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NTS RESERVED
as total staff of 34 the
County Health Unit is
11 operation. Although
health officials do not
out of the Health Unit's
our offices at theCourt
h
much of
tration and decision
is done there and a
Dumber of the staff use
rt House as a centre for
etivities.
Huron County Health
underhdirectionD►'f
Officerof Health
Mills who works under
ard of
'tyof o$OHealth canthi
r edre
in all organized
meaning almost all of
'ons pf Ontario with the
an of the far north
the Province handles
matters directly:- and
boards are in turn
able to the Provincial
ent
rd of Health is made
lected representatives in
a (members of Huron
y Council)„and a
ntative appointed by the
to look after its in -
The Provincial represen-
in Huron is John
y and the other board
rs are G.G. Ginn, Roy
n R. Gibson and C. Hor-
ning of Health Unit ac -
is shared equally by the
and the County on the
of an approved budget.
1972 however the
'financed, in addition to.
nal 56 of costs, ad -
1 expenditures above
eyond the approved
totalling $8,000. •
dministrate the Health
e Board of Health hires
.cal Officer of Health,
ust-be a doctor,' qualified
due- in _the Province of
and- who must also
eceived his diploma- in
Health.ftpm the School_
ene at the University of
o. The course represents
years regular study.
M.O.H. is responsible for
tration of 'the Health
well as any medical
which must be dealt
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"rhe Health Unit then
operates under authority stem-
ming from the Public Health
Act of Ontario. It also works in
• connection with various other
Provincial, and County agencies
as well as Federal
organizations on occasion. '
Below the upper tier of
general administration, ac-
tivities of the unit fall into two
major divisions. Inspection and
Nursing. In addition there are
also clerical workers.
Chief Public Health Inspec-
tor Jin\ McCaul explains the
division this way.
"In the inspection field we
deal "with people about things,”
he says. In nursing the unit
deals with people about
people."
"Inspectors are involved with
environmental health," he
adds, "the nursing staff work
with personal health."
Under Mr. McCaul are
Senior Inspector Jack MacKin-
non and Staff- Inspector Joe
Ruprarn, Peter Pui and Klaus
Seeger, as, well as student, in-
spectors Don Hullah and Phil
Paquette who are working with
the 'unit during the summer
months.
The inspectors work under
"Guidelines for Public Health
Inspection Services" as laid
down • by the Public Health
Division of the Ontario Depart-
ment of Health.
Mr. McCall admits however
that the staff just can not han-
dle the number of inspections
in each field recommended by
the guidelines. "We just don't
have that much stuff."
The guidelines, and 'the in-
spectors who follow them, have
four major objectives according
to the Department of Public
Health.
Even the Department of.
Health admits in their in-_
troduction to the' guidelines
that the purpose of the
guidelines "is to summarize for
local boards of health, public
health" inspection ,services
needed and "recommended" to
assist in, the maintenance and
improvement of community
health."
The introduction also notes
that "A major part of the com--
MUn'itiy' `"h'ea'ItH " 'prot'ection
program of the medical officer
of health is carried out , by
public health inspectors."
"Their services have im-
proved health and well being
and reduced the spread of in-
fection. These. continue to be
their major roles; however,
public health inspectors must
be flexible and adapt their ser-
vices to changing demands and
needs."
First on the guideline list is
the matter of "Demand Ser-
vices."
This Mr. McCaul explains
really . covers complaints and
questions directed through.
the health office in a wide
ffoittrie#4
MBING
H variety of areas. These include
EA ING matters from complaints,
public health nuisances and
t;524.7861 ,matters of non=compliance to
prosecution preparations, pest
control and dog bites.
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GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, BEPTEMp111[ 4, 1673-1 PAttl *A;'.'
by Ron Shaw
Health inspection for the, County of Huron is carried out un-
der the direction of Huron County Medica.. Officer of Health
Dr. Frank Mills by this staff. Left to right are Jim McCaul,
Chief Public Health Inspector; Don Hullah a summer student
"Food Control" is item num-
ber two under which the Health
Inspectors keep tabs on eating
establishments, bakeries and
all food distribution establish-
ments.
Number three deals with
"Drinking Water Systems"
which calls for inspections of
institutional supplies (schools),
lirivate supplies where
necessary, municipal water sup-
plies and recently the water
.supplies made available to
ships . at Goderich Harbor,
although that was an inspec-
tion carried ,. out or behalf of
.Federal Government
authorities.
Health Inspectors must also
deal with communicable
diseases, recreation -al
sanitation facilities, hospitals,
schools and institutions, and
provide a public education
program on health problems.
As many people are aware a
great deal of the inspector's
time recently has been taken up
by inspections of sewage
disposal systems.
