. C. Rowland, Grey*. secretary -treasurer, Mr. A. H. Erskine. * County Representative t 'Government Representative Stiff Medical Officer of Tealth, Dr. R, VI, Alclis; Pablic Health Vet- erinarian, Dr. T. R. AleladY; Sanitary Inspectors, Mr. W. L. Empey, Mr. R. M. Hale; Super- visor of Nursing, Miss Norah Cunningham. Public Health Nurses, Miss P. Bong, Miss -P. Campbell (appoint- ed Aug,), Mrs. B. (McNair) Con- sidine (appointed April, resigned Dec.), Mrs. N, Fox (part time, resigned in June), Miss M. Lang- try (resigned July), Miss M. love, Miss J. Marshall, Miss A. Psutka (appointed Aug.), Miss /3. Sauer (appointed Aug.), Mrs. 11. (Pletch) Shilliday (resigned Dec.,) Miss J. Thomson, appoint- ed Aug,), Miss D. Wick (resigned Aug.). • Office Staff, Miss W. Wilson, Miss B. 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