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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-07-09, Page 2cilUIGNAL-STAR TRI,MSDAY, J 7LY 9,1.970 9, HuronCoun By Dr. G. P. A. Evan cigarette smoker who will not Department of Health to the u. Medical Officer of Health give up the habit. In a well Department of Energy and con txolied p ro gramme with R°esources Management. 1969 • was. the most encouraging year with regard to the development and broadening of public health 'services in 'Huron County since ce I became .Medical officer .f Health in November 1966. Perusal of the text and statistics in this report will ' reveal the areas in Which progress and development have occurred. Staff changes during the year included the,resignation as a staff ,public health nurse of Mrs. ' Mary . Bell and her replacement byMrs. Janet Clapp who has had V.O.N. as well as public health and general nursing ,experience. In .thpublic health inspectorate, there has been an Increase in A strength by the recruitment of an additional public health inspector, • Mr. John Kerwin. Mr. Kerwin, who came to Huron. County from the City of Toronto Public Health_ Department, has had many years experience as a public health inspector. Branch Office facilities became inadequate, in Clinton in - ----196-9-due to the County Board - •of. Education setting up. its headquarters in that' town and facilities in Wingham have been inadequate for a prolonged period. Discussion and negotiations during ` the year . adequate. follow-up,: the Co-operation among technique i4 ,a valuable tool. in municipality councils, public the early diagnosis .of bronchial health inspectors..,nt1 officers of carcinoma (lung cancer): It will t the provincial department -point to the presence of lung mentioned will result in steady malignancy or pre -malignancy inroads being • made in the • when the disease is still eradication of "dumps'" with radiographically occult (Le. not their ' attendant disadvantages showing on x-ray plates).. To and dangers. consexve scarce resources , of ... During. the year also, the cytologist time, clear priority is ,policy of freeing public health given to the °;)ieavy cigarette • and registered nurses and public smoker or any cigarette smoker health inspectors from much with chest symptoms. w time consuming paper work The•. Self -Applied „Topical•'' - made progress. This has been Fluoride Programme, planned effected by engaging additional and organized in November and clerical help for branch offices December 1969, came into and by the purchase of dictating operation in January 19'70 in the and transcribing equipment etc. - primary schools of . Huron The process will „ not be County. Usually known as completed until the new, branch "Brush -In", this programme is office ‘premises become available. comparatively new in preventive in Wingharn early iri 1970, as • dentistry and for its operation has a team of registered nurse and clerical worker visiting the schools, the registered nurse being responsible to the medical • officer of health and public health dentist for its effective performance.' In ' brief, the registered nurse and clerk, with the co-operation of the class teacher, conduct the session with a group of children, usually one grade. Dental Health Education is provided, the present accommodation at Winghain would not permit the housing of an additional staff member, furniture and equipment. An examination of the vital statistics for 1908 -reveals some interesting points. It' should: be noted that the statistical report is for 1968 not 1969 as the accurate figures for any one year are not available from central ' sources for at least nine months following the end of that year, have resulted . in agreements' students are shown the correct and with special reference to the whereby 'branch office premises method of brushing the teeth year 1968, the Provincial Vital in -botittiese towns will be of a "w;"d ,£iiall1r, -.under the direction . 6tatistYcs r urve" was .not -more adequate .and o`f the: nu s ey PPiy4 a; +eejal - .receiveria rntilnib: itlla� chic sof, �f anent; n Godericfi tfiospx la`s TM much q pleasant nature " -1�'l0 in 1968 there were 776 .here were no maternal deaths In Huron County. The general death , rate was 10.8 per thousand estimated " population, „the actual number of "deaths being 613. There has- t been much". variation in the general death rate in Huron County in recent years but 1968 represents a slight increase over that for the previous year. Huron. County had 23 deaths due to motor vehicle accidents 11 Mr, William Webster of St. Helens and his sister Miss Florence Webster of Victoria B.C.. and Mr. and Mrs. Verne News of Ashfield MRS. E. HOWE Personals Christine MacLennan of Stratford was 'home for the weekend. Mrs. Alvin Robb is in London taking a summer course at Western University. Donna Wylds has gone to Detroit to work for the