The'Chief Inspector explains
that the Province was to take
over matters dealing with
sewage disposal some time ago
but has yet to finally make the
move. "Although sooner or
later they will take full respon-
sibility," Mr. McCaul predicts.
Many of the sewage disposal
problems that have plagued the
County Health Unit have in-
volved destroyed systems along
the lake shore due to high
water levels.
The nursing branch of the
Health Unit's activities is un-
der the direction of Public
Health Nursing Supervisor
Mrs. Gurpal Thind.
Mrs. Thind oversees the ac-
tivities of Senior Public Health
Nurse Mabel Dixon, Public
Health Nurses Mary Ellen
Cunningham,. Mrs. Lorna
Douglas, Mrs. Joanne Jasper,
Mrs. June Martene, Mrs. Janet
Reid, Mrs. Marlene Robertson,
Mrs. Owen Scott and Mrs.
Helen West.
Also on the nursing staff are
Dental Nurse Mrs. `Elizabeth
Belling, Dental Technician
Mrs. Barbara Dougherty,
Vision Tester Mrs. Faye
Krieger, Registered Nurse Mrs.
.Phyllis McConnell and
Registered Nurse - and
Audiometrist Mrs. Shirley
Steepe.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cardno ad-
ministers .the Home Care
program with the help of
Rosemarie Boyce R.N.
Each Public Health Nurse,
plans, co-ordinates,' executes
and. evaluates her program
within the confines of her
.district in the Health Unit.
These districts being townships,
or parts of townships and
towns.
These programs are various
and expanded periodically. At
present they include, pre -natal
classes, school health services,
,,follow up home ,Gare patients,
home visits to pre -natal, post
natal and other health
problems, G erich .Psychiatric
Hospital discrge conferences
and follow ups of these
patients; well , baby clinics and
SO, Ott.
Health Clinics are held on a
regular basis, four times each
month, for adults in Wingham,
Exeter, Brussels and when
needed in Seaforth. Child care
clinics are held twice each
month in Exeter and once per
month in Wingham, Goderich,
Clinton and Seaforth.
Public Health Nurses visit all
the public and high schools in
Huron one or two mornings
each week, according to
arrangements made with the
individual principal. Separate
Schools are also visited by the
nurses but not so often.
Public Health - Nurses also
conduct the pre-school clinics
for all Huron County Schools
and hold hearing and, eye tests
in all the -schools.
Mrs. Thind indicates that she
would like to see an
adolescents' clinic begun as a
sort of "extension" to the
school services.
"We would also like to °con-
tribute more in coming years to
the health education in school
through a co-operative effort
with the Board of Education, -
Osborne & Helen Falkiner
_would_ __like . to - take -this ---
opportunity ...-
TO THANK THEIR FRIENDS
AND CUSTOMERS
for their paltronage and many acts, of kind-
ness shown then during their 14 years 'of
business at Carlow Store.
They would also like at this time to solicit-"'`
your busilness for their successors Avard
-and Betty Miller.
no longer with the unit; Jack MacKinnon, Senior Public
Health Inspector; Klaus Seeger, Staff Health Inspector; John
Orr, Staff Health Inspector; Phil Paquette, summer student;
and Joe Baldeo, Staff Health Inspector. (staff photo)
she notes.
An expanded health clinic
program may be in the works if
a survey to be undertaken in
the near future indicates a need
for such service in smaller
'population - centres such as
Vanastra and Huron Park,
"We would like to stress,"
Mrs. Thind said, "that adult
clinics are not just for older
people, although we do serve -a
large number of such cases."
The biggest problem facing
the Nursing division of the
Huron Health Unit for the
moment seems to be the accep-
tance of the Home Care
Prcigrftn.
In addition to the head office
" at the Court House in Goderich
the Health Unit 'maintains of:
!ices in Brussels at the Medical
and Dental hospital, Seaforth
at the hospital and in
Wingham.
In addition to those staff
members employed directly in
the health services of the unit
there are a number of
secretaries as well. -
Mr's. Sylvia Harman is
secretary in building and plum-
bing division 'at Goderich, Mrs.
Ruth Jackson serves as
secretary in both Clinton and
Brussels. -Mrs. Aileen
MacGregor is a secretary at
Clinton as well, Seaforth
secretary is Mrs. Mary
Margaret Maloney, Mrs.
Marilyn, Morley is another
Goderich secretary, Karen Rae
works as secretary at Wingham,
Mrs. Carol Reid is secretary to
the Medical officer of Health,
Mrs. Laurine` Sawyer is
secretary in the Home Care,
unit and Mrs. Alice Wildfong
serves as secretary 'in Exeter.
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WANTED
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Welcomes brass, raed and percussion players for rehearsals- of
new music In September.
Adult and teenage beginners are also welcome at this time.
Monday 7 P.M., GDCI, Music Room
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