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SMOKING
It has been suggested • more
than once in recent months that
public health physicians,
including myself, have been
overstressing during the last
decade the dangers of smoking
and the misuse of -drugs (what is
alcohol if not a frequently
misused drug!). I make no
apology for my stand ' on both
issues and if I •have a regret it is
that •I have not been, more
Outspoken. Leaving aside the
questions of -' environmental
pollution and conventional
warfare, there are no `'areas• of
human activity in which men,
women, -boys and girls are more
hellbentonself-immolation., On
the one hand there are millions
of rational and often intelligent
people who, cannot or will not
recognize the irrefutable'
evidence • that - to continue to
smoke cigarettes is about as
sensibly as extending an open:•
welcome to the bacterium - of
-diphtheria or- --the,--virus. of
poliomyelitis. ' On • the other
hand, equally 'daunting millions
of human beings appear to see
nothing unwise in subjecting
their miraculously complex' and
delicately structured brains to
blunderbuss atterripts to "know
themselves better", often a mere
fai ale or rationalisation for
immaturity or escape from
reality. Preventive Medicine arid
the medical profession in general
cannot,_., must - not, -smile
' tolerantly and say, that the.
- .freedom .of the :;individual,.
•qa•
�.: isnviolable
1—ludicrous -nonsense If it isnot
based on informed judgment,
and if- informed judgment is
_ignored, society must reserve to
itself the right to protect its
component .parts and itself
against the economic and social
consequences of its members'
abrogation of personal
responsibility.
The economic and social, costs
(quite a art• from the purely
medical implications) of the
tobacco habit and -drug misuse
are incalculable., Roughly 50',000
Americans and 5,000 Canadians
die each year from lung 'cancer, a
disease caused inalmost all cases
by`cigarette smoking. Many of
these deaths occur in people at a
time of life . when a their
productiveness is maximal and
the (dependence of their families
on them is greatest. Again,
consider the Oost of avoidable
mental illness;blunting blunting or total
removal of initiative, and the
undoubted lowering a of general.
health among those who misuse -
wind -altering. drugs.
�Ce 'Medical Profession and'
Preventive Medicine iii particular
are not, being alarmist in these
two matters. It is alarming
however to observe the
minimum attention which 'is
paid to our advice, advice based
on realistic appraisal of simple
facts. '
COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM
Subject to budgetary approval
at` various levels, it -is hoped in
` 1970 to make further progress
towards a Comprehensive Public
Health ; Programme in Huron
County. .
It is necessary to extend the.
p reventive dental services
beyond - "Brush -In" programme
and „dental health. - education.
This will entail the .services of a
public health dentist on - a
part-time basis • and the
employment of a dental
hygienist. Taking into account
",Brush -In", dental,health
education and the dditional
facilities provided by a public
health„, dentist and dental
hygienist, a reasonable level of
preventive dentistry would be
available for the children • of
Huron County. •
It has been obvious, for many
years, ..that ,geriatric ',.services
-within ,I.th F :•
h rt e•e•ornmuni . ire vire
improvement.These services
have been a part of the health
unit programme far a 'Very
considerable Period but the
employment of a - registered
nurse, whose duties will be
devoted solely to the welfare or
the senior citizens, will represent
a considerable advance in
geriatric services. It is not •
necessary to look back any,
further than recent weeks to
recognize the:, need, indeed the'
urgent need, for such a specialist
nurse.,
The misuse 'of mind -altering
drugs has been referred to
elsewhere in this -report and,
with a view to dealing, at least in
part, with the problems which
this misuse • presents, it is
proposed that an additional
. .* .�- thy,. ...x.',,.,r 'r -
.pubiic°'heaxth nurse b, a recruited
to ° participate in a community
addictionsService;, Such a service
Ail, the community under public
health auspices would.
complement the hospital-based
in-patient alcoholad°diel ion
treatment unit functioning at
Gpderich Psychiatric Hospital:
This type of community facility
is not at all common, in Ontario
outside thy° main metropolitan
centres, but a . inbst interesting
pilot project has been, carried
' out with - very " considerabl
success in ' the Wellington-
Dufferin-Guelph District, Health
Unit.' A 'comparable service in
Huron Countyrwould have`many
similarities to,' but would not be
a copy of, this project. •
Many young children become Finally, it is hoped to explore
anaemic .during the second half further - the, possibility of the
of the first year' of life ori. introduction of comprehensive
between the first and the second home care programmes in Huron
birthdays, It is hoped in 1970 to County. Such programmes have
introduce the opportunity for been outlined in a' previous
mothers to have a screening test • report, , Formerly financed
carried out on their young jointly by Ontt'lo Hospital
children at child health•clinics-to ;ices^ 'C'bminissiori" nd"'"tl'ie—
detect anaemia (with as little Provincial Department of '
trouble as they are weighed to Health, these progranlnTes are
determine, - in one ,aspect, now ' vested • solely in the
whether growth and Provincial Department of Health
development are proceeding from -the financial point of view
normally). In most cases, and the ., funding o f
anaemia at this age is due. to comprehensive home care in
depletion of body iron stores. • cities and counties is 100%
before the children concerned provincially derived. There must
have achieved a sufficiently be, of course, obvious support
mixed ...diet to ensure an for, and interest in, such a
adequate iron intake in their programme in any area before
food. -the province will contemplate
There will be an expansion of the provision of the necessary
..2mmunlza,tlon ,._facilities, in „.;the ��, ��,„„ .:;•
co n : �,�'•o1r �rarious:.rtQaswas
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cfthe°n nbeing-the-probable Empey have • prepared -
introduction in 1970 of Rubella ' commentaries on the work of •
(German Measles) vaccine the public health nurses' and
provided by ••rthe Province of public_ health inspectors; and-. I
Ontario and administered under recommend to readers a perusal
scheines devised by Medical of their remarks. To' Mrs. Elias
Officers of Health. 'While it is and Mr. Empey, to all nursing,
,.essential to maintain readiness to , `- ---
diphtheria, poliomyelitis, etc. do
not return to take their previous
toll in illness and death.,
The continued expanSio'n of
the environmental hygiene
division of the Health Unit is
planned and a student sponsored
by the Board of Health jn 1968.
a t R y son Polytechnical
Institute Will, be coming' off
course in the late spring and it `18
hoped that he will be joining the
staff of public health inspectors
shortly. afterwards. The
complexity of duties 'cif public
health` inspectors . continues to
grow and while their work often
goes unseen, their contribution..
to the well-being of the
community is of great
significance and importance.
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PART"3
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inspeetoral and secretarial
members of staff, I extend my
gratitude for a large volume of
work performed cheerfully and
conscientiously. -
To the Board of Health, I
express my • appreciation far
their support and Counsel -and )G'
expand immunization
programmes, it is important also
to' ensure that those programmes
already in being are receiving
thee
maximum possible uptake by
the public. The various diseases
against which it is possible to
protect the population now have
not departed. The germs of theta
are still with us and it is only by
vigilance and the presence,
within the community, of a large
percentage of immunized
individuals, that diseases such as
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Wish to thank Mr. J. G. Be
Secretary. -Treasurer, for,his
advice on financial and oher
matters which i find particularly
valuable,
Submittedowith respect,.
• G. 1', A. 1 vans,
Medical. ,Officer of Health,
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The -aides: lady at°the'`'Octogenarian xpicnitciaist-Wednesda -was
Mrs. R. J. Bullen, 90, 36A West _St., and the oldest man was
Robert Smith, 95, 90 Park Street. Both received gifts from the
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