holiday months. ' - Mrs..Robert ,Simpson W�q PART 1,, in 1968. This is a rate. of 40.7 per hundred thc►usand estimated population, and is the second highest death rate from motor vehicle accidents' • among the thirty County Health Units or Health }Districts reporting. As I remarked.in ,y :report two years ago, when one. observes .so many examples . of " appallingly bad driving on the roads of Huron. County, it is small wonder that "with • the exception of the. Donn vbroybro Dale of Kinbown visited one day last week with' Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Chamney and family: M. and Mrs..Jim Potter, Bob. and pebble of Exeter and Mr. and Mrs..._Frank Campbell of Londoh visited last Sunday with Mr. and . Mrs. Charles Jefferson. Congratulations to Jim Robinson, .son of Mx, and Mrs,. Edward 'Robinson, Donnybrook, and grandson of Mrs. J. C. ' Robinson and • Mr. and Miffs. Gershom Johnston of Wineham. who received his Bachelor of Science degree Honours Physics -at Waterloo University and is at present in California. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Jefferson attended the wedding in Clinton on Saturday of her brother Neil Josling and Elaine Corriveau, the reception was held in territorial districts, we have the invidious distinction of having the second highest death rate from this cause. It would appear that many people, particularly' those in the teens and twenties, when ,they pass the driving test, tear up the rule book and throw the pieces out_ of . the ' car wihdtiW. (Continued next week with a report on 'fluoridation, rabies; and pollution.) n fly. e ek be same e hu 0 • Londesboro United Church. Misses Susan and Cindy Perrin of Waterloo are spending some holidays with Mr. and Mrs Edward Robinson and fam' . Mr: and Mrs. George Reeves of Toronto spent the weekend with M. and Mrs. Hilliard Jefferson and family and other relatives. . Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dow and , Mrs. Dow's sisterof Stratford visited Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jeff on, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Campbell of London,' called at ' the home Sunday. Quite a few from this neighborhood attended service in Auburn United Church, Sunday evening, where theRev.- Hugh C. Wilson a former minister was guest speaker. SPROULE SHOES Clean Sweep SHOE SALE Now On! it pays. to borrow from your credit union You don't have to worry about hidden charges./ You know exactly what you owe, 'Your note isn't sold to someone else. If you have trouble with your pay- ments, we'll help you work out the problem. If you need to refinance your_loan ... someday, the rate won't go up. µ Goderich Community Credit Union fl $T. DAVID ST. fluoride aste�toRtheif teeth °With - m week. Mention was made in the a toothbrush supplied for the live births in Huron County Shirley and Janice Robb are representing a rate per thousand employed at Sauble Beach for estimated population of 13.7. the summer. hiS compares • with 1,2p6 Wye This week Kintail Campis births m 1963, a rate of 21.7. occupied by senior girls The intervening years have been _ Mr and • Mrs. Charles 41964, 1,095 live births. 1965, Hatherton of Elmira . -were 952. 1966, 825. 1967, 784. IOs' obvious that school entry in Saturday visitors with Mrs. D. 1974 will be very much down on ' MacMurchy. that of 1969 unless there is a marked'- :upward swing in the immigration of families into the County in the interval. It is equally obvious that the `ease and simplicity of control 'off conception is having its effects in Huron . County•"as well as in other parts of Ontario,ICanada as a whole, U.S.A. an estern .Europe. Whether it is a good thing that a sparsely, populated purpose. Although a recent development, "brush -in" has -been ` demonstrated—to ' be an additional weapon of value in the battle against dental caries. It is, however, only part of the concept of a total programme of Preventive dentistry for children and expectant mothers. The Environmental Hygiene Division of the Health Unit shared in the development of annual report for 1968 of an outbreak of a ,rarely' diagnosed • diseage7 tularemia, yin Huron • County in that year. We investigated the outbreak in considerable detail, and a paper written -by -myself on thematter was published in .the Canadian Journal of Public Health in November^1969. A broadening of health unit programme occurred in several aspects in the year under review. programme during 1969. An -Physician Sessions in High additional • public health Schools started' in the autumn. inspector joined us in ',the I`hey. .are .not "designed as- summer. Mr. John Kerwin came occasions for routine medical to Huren County. from City of examinations but for referrals by Toronto Public ' Health teachers, public health nurses or Department and has had many self -referral, by students years of experience as , an themselves. In addition, „ the inspector. The public health visiting. physicians, ,who, for the inspectors undertook additional country such as Canada should most part, are family doctors, functions in food control and be lowering its birth rate is a. address groups . of students such broadened their . base of matter beyond the scope of this as individual grades or parts of operations in water supply, report. •grades on various- medical and participating for example in „ health topics, obvious examples several surveys designed for A"cause for great satisfaction being smoking and health and long-term projections as well as, . was the reduction in infant drug abuse. There is evidence the ordinary monitoring ofdeaths (that is deaths under one already that these sessions are, drinking and bathing waters in ,,,.Year of age). In 1968 there were serving a useful purpose. many parts. of the county. The no only 7, a rate of 9.0 per The Sputum Cytology Service public health inspectorate thousand live births. This was launched in December 1969, co-operated extensively during compares with rates 29.8 in somewhat later than hoped, the the 'year with officers of 1963, 19.2 in -.1964, 22.1 in delay being due to the shortage• provincial solid waste 1965, 17.0 in 1966 and 19.1 in of suitably qualified and management. During the year 1967. The infant death rate for experienced cytologists. Sputum this function, at provincial level, the Province of Ontario ,as a Cytology, .is designed 'for the was transferred from the whole in 1968 was 19.0. In• 1968 • Church "service in Ashfield Presbyterian Church in July, will be at ....1: 30 p.m. with Rev. R. Ball of `Ripley in charge. Church school on July 5 will be at 9:45 a.m., and on. July 12, 19 and 26 at 10:30 a.m. ' Mrs: James O'Neill is a patient in Goderich Hospital. . Misses Anna and Charlotte ' Mackenzie and Mrs. J. B. Rhodes of Toronto visited last week with relatives here. Mrs. R: D. Macdonald of London called .on relatives and friends recently. Mr. and Mrs. Colin Howes spent the weekend in Rodney where they attended the Morrison -Foster wedding. Many from this congregation were present at Pin& River United ' Church Anniversary 'services when • Rev. J. R. Macdonald was the guest preacher. , a ' • • Ontario incomes have doubled in 12 years. That's something your children can build on. t'. •" Ontario youngsters can look forward to the future with more confidence than almost anyone. They'll inherit 'an economic giant with a remarkable record of accomplishment. Few places in the world, for example, can equal our record ,for rising incomes. Our pay 'envelopes are twice what they were in 1957, yet prices have gone up just 33(:(. - Ontarians earn "more, ,perhaps, because we produce more. Our „Gross Provincial Product (the dollar vajlue of all the goods and services A produced) has doubled in the last decade. By 1969 it had reached $32.3 billion and projections show we could reach $52. billion by 1975. Today we account for more than half of Canada's manufactured goods and 80% of Canada's fully manu- factured exports. Nice work! . Because of the way we work, Ontario is in good shape to face the future. We have an economy our cjiildren,' and their children can buddy on ... an economy that: can con- tinue to provide the • 100,000 new jobs weneed each year to accom- modate our growing labour force. Thougi, our dollar and our economy face many challenges ' these days, Ontario has built the foundation to meet them. But, it's not our style to stand on our record. We 'must keep growing and keep building our economy. One way you can help put your money it'ltei e your job is—when price and quality compare, shop Canadian. Ontario's educational system is grow- ing.to proyide theokills and knowledge that are vital to a growing economy. The Province today has 16 uni.versities --wit-h-a---st-uden-t.-population-that -has- - doubled pin the' last four years. And we've -created 20 community colleges in three years to give Ontarians their widest educational opportunities. Our,growing eco nojlny places grpwing demands on electrical power. Nuclear genei*atin-g"sta ons,.li.ke_the_oneabove unde"r construction near Pickering, will help supply 1t?eep pace with demand. This station will he one of the largest in the world. S) • �`�" ,MI I. .011 11011 144 .e6 Oq .e; r x, 3 a • • 0 Wages aren'4t all that have been going up in Ontario. There's been a lot rising in steel and 'concrete to house our expanding; po-pulat.ion_4asad_a dustry. Last year over one third of all the money invested -in construc- tion in Canada was invested in Ontario. Canada's life style of tomorrow presents many challenges.. But it's Ontario's style to mktt'these challenges today. r 4, (l�s•Jr'itrr.'�, r.:;�. x,,. .. � .:..5,71. ..• . • ove nment -0 �y... NIS ,sry,�:4 1 ��f��'{�.'' alF i. k�t l ' X+ « " % tpaitnie i "?0,�'�-� tadea ;t �'.' `v't opment bt *3 11 ..,.➢ .p. no, * y1,, 11' �.. V 5,:y6,Y t � � ,dw�> 4.